April Fools week

Well, we have had a wonderful week thus far minus the fact that Hanna has been sick all week. She still gives lots of smiles when she's had enough sleep but she is particularly cuddly and has been waking up in the night with a stuffy nose.

Brother Braden graced us with his presence on Sunday night and so on Monday I took him to the zoo. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and a great opportunity to get a little walking in and to learn more about the animals - particularly the ones in the Canadian wilds.

Yesterday was a wonderful day. Dennis and Gildas - workers in the North Central field, came over for lunch and then Valerie and Alea (our NW workers) came for supper and then we had a few over for a music night. Some of you might know those that came:
Tom and Marilyn Watson, Marvin and Marg Crowley, Anne Larson (minus her hubby Darryl), Sarah Pihrag, Wayne Cussitar (minus his wife Beth, who is away), Graham and Joey and of course...us. We thoroughly enjoyed Alea's bassoon. Graham got out his sax and played with us which was awesome.

Valerie eats gluten free so I made this chocolate chip cookie that doesn't have any flour in it. I have made it many times before. It's tasty but a bit crumbly.

We look forward to heading out to SK for the long wknd so we look forward to seeing some of you there.

Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies:
1 cup unsalted almond butter, stirred well ( I ran out and used a bit of peanut butter - it made them flatter than usual)
3/4 cup sucanat (look in health food store or organic section of grocery store. It's like a course brown sugar)
1 lg egg
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
3 oz dark choc (I used bernard callebeaut chips from bulk section at superstore)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together first 5 ingredients and then stir in chocolate.
Bake 10-12 mins or until lightly browned. Let cool ON baking sheets for 5 minutes. (Otherwise they'll fall apart). Let cool for 15 mins more.

If you use Weight watchers pts, they are 3 pts. This recipe came from the Eating Clean Magazine.

 Instruments....beautiful music.

 Hanna gets a tad overwhelmed with all the noise but knows her U. Graham.

 The non-instrument guests play a game of "Pick 2"

 At the zoo on Monday...check out the elephant in the background. I bet they can/t wait to get outside.

 The very popular indoor penguin exhibit. We got in on the last viewing before the zoo closed for the day. You should see the water filtration and cooling systems for this exhibit!

 Our sick baby enjoys lots of cuddles from her Daddy.