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Although most of the late winter and early spring has been beautiful and warm, we’ve had a couple of really freak snow storms recently to remind us that the weather in Calgary is completely unpredictable… During one such episode recently we all had to go out and build a giant snow fort on the front [...]

We went for a hike at Nose Hill Park in search of one of the traditional signs of spring in Calgary: the Prairie Crocus in bloom.  Although it started out as a beautiful sunny day, we also encountered rain, snow, and wind during our hike.  These are also traditional signs of spring in Calgary as [...]

We were lucky enough to be able to stay home for Christmas this year! Grandma and Opa Knobel and Auntie Carolyn flew in from Ottawa to join us for the holidays.
Christmas eve was quite traditional (stockings, milk and cookies for Santa, etc,), including some new and old traditions. The new part had Louise [...]

Carol (one of my best friends from my UBC days) came to Calgary for a visit. It was a short and hectic visit because they were actually here for her brother’s wedding, while we were on our way out of town. They arrived on Wednesday and we left early Friday morning for Ontario to [...]

We got tickets to the Rodeo at the Calgary Stampede this year and took Melanie and Andrew with us. The Stampede is massive and the rodeo is just a small part of the event. We actually spent most of the day there so that we could see all the sights, ride the rides, [...]