News Update

Another week has passed and we have returned to the shore of Lake Superior. The weather has been beautiful, and a lot of snow has sunk or melted from the streets, however, there remains a lot more to go! The week began with the Brier final, and Kevin Koe came through with a convincing win! I've had this week off, and now I'm into the women's world championships that began today with a win over Russia. I have high expectations of Rachel Homan; she was there last year and managed a medal, but I will be disappointed if it's not gold this time! The markets have been troubled all week with weak Chinese data, and strong Russian dictator! My accounts felt the pain as well. As a result, I have now fallen below quota—sigh! We have completed our visit to Regina; it was a very good time. Thank you, dad, for hosting us so graciously. We also relished in the chances to spend time with Erin & Kristian. We miss them all already! We drove to Winnipeg on Friday, met up with Erica, and passed the night with her, before she continued her trip to Mexico this morning. We cashed out a Red Lobster coupon from David when we arrived in Winnipeg and enjoyed a fabulous seafood feast—thanks, Dave. We completed the drive down to Thunder Bay today. Travis & Joanna welcomed us home with a lovely dinner. They've done a great job of taking care of things while we were away—thank you. Along with everything else, I'm getting ready for March Madness which is set to begin in the coming week. Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! 

Eric/A enjoyed a sunny week in Parksville and at least one of them was able to get out on the new bikes every day. The bikes are testing out well. Erica has been off work this week, and is taking the next week in sunny Mexico. She met up with Tanis in Winnipeg this morning, and they have flown to the Mayan Rivera for a week of RnR. Eric had a trip to Vancouver on Monday to visit his brother and enjoy two periods of Canuck hockey. He also watched the third period but some of that was obscured by tears! The boys finished up a final week of school, and are now off on a two-week spring break! I don't remember such long spring breaks when I was a kid, nor when I was a teacher! 

Erin has been under the weather nearly all week, but is gradually getting better. Kristian is into the rainbow loom and has made projects for most of us now. 

Trav, Joanna and crew have been managing their usual activities of work and school. We look forward to catching up with them now that we're back home. Trav's hockey team starts their second round series on Wednesday. 

And that's about enough for this week.