Blame Canada

Hello Everybody!

The days have been passing by swiftly for me as I near the day of departure for camp in Alberta. Zachary, Megan and I are joining a group of teens and pre-teens from our church for nine days of fun activities like spelunking, rappelling, video production and more at a boy scout camp in the mountains near the continental divide. I expect that it will be a blast, once we can get there. Since I have been serving as the leader of the expedition I have been working my tail off trying to herd all the cats in the same direction. I am finding out that crossing the border into Canada is not as easy these days as it once was.

My business has also chosen this moment to reach fever pitch at about the same time as the final preparations for camp, so it is almost a laughable matter to say that I am feeling overwhelmed. Once the chaos of traveling to Edmonton is over I should be able to relax a little, but there is no guarantee of that. We will be attending barbeques hosted by our sister church in Edmonton, and visiting the West Edmonton Mall; the biggest mall in North America! It has a huge waterpark, an amusement park, a skating rink and several other attractions aside from the numerous stores all under one roof. It should be a unique experience.

Susan is looking forward to our departure as well. I guess that when the cat's away the mice will play. She is going to complete an oil-painting that she has been working on for the past year, and has grand intentions of also painting the entryway to the house. This is as close as we get to a vacation this year.

I hope you are all well. It would be great to hear some news!

Jed