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Cat in the Hat
Feb 27 is birthday time as Jackie and Gary share that one. Jackie invited 3 friends out for bowling - do you know they have 9-pin here? Set up like a diamond. We are so blessed to still have a single-digit-aged child in our home - the enthusiasm and joy of a child is something that has brought a bright ray of sunshine into our home, no matter what the circumstances. As for Gary - well - as you get older, the obvious fact that we are fragile short-lived creatures is ever-more evident. So we live life to the full while we can. The shadow of ALS over our lives notwithstanding.
This month is also reading month at the school, and Bernice, being the librarian, encouraged kids to come to school dressed s a favorite character. So here she is in her catty best. It just so happened that on this day a boyfriend she hadn't seen for 30 years dropped by the school!
Jaclyn is one of the top winners in the school, and that means a trip to McDonald's, on the house. Not sure McD's is the best choice, but kids like it no matter what the contents of the food may be.
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Turin Olympics
With Canada's hockey team favoured to win a Gold Medal, 50 of us, including Tim (left) & Chris and me, bussed down to Turin to see them play the Czechs.We headed out from Kandern early in the morning, crossing Switzerland and the Alps into Italy to take in the game.Turin's a large city, but the huge Olympic flame was our guide to the venue in the heart of the city. It was amazing to think that we were in the same city as many of the world's top winter athletes!Included in the crowd was The Great One - Wayne Gretzky, and although 
he wasn't sitting far away, a glass barrier separated the box seats (his) from the cheaper seats (ours), and so we did not meet him. His Dad was walking around meeting folks though, and here is likely as close as I will get to greatness. I don't know who the kid who popped into the photo is.The Olympic Experience was terrific, and it is a day we will not forget! The game was great - Canada even won 3-2, though the Czechs played much better and deserved to win.Given that these winter games only come once in four, one wonders what the world will be like, where will I be, what will happen before the next ones. I'm glad God knows the future - not me!
Feb 27 is birthday time as Jackie and Gary share that one. Jackie invited 3 friends out for bowling - do you know they have 9-pin here? Set up like a diamond. We are so blessed to still have a single-digit-aged child in our home - the enthusiasm and joy of a child is something that has brought a bright ray of sunshine into our home, no matter what the circumstances. As for Gary - well - as you get older, the obvious fact that we are fragile short-lived creatures is ever-more evident. So we live life to the full while we can. The shadow of ALS over our lives notwithstanding.
