Today, Gloria and Bernie headed to Yorkton to be with her Mom. There are funeral arrangements to be made and Gloria needed to be there for that. They left around noon.
Jace and Kimmy stayed at the farm. Jace was trying to find a driver to take his load to Red Deer so that he could join the family in Yorkton. As it turned out, he did find a driver and now would be able to go to the funeral without having to drive to Red Deer on Sunday, unload on Monday and then have to drive all the way to Yorkton Monday, for the funeral on Tuesday. That just made his life a whole lot easier.
Being that he was now free for the weekend, he headed into Saskatoon to get the Warman house finally all done up, hand over the keys and close that chapter in his and Kimmy's life.
He was sad that he had missed the BBQ ribs the other night so John said he would cook ribs on Sunday. Tonight, was for steak!!
When Jace left for the city (Kimmy had a wedding shower to attend) John got on the riding lawnmower and started cutting the grass. There is acres of grass that need to be cut at the farm and it takes hours to do.
John was on the tractor for at least five hours before the kids got back and they were surprised to see how much he got done. He had cut all the front grass and all the stuff in front of the shop. All that remained was the grass in the back and that would not take too long to do.
Alicia ( one of our "adopted" kids) came out to the farm to visit with us. She had heard that we were there from Jace so decided to scoot out and introduce us to her new puppy and have a visit. All the dogs got along well although her little Rottweiler pup was a bit nervous around Booko. By the end of the visit, he was much more comfortable with Booko.
Jace and Kim arrived back when she was there so we all had a good visit.
After that, it was time for supper and time to sit and enjoy the evening. John started a fire in the fireplace and we sat around it for a few hours enjoying the first "farm campfire" of the season. Bernie had stacked a ton of branches on the fire pit and once that started, the heat was pretty significant. Jace got the garden hose out (it is usually handy when the campfire is going) and sprayed the side of the nearby shed until the fire settled down. We were then able to sit comfortably around it not fearing that we were going to roast our knees!!
Amy came over for a short visit with her sweet little miniature pincher and sat around the fire as well. She stayed about an hour then headed on home.
Jace barbequed steak and was very sad when he burnt one side. Actually it wasn't all that bad and I did enjoy my steak. Jace was mad at himself and said that it was a good thing Dad was cooking tomorrow!! He was "over" this stupid BBQ of Bernie's!!
All in all, it has been a good day. John got some sunshine while he was cutting grass and was tired after his busy day. It was time for bed as there was lots of stuff to do tomorrow around the yard.
Life is Good.
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