On the way out of town to the north, there are several places where the landscape is very pretty almost all year long. I go by these places, and found this one the other day,after the first snow fall of the year. The trees glistened under the dusting of new fallen snow. We drove out to this spot just for this picture. (You can double click on the photo to see it full size, then click the back button to return to the blog.)

After church we drove to our favorite picture spot in town. This is on the road to one of the golf clubs here in town, overlooking the Athabasca River.

You can just make out the outlines of a few trees behind us. The road was very slick because of the snow on it, and i kept sliding down the hill. Michelle nearly fell getting back into the truck after taking the pics.

So, what do you do with the first snow of the year? You eat it, of course. And the taste is really quite good, if you are young enough.

This is the face of a young man on his way to a "4-date weekend." For those who may be wondering, that is the modern day equivalent of the "8-cow wife." Jacob managed to con 3 young women into going out with him, (one of them twice) and he got conned by one.

This is the start of something good. Wendy and Tracy are starting to aerate fondant for hand dipped chocolates. After the fondant is ready, the flavorings are added, they were hand dipped in Bernard Callebaut chocolate. Look it up on-line.

These are chocolate covered caramels. All home made. Oh yeah!!

Samuel and Jenny tickling the ivories. Samuel really misses having a piano in the house, so we are in the market for another one, but the market is much smaller here. We have looked in Edmonton at several different places, but have yet to find what we are looking for.

Jenny, Dana, Samuel, Joseph, and Isaac. All the youth helped make chocolates, and helped eat a few along the way. They brought some home, and I loved the orange with dark chocolate. The caramels were really good too.