Another year has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. This weekend has found us on the shore of Lake Okanagan graciously hosted by John & Marion—thanks guys! It's been a great week and year, and we are feeling abundantly blessed. This week we enjoyed Christmas events with the family in Regina. Enjoyable memories were created and not a few invented! Helicopters flew around the living room, and sometimes made successful landings. Shopping, gifting, Boxing Day, and returns were completed. Then, on Friday, we packed up the Sorento, added Kristian to the back seat, and headed west. We look to complete the trip to Parksville tomorrow. The holidays have cut the business week to just three days, but Friday was a good one, providing a full week's quota all by itself, so I still have a chance of making my monthly quota. American football is running out the regular schedule this weekend and there are a few interesting stories there that I will be following.
Haaken and Liam have enjoyed the week off from school, but that may not have been the highlight of their week: at their request Eric/A kept Christmas morning as a quiet family time. They were very pleased to receive several items on their wish list, and one thing that wasn't—iPhones. Now they are learning that with great iPhones comes great responsibility—like answering texts from mom and dad! Something that came off well was Haaken and Liam picking out their own gifts for Mom and Dad. It was very sweet, and Eric/A enjoyed watching them watch the opening of their picks. The whole crew got together with Eric's family for Christmas dinner. They had thoughts of a quick trip to the States since they had time for it, but they found out that the ferries from Victoria to Port Angeles were fully booked. In hind sight, they could have crossed to Tsawwassen, but they didn't have that thought in time to take advantage of it. The highlight was time spent in prayer with friends and family in honour of their 20th wedding anniversary. It was a very special time. Eric put together some last minute planning for their anniversary at the Tigh Na Mara resort. Now they're madly preparing for our arrival!
We enjoyed our reunion with Erin & Kristian this week. We had an extended-family celebration at Rich & Sue's on Sunday afternoon. Thank you, Ashley, for hosting that! Kristian has enjoyed learning to fly his helicopter. Kristian scored many more gifts on Christmas day, so he's been busy just getting most of them opened! Erin had to head back to work on Friday, but Kristian is travelling with us.
Travis & Joanna keep in contact with us through texting and FaceTime. They are also taking care of the house while we're away. Thanks guys! They had some sad news this week as their rat died. Not everyone misses it equally!! Otherwise, helicopters and the conure try to peacefully co-exist!
And that's about enough for this week!
Haaken and Liam have enjoyed the week off from school, but that may not have been the highlight of their week: at their request Eric/A kept Christmas morning as a quiet family time. They were very pleased to receive several items on their wish list, and one thing that wasn't—iPhones. Now they are learning that with great iPhones comes great responsibility—like answering texts from mom and dad! Something that came off well was Haaken and Liam picking out their own gifts for Mom and Dad. It was very sweet, and Eric/A enjoyed watching them watch the opening of their picks. The whole crew got together with Eric's family for Christmas dinner. They had thoughts of a quick trip to the States since they had time for it, but they found out that the ferries from Victoria to Port Angeles were fully booked. In hind sight, they could have crossed to Tsawwassen, but they didn't have that thought in time to take advantage of it. The highlight was time spent in prayer with friends and family in honour of their 20th wedding anniversary. It was a very special time. Eric put together some last minute planning for their anniversary at the Tigh Na Mara resort. Now they're madly preparing for our arrival!
We enjoyed our reunion with Erin & Kristian this week. We had an extended-family celebration at Rich & Sue's on Sunday afternoon. Thank you, Ashley, for hosting that! Kristian has enjoyed learning to fly his helicopter. Kristian scored many more gifts on Christmas day, so he's been busy just getting most of them opened! Erin had to head back to work on Friday, but Kristian is travelling with us.
Travis & Joanna keep in contact with us through texting and FaceTime. They are also taking care of the house while we're away. Thanks guys! They had some sad news this week as their rat died. Not everyone misses it equally!! Otherwise, helicopters and the conure try to peacefully co-exist!
And that's about enough for this week!
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