April Gone By

Wow .. I completely missed the month of April! I didn't realize that I had neglected my blog for over a month. Sigh. Things have been pretty busy during the month of April. Other than the usual tax reporting for both personal and business, we also made a surprise trip out to Edmonton for my mother-in-law's 65th birthday. We spent about a week out there and took the in-laws out to one of our favorite vacation spots - Jasper National Park.

Whenever we are in Jasper, we stay at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. It's a little pricey but we don't splurge that often so it was a nice treat. On our first night there, my mother-in-law picked the Moose's Nook for her birthday dinner. Jeff and father-in-law chose the prime rib dinner, mother-in-law chose salmon, while I had the vegetarian risotto with white truffle. Usually Jeff picks the wine to go with the meal but this time he turned to me and asked me for my suggestion. What?! Me? The non-drinking wine sniffer? I looked at the wine list and my first choice was a J.Lohr merlot but being the frugal person that I am .. I looked at the price and wanted to change my mind. :) We ended up going with the merlot with dinner and even though I didn't have any to drink, Jeff said I made a great wine selection. I guess after being together for so many years, I have learned a thing or two about wine pairing. BTW, I tried the prime rib and it was probably the best prime rib I've ever tasted. My risotto was outstanding but for you meat-arians out there, Alberta beef is way better than Ontario beef.

I'll post a few pics of our trip once I get them off the camera.