Author: Dorothy Piotrowski

  • Not our first rodeo

    Even though today’s destination of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta is only two hours away from Calgary, we wanted to get a somewhat early start.  The rodeo is in town and to start the day, there is a Canada 150 parade at 11:00am.  We enjoyed Hampton Inn‘s famous breakfast and we were on the road by…

  • Boo hoo hoo

    I have said it before and I will say it again … I hate the last day of vacation.  Before leaving the house, Michael had one final swim in the pool and all the boys did some final fishing in the canal.  We said our goodbyes to the house promising that we would be back…

  • Happy Birthday Michael!

    Today was Michael’s 7th Birthday.  We had asked the birthday boy what he wanted to do and he said pool, mini golf and pizza.  Michael also wanted an NHL party.  The day started with Cathy making pancakes with bacon and fresh fruit.  The rest of the morning was spent in the pool and opening presents….

  • Bye bye floaty

    Nothing … That’s what we basically did today … Nothing. Karen, Cathy and I did some shopping this morning at the new Marshall’s and Stein Mart.  I needed to pick up a gift for Michael’s birthday which is tomorrow.  Each of us did really well in both stores. We got back to the house to…