With the temperature reading -31 C Monday morning, it was a good day to stay indoors. Sounds like we can expect a few more days of low temperatures.
Happy New Year to all. The holiday season is over for another year and January is, as all the months do now, going very quickly.
Christmas was celebrated in style as usual. Bill Pike hosted the Florence Pike family on Christmas Day. A potluck meal made for lots of food. Bill always entertains everyone with a display of fireworks in the evening.
Lois Pike and family spent Christmas Day with Morris and Melanie Freeston and family with all family members present.
Morris and Melanie also hosted a birthday celebration for Lois Dec. 31. Among the family members present for the birthday party were Dennis and Jeanette Pike of Indian Head. They were spending a few days in the area and had Christmas celebrations with their family in Lloydminster.
Happy birthday (belated), Lois.
Many other Christmas celebrations were held in the district. Helena Pike and Christine Pike were guests of Ellen and Maurice Oddan.
Helena also spent some time with Ellen and Maurice Oddan Jan. 3 when Mark and Tracy Oddan and Carter and Lincoln, their sons, were visiting with Ellen and Maurice.
Congratulations to Clint Wesson and Caitlin Miadza who were married Jan. 3. They were married at 5 p.m. in the Prairie Room on Lloydminster Exhibition Grounds where a meal and festivities followed the wedding.
Clint and Caitlin will be making their home on the farm in Forest Bank.
Karen and Rick Johnston returned home for Christmas after spending a few weeks in Mesa, Ariz.
Terry and René Pike travelled to Edmonton where they were guests of their daughters over the holiday season.
Eileen and Keith Evans wer guests of John and Calynda Evans and family in Calgary for Christmas and for a few days before and following Christmas Day.
Gully Gus says, "When the power of lover overcomes the love of power the world will know peace!"
