More Tragedy.....

and I hurt for them.

A mother was driving her children and a few other children to or from a birthday party at the local outdoor pool. They don't know yet why the vehicle went into the water-filled ditch. The mother and 2 of the children in the van were killed. One of those children was her own. Another 2 were taken to hospital.

I still don't understand why God allows for these tragedies to happen. I probably never will.

Yet another story of people in an unfortunate circumstance. There are several families who have been personally touched by this. I couldn't imagine if that was me or anyone I knew. My heart already breaks for these people and I don't even know them....

You can read the news story here

Summer Holidays......

Summer has been good this year so far.

We went on holidays a few weeks ago and had a blast! We took the kids to the Calgary Zoo and to Calaway Park. For those of you who don't know what Calaway park is, it's an amusement park located just outside of Calgary. The kids both loved it, although Spencer was feeling a little jipped in the end because he was too small to do alot of the rides. Kianna could do quite a bit though. The zoo was cool too. The kids (and us) got to see the camels being walked to their new home, a baby elephant nursing and then bottle-feeding, and alot of cool other animals that we don't have here at our own zoo.

We then proceeded on to visit some friends for a few days. We went to Waterton National Park with them. We did a little bit of trail walking and saw some animals in their natural habitat...kinda... (The animals come right into the townsite like it's nothing different than being in the woods) It was the first time we've taken the kids to the mountains, so that was pretty cool. Spencer kept saying "mountains! mountains!" at every little hill after that.

I've officially started my new job as Administrative co-ordinator for Christian Volunteer Movement. There's alot to learn, and I still feel quite lost but I know that with time and experience I'll soon be running things smoothly.

We head to Manitoba in a couple of weeks to visit some other friends for a few days. Then our holidays will officially be over for the summer.

After we get back from Manitoba, I'll be taking on another little boy Monday-Friday. I'll have two little boys M-F until Thanksgiving. My first one will be done then because his mom is going on maternity leave. After he's done, I'll then start another little boy 2-3 days a week.

It'll be a little busy....LOL


So that's life around here lately....