An Awesome Day ...

February 19, 2017

It had snowed overnight ... but this wasn't going to stop Mike and Nathan ...

from trying out the clay thrower and firing the shotguns ... before they headed to the shooting range ...

Nathan quickly shovelled off the deck ... while Mike set things up ...

It was a cool morning ... so I didn't last long out there taking pictures and videos ...

of this activity ... 

Alana chose to watch from inside due to the temperature and the loudness of the shots ...

Once the guys had left for the Trap and Skeet Shooting Club ...

Alana and I decided to put on the snowshoes and go for a walk ... in the fresh fallen snow ...

We had walked down the road ... chatting the whole way ... about this area and before we knew it ...

we had traveled almost 2km ... wow ...  it surprised us that we had gone that far ...

We turned around and proceeded to walk back up the road to the house ...

Once we were back at the house ... we walked out into the field and picked up ...

the clay discs that had not been shot ...

So when all was done ... we had walked a total of 4km today ...

I'd say that was a most enjoyable ... great walk ... !!!

Alana and I went inside ... had a quick lunch and started to prepare the food ...

for tonights dinner ...

I was happy to receive these pictures of Mike and Nathan at the shooting range ...

and it looks like Rocko was happy to see Nathan as well ... 

We were delighted that the guys had a great time ...

Oma was going to join us for Mike's birthday dinner ... and spend the night with us ...

so when the guys were on their way home ...

they dropped by Oma's place and brought her out ...

Oma was put to work ... (actually she offered to help out) ... while I prepared the Halibut ... 

and Alana made the salad and dressing  ... (Oma's recipe) ...

We then started cook the pan fry the potatoes ... cook up the stirred veggies ...

and started to fry up the Halibut ...

Table was set and we were ready to eat our dinner ...

We sat down at the table ... with wine and beer for our beverages ...

and dinner was served ... 

We enjoyed every morsel ... of the meal ... 

Just gotta love a Halibut dinner ... !!!

After dinner ... 

coffee was prepared and a fresh Huckleberry pie was served for dessert ...

Oma figured it must be a special occasion ...

for the huckleberries to come out of the freezer ...

And ... it was ... !!!

We had a lovely time visiting ... chatting ... telling stories and lots of laughter ...

Once the kitchen was cleaned up ...

a  round of Martinis or more were made ... 

and we continued our visit ... relaxing in the living room ...