After getting home from Tennessee I started preparing for our family reunion at the Elton’s Lake House on Lake Whatcom. It would be our fourth visit there and our first without Tom. The girls and their families were all planning on coming and Trevor and Tammie were preparing to be there too. However, JayLynn got sick just as I left after my visit with all of them and she tested positive for covid. Fortunately I did not come down with it as I had last summer but Trevor, Tammie and Jadyn did. Justin seemed to get it too and Zach and Mo felt a little bit under the weather. Trey and I were the holdouts. Tammie made the decision not to travel to the Lake House but Trevor had business in Seattle so made the trip anyway but when still testing positive while there he and I made the decision that he needed to get home and rest. Everyone else made it including Jack who surprised me by taking the week off from his FSY job as a counsellor.
I got to the Temple for a session and served my Saturday Temple shift the week I was home. I went to Burnaby to meet with Eric Muir and Sherri and Sherri brought some papers the next day to have me sign. I attended the Relief Society Pioneer activity with Cindy, Jacqui and Aksel. I shopped for groceries and other supplies for the Lake and made cookie sheet chocolate cake and prepped chicken salad for dinner the day we arrived. I also got my house ready for Joanne, Jeff and the McCues as they would arrive before I got back to be here for Josh’s wedding in Abbotsford. It was a busy week. I loaded my car with everything, ALL BY MYSELF, and after church on Sunday we headed for the Lake. Jack drove with me and we had a nice visit. We arrived first and Jon Elton was waiting for us. Rissa and family and Cindy and her group followed soon after. Sam had to work and they went back for him on Tuesday. Liza and the children had difficulties as there was an accident with a truck left on fire and they had to reroute. I stayed up until they arrived. Brendon drove down on Wednesday after work to join us.
We had a great week and I really enjoyed it. I felt Tom near and the children were all so good to me. The girls all went shopping for groceries and helped with the meals. Liza cooked two dinners and Rissa and Cindy one each. My children took me out for dinner on evening and we ordered pizza for the rest. We had some cloud one day but the rest of the weather was pretty good. The boys took care of the boat and took the children out for water activities. They played games and did numerous puzzles which Tom would have loved. We went cliff jumping one day and on numerous walks. Scott, Rissa, Wyatt and Jack played golf one day and we all loved and cared for our babies Aksel and Hansen. We ate a lot! Sayde slept with me in the master bedroom so she won’t have to go up and down the stairs as often. They canoed and paddle boarded and Liza swam across the Lake with Cindy and Breya paddling along with her. The kids all enjoyed being together and the older children and the younger children had fun together. We have a wonderful family and I know Tom was enjoying them along with me. Jack had to catch a plane to get back to his assignments so Sam drove home with me and they left early. The Bulls had left on Friday and the rest on Saturday. I had cleaners come in but we got quite a bit done ourselves before leaving. Kona was with us all week and got a lot of attention.
Joanne’s family were at the wedding when I got home so I was able to unload and unpack before they got back. The wedding was a big success and they all left Sunday morning. I spent Monday cleaning and changing sheets etc. The cleaning went into the next day or so. It rained early in the week which was good.
I bought ice cream sandwiches on my way to the Temple on Tuesday and left them in the freezer for the workers as it was Tom’s birthday and that was my Random Act of Kindness. They seemed very appreciative. Barbara drove out that day and attended a session with me. She came over for a late lunch afterward and unfortunately left her phone behind and had to return the next day to reclaim it.
Wendy, Virginia, Robert Kearl and I met with Mayor Eric Woodward at the cemetery on Wednesday along with the fellow over cemeteries and we discussed our desires and ideas for improving the Fort Langley Cemetery. We will hopefully move forward in positives ways from here.
Kona had a grooming on Wednesday.
Cindy, Paul, Sam, Max, Jacqui and Aksel have gone up to Liza’s for a few days. Liza has opened her new clinic and is busy with that and also has Brendon’s family there and Ted staying at their place. Busy time. I went today to water Cindy’s outdoor plants. It is hot.
Kona and I are busy here with yard work, business concerns and church callings.
I am busy and blessed!
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