Lisa'a Wedding

A little leisure time for Neil, Ernie and pops the Thursday before the wedding.... a little fish fry for supper.

Auntie Martha where she seems to be at most weddings...she played brilliantly...

Auntie Darlene's Australian sister Alexsandra and her son Matthew...Lisa and Matthew travelled extensively... Australia as well as North America...Lisa'a aunt read a beautiful poem...apparently written by Darlene for Lisa... and Matt gave the toast to the bride.

The two gals who lit the candles were Shaun's sisters...these two girls had a great time...they were the Mistresses of Ceremony

Ernie walks Lisa down the aisle...

The wedding party... Mr & Mrs Shaun Glines

Gran visiting with Jenna Judin...Lisa's cousin from Etown... her dad was Arthur...Ernie's step brother who passed away last summer...

Lisa leaving the church service and on her way for pictures....

So as the wedding party went for pictures our hosts...Uncle Neil and Auntie Dorothy hosted a few us for some pops...

As you can see it was a perfect day...sunny and about 28 degrees...

From left... Judy Judin, gran, Shelley and Neil

Mom stepped in just in the nick of time...Neil, Judy and gran

We teased Neil as his shirt matched the bridesmaids dresses perfectly...

Pops and his god-daughter...

Lisa and gran...

Ernie and gran...

gran & Martha

Back garden 2008

Sarah as promised, here are some shots of the backyard. Mom's sweetpeas, lillies, and our new oak tree.














Lavender and yellow pansies, and other pots. My canna lillies got shredded by hail the night that I was away fishing.
















The shed with a few new additions... on the lattice work under the windows we planted two new clematis plants... you cannot see them as the apple tree (short one) is blocking them...I don't know if you can pick out the cowboy boot bird house on the left...a gift from Devyn.

I was hoping that you would get a better look at the lillies by the deck...

This is a better shot of the lillies and the oak.

Jackson Lake...fishing

This is Jackson Lake... where is it... north east of Lac La Biche... on the road into Touchwood Lake... turn off the road into a parking lot about 1/2 km from the road. Now take a quad ride for 20 minutes (5km) into the bush...when you get there ... this is what you see.







This is camp... two tents...one for gear and one for sleeping quarters. Max, Tom Fiddler - wife of Debra who is one of the secretaries... a life long friend of Max's. Then there are Terry and Barry Sliwkanich - Debra's brothers...and Max's best friends growing up.














Tom, Max and Barry in one boat and Terry and me in the other.














The brothers having a fish fry...one of four in two days















Max and Tom in the kitchen....














Tuesday's lunch... yes a northern pike (jack)



















The boys relaxing in the in the beautiful sunshine...

A little visitor to our campsite...

And this is yet another fish fry...cajun coating...

And this baby ended up in the pan above...

It was an incredible trip. We arrived at the lake late Monday evening...fished pretty much all day Tuesday and Wednesday and out on Thursday morning. The only access to the lake is by way of quad or horseback. It is quite during the week and ridiculously busy during the weekends. The fishing was amazing... I cannot tell you how many fish we caught (and released) and ate. Max, Tom, Terry and Barry are really well equipped and experienced campers.