Renee Gallant took some of Tom’s shirts and pieced together a quilt for me. I paid a women Renee suggested to do the quilting. I had no idea that Renee displayed it at BCNE fair in the recycled category and won first prize. I had been wondering when she was going to get the quilt to me but I guess it has been on display. I am thrilled that it was judged to be #1 because the man that wore the shirts was and is #1!!
Bob and Pat James came to visit me yesterday and I was so thrilled that they took the time to do so. They wanted to go for lunch but I decided to make them lunch instead and had it ready for them. We had a great visit. I love them dearly. Pat is so brave with her MS health challenges and Bob the perfect supportive companion for her. They are always fun.
Cindy and Paul drove Jack over to Alberta this week to get him settled for school in Lethbridge this Fall. They stayed with Jamie and Brooke and had dinner with Joanne, Dave and Jeff. They visited with Carol and Danielle and Tom. Jack now has a YSA conference in Calgary this week and then a trip to St. George for a friend’s wedding before school starts. Jack was a counsellor at the UBC FSY last week and Sam was a participant. I kept in touch with Sam while his parents were away this week and I took Sam, Ross, Sarah and Hansen to A+W for dinner on Tuesday. Max, Jacqui and Aksel left for Nashville last Saturday where they spent a few days with Trevor’s family before heading into downtown Nashville for Max to attend an accounting conference. They are on their 38 hour journey back to Australia today. I had the family for dinner before they left. We will miss them.
Liza and family were with the Burgess family last week on their annual family camp. They will be packing Breya up soon to get her to Edmonton for school this fall. Tammie and Jadyn will be heading out for St. George the end of this month to get Jadyn moved over there to live with two roommates. She will complete her university online this fall and be living near Justin and JayLynn. Zach has taken a job in upstate New York with the team he played with last year but will now be working in the business part of the team. He is also working on his MBA online and Mo nursing. Sam will be going to university locally and the rest of the children heading back to school soon as well.
I attended the Temple on Tuesday as usual and found we have a new shorted endowment presentation. It is about an hour long now. I first went thru the Temple 54 years ago and thru those years the presentation has changed and evolved. The basic ordinances never change but the presentation around them changes according the needs of the time. What a wonderful church and gospel we have.
Bela kindly invited me to her family BBQ last week while her children were all in town. It was so nice to see all of them. I made cookies to share with them. Jonny, Amber and her two daughter were passing thru and stopped to visit with me and they got more of the cookies. It was nice to see them. They had been camping on the island since Josh’s wedding. Jonny is helping me post the Grandpa Tanner pictures Tom has had responsibility for. There is a special family site where they post pictures and such. Jack came over with Sam to say goodbye and the Hardy’s got the rest of my cookies.
Cheyenne has also left to return for school. Kona I will miss her visits. She studied hard all summer and wrote her MCAT exam just before she left. I am glad Jean is here.
I am so blessed with a remarkable family, wonderful friends and a little sidekick named Kona.
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