Giving Thanks...A Bit Early

Greg and I were able to sneak out on Friday, October 11th for a belated anniversary dinner at Cassis Bistro.  This adorable little French bistro was ranked second on Calgary's best restaurants of 2013.  Wow, it did not disappoint!  We enjoyed good food, good wine, good service...and best of all, time with each other!

On Saturday, we started off our Canadian Thanksgiving holiday weekend with some bowling!  The kids first time, and they really liked it!  Have you heard of 5 pin bowling?  I guess that's popular here for the kiddos, but Greg and I found it to be more challenging than 10 pin!  Either way, we shared lots of laughs as the bowling alley we went to markets itself as a "retro" alley.  The décor may have been from the 50's, but the music was from the 80's and 90's, so Greg and I had a blast reliving high school and college days.  I should have taken some video of Ben singing the good ole Will Smith classic, "Boom, shake, shake, shake the room".  Hilarious!

Canadian Thanksgiving is "a day of general Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed, to be observed on the second Monday in October".  So, while technically Thanksgiving is on Monday here, families celebrate their holiday meal anytime during the long weekend.  We celebrated our big holiday dinner on Sunday afternoon after church.  Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and more.  Followed by some Wii bowling (I guess we've caught the bowling bug...Grandma Susie would be proud!), and then topped off with some pumpkin pie!  Happy Thanksgiving, eh!