Christmas 2006

I joined the Doucets (family of my friends, Erik and Sherri, in Moose Jaw)for "rappie pie" and mass on Christmas Eve. They live in Wedgeport, about 20 minutes south of Yarmouth.

The Doucet family: Jillian, Joel, Sharon, and Curtis (Erik Doucet's family)

Rappie Pie (Grated Potatoes and Chicken - but much more complicated...)

On Christmas Day, I stopped in to visit with my friends Tammy and Paul (I work with Tammy at the store). (They also had Dad, Regan, Justin, and I over for a huge supper one night. They made us cream lobster, haddock, bacon-wrapped scallops, homemade chocolate cake. Yummy!)

Dad, Regan, and Justin flew into Halifax at 8 pm, Christmas night. I drove in and picked them up, spending most of the day on the road (luckily the weather behaved). I worked the next two days, but the guys kept busy. On the night of the 26th, they went and hung out with the Doucet's and their extended family in Pubnico (20 minutes from Yarmouth). They met lots of new people and got to try lots of Acadian and seafood dishes. On the 27th, the boys and Dad went down to Barrington to get a tour of a saw mill owned by Angele's father. They came home with freshly caught, still crawling lobster. They ate a few of them in Barrington, where Rene Scott, gave them lessons on crackin open the lobster.

We decided to take a trip to PEI for a few days. We stopped along the way near Tatamagouche to meet my Aunt Lynn's good friends, Brenda and Myrna and their husbands George and Ron. They fed us well and played innkeepers for the night. We crossed over the Confederation Bridge on the way from New Brunswick to PEI, which spans 12.9 km. After touring around PEI for a couple days (we really took our time), we headed back to Yarmouth.

Regan, Myrna, Brenda, Dad, Justin


Confederation Bridge


Farmland ending in cliffs overlooking the ocean...




Farm on the ocean; don't see this in Saskatchewan!

I don't have any snow here in Yarmouth, so thought I'd better get a shot of it in PEI.

West Point Lighthouse - PEI

Bottle made of glass bottles

Playing poker (the poker chips are nuts)

We took a scenic drive back to Halifax on Jan. 3, stopping at all the touristy places along the way.
Liverpool, NS
Mahone Bay, NS



Peggy's Cove




The guys left for home early in the morning of Jan.4; the trip went by quickly. We had a great time!