Where did our summer go????

Summer has slipped away too fast again and although it was a busy one, it was also a sad one.

Our summer started out with my great nephew coming for the holidays, we are always happy to have him here with us. Well it has turned out to be that he will be spending the year with us, maybe more. I was happy about this but at first I think he was sad because it meant he had to start Grade 9 in a new school, leave old friends and have to make new friends but he has adjusted. he has found an after school job and he really likes it as well as the money he makes. I like that it will teach him responsibility as well as give him the freedom to plan and save for items he really wants. He is a good kid so I think we will have a great year.

July I spent alot of time with a good friend of mine who was fighting cancer. She did have some good days but did spend some time in hospital as her cancer was spreading. I am so thankful I stopped to visit her the morning before I left for Salt lake City to the SU Convention because it turned out to be the last time I saw her. She passed away on August 9. I came home from convention to find out that she had passed and that she had requested that I do her eulogy.

Rest in Peace Joan - I miss you every single day. I miss your phone calls, our coffee times and of course our Dancing With the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance talks.

The SU Convention was very good as always, the numbers were down but I had alot of fun with the girls I traveled with (Michelle, Elaine & Peggy). We drove from Selkirk, MB to Salt Lake City, which was almost two days but we had many laughs and lots of fun along the way. Coming home we had a flat tire in Billings so had to spend the night there. Michelle is an awesome driver so we were safe at all times.

Dennis and I were not together on our 38th anniversary - he being at home and me in Salt Lake City but we did pass another milestone.

We celebrated Jordan's 14th birthday on Aug. 30 and we had a BBQ for him complete with games of bocce ball and playing catch. Everyone had a great time.

Everyone had alot of fun, even the cat got involved. I will catch up on September in the next post.