Leighton House

Earlier this week a co-worker of mine mentioned this place called the Leighton House, which is about 30 minutes from our house into the country. It's actually a really small school and art gallery, but the land it is situated on, is a cliff that overlooks the foothills with absolutely breathtaking views of the Canadian Rockies. We had made a date to go to Costco in Okotoks (city south of Calgary about 20 minutes) since it's not near as busy, and because we were already going right passed it, we stopped at Menchie's which is a u-swirl yogurt shop! First one in Alberta! I'm so happy! Costa Vida and now fro-yo! Oh, but before went to Okotoks, we took the scenic drive out to the Leighton House to take some pictures with my new camera. :)

When we got there, first thing I noticed is that it was icy thanks to the melting snow combined with tire tracks. So of course, I wore the wrong boots and fell on my butt. Yes, for real. Once we got inside, the nice lady kind of told us the lay of the land and how to get to the back of the acreage for the views. As we turned to go out the door, she tells us to keep a watchful eye because earlier that week there was a cougar sighting. [If you aren't aware of my fear of wild animals, cougars being #1 on my list... well, now you do.] She kept going on and on, and mentioned that it got quite close. I should have asked what exactly "quite close" was... but the thought didn't cross my mind until I was trekking along in the snow. Obviously, since I'm posting this and you are reading it, we survived. I only saw two hawks. No other wild life. THANK GOODNESS.

As any photographer, whether professional or novice such as myself will tell you, the photographs don't do it justice.

Can you spot the tee-pee? [is that how you spell tee-pee?]

Using this cool lens W got me for Christmas

So, I had a good Saturday. I'm stoked for next weekends adventure: Lake Louise and Banff! Yeah buddy!

Oh my dear friends

I'm far behind. But I'm sure you don't care. Hahaha! It's not that I'm boring, it's just that I'm lazy. Case and point, has anyone checked my food blog lately? That baby is so far behind. Are there some recipes or things people would like me to try? Maybe if I had some kind of motivation, I'd update it more.

I just had to tell you this.

The primary in our ward is ginormous. There are 70 kids. It seems huge to me, okay?! We don't live in Utah anymore... :)

Instead of changing the kids to new classes each year, they switch up the teachers. No one told me this. So comes the Sunday before New Years, I find out that I don't have my beloved 9 year old girls anymore. No no, I'm now in Sunbeams. SUNBEAMS!

I thought it was going to be a nightmare. And I was right. BUT, I kind of love it. I don't have to explain how we can't talk about where babies come from at church (yes, that happened in my last class) or get laughed at when I don't know the answer to some scipture question they ask.

So out of the 70 kids in primary, nine of them are in sunbeams. NINE! And I'm quite certain a couple more are joining later on. Oh boy. But look how cute they are!

You can't see them all, but how adorable are they?! I have to say also, that the dresses nowadays are way cuter than they were when I was 3 years old.

So that's my story for now.

Ps. I wasn't kidding about the recipes thing. I really do want some ideas of things people would like to see me do! It might even be funny if I fail! ha!