A DAY TO REMEMBER

Hey there all my blogger friends. Sorry for not posting, but I guess my life is busier than I ever thought. Also my daughter Samantha has moved to Victoria. Yes, she left last Tuesday. I guess that is another reason for not being up on the blogging. Her boyfriend went there to get a job. His brother and sister live over there. So Samantha went with him. Yes, I know what you are all thinking but sometimes you just have to let them do things on their own to let them grow up a bit. So much to tell you all. My volunteering at the children's hospital is going good. There are times when it is very boring as there are no kids to hang out with, but last tuesday was a good night. You just do not realize how blessed you are to have a healthy child and have friends that have healthy kids. I am overwhelmed with God's grace. On the same night, very special friends of ours from the church, Susheel and Jennie Lyn, had a beautiful baby girl. 6 lbs 12 oz. She was born with a full head of black hair. Her name is Shekinah Rachel. Syd and I went to the hospital Wednesday night to visit her and mommy and daddy. I love watching Syd hold a baby. He is so gentle. Friday, I got a call from Rachel and she asked what I was doing that night. (It was raining like crazy) She had to go to Langley to do a Jolica party http://www.jolica.com/home.asp at Tammy's place, La La's sister. She did not want to drive in the crappy weather by herself. So I went with her. Good thing I did. With two of us in the vehicle, she used the HOV lane on the freeway. If I was not with her, she probably would not have gotten to Langley till after 8. The traffic was crazy. Not just because of the rain but because there was an accident after the Port Mann bridge, which slowed everything down. That was a fun night. On Saturday we did some house work and then went to the mall to window shop and then we went to the movie, Stranger Than Fiction. It was not as funny as we thought it would be but it was ok. I would have prefered to rent it. Oh well, live and learn. Sunday morning was church and then Sunday night was a retirement dinner for my Aunt Velma Freeman. After 50 years of missionary work and working in the church, she retired. We had everyone bring food and we had a celebration. There were around 300 - 400 people there. People I have not seen for years. What a good night. I was in charge of the kitchen with the help of our youth and college & career group. What an amazing team. As I had said in my last post we went to a wedding. I have attached some pictures from that. Also one of Syd and I. I hope you all have a wonderful day.