We became the destination spot for the Burgess/Hardy camping trip this year due to smoke originating from forest fires in the interior. The girls planned activities and meals and Liza was able to do her running and biking training outdoors and swimming at our local pool. Brendon joined her for some of her biking and swimming. They all did some shopping, a day at Cultus lake for boating, a day at Crescent Beach in WhiteRock and a day of cliff jumping at Whyte Cliff Park in West Vancouver. They had several meals at our house and we paid for them to go out for Chinese food at Capilano Heights Restaurant while they were on the North Shore. Bryson took Cathy Zang along with him on some adventures as Jack often had Sianne with him. On Sunday we celebrated Sayde’s tenth birthday and I helped with the dinner. We all stayed at our house for Sacrament Meeting as we felt our numbers were too great for the in church meeting. We did our own Sunday school too and zoomed Trevor’s family. The Bull’s were in California. Liza took Tom swimming at the pool and helped him decide on a stationary bike which he ordered from Costco. It has been a busy week and we all enjoyed watching events from the olympics being held in Japan. Liza’s family packed up and left for camping on the island on Monday and we are hoping they are enjoying their time together. Brendon was wonderful and completed several repairs for us around the house while they were here.
Tom and I served in the Temple last Tuesday where Tom filled in for Brother Gruber. We served our regular shift on Saturday and attended a session with Liza and Brendon Friday morning. The two families did baptisms at the Temple on Thursday evening. Tom takes painkillers when he serves in the Temple. He loves to be there and he comes alive when he is in the Temple. He loves to perform sealings and it never seems as though he is in any pain at all while he is doing that.
Tom’s pain, however, is still unchanged but we have committed to go swimming twice a week, starting today, and we are hoping that the stationary bike he has ordered will also help him maintain his strength and perhaps correct his herniated disc. He had a phone call visit with Dr. Collingridge today to review how things are going. We are looking for and praying for solutions to this terrible sciatic like pain he is experiencing. He handles it well and unless serving in the Temple he is determined to not take painkillers. He does his stretches throughout the day and because he hates to see me doing the work he tries hard to assist with laundry, dishes, bathroom cleaning etc. I have to hold him down. He is so precious. We are still receiving calls and messages from friends with expressions of love and concern. We are very grateful and it means a lot to us.
The children like to visit our old neighborhood when they are on the North Shore and they regularly go to the Hardy’s store they used to frequent as children. They stopped when they were there this past week and bought me some beautiful roses and candy for themselves of course. We all miss our North Shore Home.
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