Another week has passed on the snowy shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairie. The weather has been pretty comfortable, but we've also had more snow. The residential neighbourhood streets become narrower and narrower as the snow is piled up on the edges and it is a challenge to maneuver the bus through. The children have become used to my routine, so things are going fine in that regard. I seldom need to offer even a word of control. The markets have been troubled all week, but finally turned up on Friday and paid me off! Wendy has continued with the consultation on her arthritic fingers, and I now engaged in regular therapy in an attempt to cause extensive pain with the potential toward some greater range of motion! Dad works faithfully at his exercises as he tries to improve his own mobility—it is impressive to see. This weekend we accepted an invitation to sing with Dave & Heather and Lorna at the seniors residence in Gravelbourg. It was a lot of fun. It had an additional bonus as we got to share some time at Gerry and Lorna's place and catch up with many people in the congregation there. We did a lot of talking, singing and eating—it was great! We are thankful. I was able to pick up three curling games this week and enjoyed that as well.
Eric is on his way back to The Pas. The family remaining in Parksville is missing him already. While at home he assisted in the celebrations of birthdays for both Haaken and Liam—that was special with meals out at their chosen locations. They also enjoyed lava cake, cupcakes and a chocolate iced chocolate layer cake—mmm, good! Eric/A also celebrated with a seafood dinner out—it's not even their birthdays! Liam is nearing the end of his first hockey season; he had made great progress in his hockey skills development. Eric is also enjoying the Canucks season progress. Erica is into a busy time at work with budgets and too many activities chasing too few dollars. It is her responsibility to make it some how work out! It seems the peculiar province of social service to always have to accomplish more with fewer dollars! The Kenora house is listed for sale again/still and has been attracting some interest. We pray the interest will develop into a suitable offer. The place they are currently renting in Parksville is also up for sale, but hopefully it won't move soon and they'll be at least able to finish the school year.
Kristian had a good week. First off he lost two teeth on Sunday and thus scored big time with the tooth fairy. Then he wrote a plaintive note to the tooth fairy and managed to get his two teeth back! Mark was scoring impressively in Scrabble once he got his new iPhone, but recently he has been taking it easier on me. Erin is doing well, and was even able to join us for supper on Thursday before we took off for the weekend.
Trav and Joanna are handling things back in TBay. Gemma and Andrew got report cards recently and both are doing well at school. Trav has posted his write-ups and reactions on the recent Elks hockey tournament.
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