It has been awhile since I have posted. Life is crazy sometimes and this seems to be my time of year for it. We just finished hosting the Leadership Summit Simulcast which ran for 3 days. I was Volunteer Central Coordinator. I had great help from Cathy Johnson, Kelly Procyshyn and Marlene Schensted…it was the 5:00 am mornings that did me in. I then did a funeral on Saturday and we just finished our 3 day Staff Retreat at Arlington Beach Camp. All events went well, but my old body was getting a little tired and I ended up with one of my migraine headaches…which meant I was not in the greatest attitude going to staff retreat. It turned out to be the best staff retreat we have ever had. Lots of communication happened and everyone participated…there was also great food and an awesome thunderstorm the last night we were there.

Matt and Jesika have returned from treeplanting. Jerry and Daniel, Jesika’s dad, headed out to Calgary today (Daniel flew in from Victoria yesterday) to connect with Matt and Jesika and they are on their way to do a 5-day hike in the Rockies. Jerry is so excited he is just like a little kid. I told him to remember that he is not 25 years old and if he can’t keep up the pace, tell the young ones to slow down. I hope they have great weather and great fun.

Greg and Heather and Kieran will be coming here tomorrow on their way to Waskesiu for a few days. It will be so much fun to see them. It has been a while and it is always good to see family. It will be fun to see Kieran as he is really talking now. Apparently he recognized Matt and Jesika when they came.

Tamara is back in Kaihsoung after travelling Prague, Vienna and Budapest. She had a marvelous time and is settling back into the routine of work again. She took some marvelous pictures and it has been fun looking at them.

I am doing a wedding this weekend…my good friend Kelly’s daughter Sarah is getting married and I have the privilege of doing the wedding for them. It is going to be fun. They are great kids and I know will do well in their marriage. It will be a fun weekend.

Then I think I will have a few days off to myself. I need a few days to get my head back into the right place and give my old body a rest. I will need to cut the grass while Jerry is away, so that should be interesting for me. Don’t bother to check out our lawn in the next week as I am not nearly as particular as Jerry is with the grass. There should be some interesting patterns by the time I am finished.