News Update

We've had a week of interesting weather here on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. It's been mild, with daytime highs above zero, but the biggest feature was 24 hours of major rainfall that really melted down the snowbanks. We're encouraged! Wendy has made good progress on the kitchen painting, and I've started on the flooring. However, Wendy is now having second thoughts on the flooring material, so that's at a standstill. We found a good deal on some oak flooring, just over $1 a square foot for a couple of end-of-line boxes, so we picked them up. It is 3/4" solid oak, tongue and groove. I plan to use that material to build the decorative boxes around the light bulkheads, and we're thinking about ideas to make use of the rest of it.

Oak!

Otherwise, we've had a fairly quiet week. This evening, we went skating at one of the local arenas. Wendy has new skates and enjoyed getting to try them out. I was glad to be able to skate without pain—well, we'll see how my legs feel tomorrow! The markets were more settled this week as the US/China trade war has been postponed for a few months. I was able to make quota, so that was encouraging. My sporting week started off with a highlight as Kevin Koe won the Brier. He is now preparing for the world championships which are set for Lethbridge. Today, the women's world championships began in Denmark; I'll be keeping track of Chelsey Carey and her team all week. The NHL continues the grind toward the playoffs; my teams have had up and down play this week. Basketball is pushing toward March Madness that officially opens tomorrow. My Jayhawks had a good week in the conference tournament. Iowa State beat them in the championship game tonight. They'll probably be about a #5 seed in the March Madness tournament. Rock Chalk, Jayhawks! 

Erica continues regular work in Calgary. Eric joined her there for a weekend adventure and an early celebration of her birthday. Today, they rented a car and toured west into the national parks.

Exploring Banff

Banff Weekend

Eric has some new potential projects; they are trying to obtain funding and grow their business. We pray those plans will come to fruition. Liam continues with work and RU. Last weekend, they performed in Nipawin at a youth rally. He has further performances scheduled: Apr 7th: Chinese Methodist Church in Regina, Apr 18th-21st: Easter Tour, Apr 27th-28th: Provost Performance. No news from Haaken this week. 

Erin and Kristian had a tough week, but now seem to be recovering their health. Kristian missed two days of school, and he's catching up on homework today. Kristian had good results in his bowling this morning, beating his average every game. Erin took part in a fund raiser at work for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: all told it came to $4500.00. Great job! 

Travis and Joanna keep busy. We have regular visits with them, and regular traffic from their clients picking up completed projects. The booked a local arena for more photography this evening, so we took advantage to go skating as well—thanks guys! Gemma is in the final stages of the semester, completing projects and preparing for final assessments. 

And that's about it for this week.