unfortunately in december of this year my grandfather passed away.
altogether not the best circumstance under which to take a trip. however the positive side of the situation was that due to my grandfather's passing my father flew me back to saskatoon for the funeral. funeral; "what's so positive about a funeral?", you ask. well i'll tell you: first of all pretty much everyone in my family knew that my grandfather had a good, full life. secondly, it was sad to lose him but i still have a lot of good memories so i haven't really completely lost anything.
finally, i got to see almost my entire family while i was in town, not to mention re-visiting the city in which i grew up (it hasn't changed a bit; really, not at all).
now that i've depressed you completely, here's the good part, the photos of me and my relatives whom i had a pretty good time with all things considered. i event went drinking with my oldest cousin curtis (pretty good for a guy who dosen't drink). i also got to stay with my aunt pat and uncle jerome, see my aunt evelyn and unkle elmer (look up farmer in the dictionary), watch my cousins charline and heather play softball inside a golf dome, and a few other interesting things. also, all of my cousin jackie's stories seem to end with her husband shooting a wild animal.
so as you can tell it wasn't really a sad trip at all.