Month: July 2004

Yes, my father has been diagnosed with cancer. However, I WILL not let myself believe that it’s a done deal – game over. Far from it. Yes, the following months are going to be hard, especially for him and my mother, but it can be beaten and nobody’s purposes are served by being negative about…

We were at Shelley’s family reunion at Fairmont Hot Springs last weekend, and drove the kids to camp, near Halkirk, ALberta (east of Stettler). That was a long drive. Along the way, we found out that a school chum of Quinn’s (not a good friend, but a recess kind of friend) was killed by his…

Scott and I went together and bought Dad a little Garmin eTrex Legend GPS unit. I’m not sure how I managed to go this long without a little recreational GPS. Anyway, we gave it to Dad, but since he’s been feeling under the weather and not able to use it, he gave it back to…

…by herself (with Quinn) for a couple days. What do I get back? This. Here’s a close up. She’s fine, probably should have gotten stitches, but she didn’t, so we will likely have a “get the scar fixed” issue to deal with.

As promised! Click the picture to get a larger (80kB) picture of “The Axeman”: And of course the obligatory team picture (80kB):