Carly's Birthday

 Carly and Presley Butler decided to have a joint 14th birthday party since there birthdays are only a few days apart.

We gathered up some friends and went swimming at the YMCA recreation centre in Lethbridge. The pool is only a couple years old and has fun things to do. Plus it wasn't super busy because it was a weeknight. Then we picked up Little Ceasers Pizza and ate it at the park.

The list of girls they invited so big enough that they wouldn't fit in our good car. So we were going to have to fire up the old Yukon - you know it is to the point that it always starts, just not always on the first try. So Carly and I cleaned it and tried to get out the hay smell. The next morning there was fresh mouse droppings in the front of the car. Just what you want when you are about to drive a car of 8 girls to Lethbridge.

We set a trap and I said a lot of prayers that day that we wouldn't see the mouse. Luckily no mouse.

On Carly's birthday we had a high school rodeo. So we celebrated with dinner in Tim Hortons, and then Sarah Lee had made a birthday cake for Carly, so we stopped there for a birthday cake celebration.

Spring Break Girls Trip

Hanna, Lucy and Carly decided they needed a spring break adventure. So they decided to go to St. George, Utah. It worked out that Hali and Ally Leishman were also going down and needed to bring back Hali's dad's car, so they all drove down together in our car. Then they all stayed and hung out at Hali's parents house for a few days. Jill and Will came down for one of the days to hang out and go hiking. Then Lucy, Carly and Hanna went to Panguitch to see Jill.  And then back to Canada.

On the way down, they hit a terrible snowstorm in Montana. They thought they might die, but it got better. It was Easter while they were down there so the Easter bunny had sent them a note and a little treat.