OK, this is getting silly, seems I never have time to put pictures on the blog - b/c it takes so long for them to upload onto the blog - so I thought, you know, I don't only have to put pictures on - I could tell them, whoever is interested, what I do all day!!!! Today is Thursday, February 18th and I got up this morning, had coffee with Freek and then he left for work, to install rock on a house in Athabasca. It was -4 degrees, but it was supposed to be a beautiful day. I read the Clarion, kissed Betty goodbye - as she left for school, then proceeded to get dressed. Did some dishes and vacuumed our bedroom and TV room, spoke to Lorraine on the telephone for while and then left for Karen's to babysit for the day as she had to go to Vega Hall to decorate for the Valentine's Dinner to be held tomorrow night. Angie and the kiddies and Ciny and her kiddies came at lunch time as well as Gerry, so we had lunch altogether. Did the dishes with the girls - had coffee and then took Iris, Summer and Caden on the sled to our house to pick up some things for the girls. I gave Janelle a little trim so that her hair would be more blunt in the back, as her hair is quite thin and will thicken out if she keeps it short. Karen came home at 4:30, so we all went home after that. Made supper for us, soup and omelets w/toast, did the dishes and then got ready for choir. So that was the extent of today. Pap also came home early, as they were finished scratching the house, so that was nice as well.

Anyway, that is what I did today, as well as thanking the Lord for the beautiful weather and for taking care of all of us for another day.

Also - we pray that Frieda arrived safely and wish you all a wonderful time with her.

I will try my utmost to keep this up regularly DV.

Tomorrow morning I will bring Richard and Ciny to the airport, as they are going to BC for a week with the children to Richards mom and dad - gives him another week to recouperate. They are picking me up at 6:30 - so that will be the beginning of a new day, so the Lord wills.

Love you all and have a good nite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Some More of our Beautiful Day

A remarkable building - the airport!A Ukranian Orthodox Church

The Statue of Freedom - after communism!

One of the many statues we discovered!

The Famous Opera House - it was closed the day we were there, but it was a beautiful building!

Some Beautiful Buildings in Lvov

This was the taxi who brought us to the airport.

This was the "opera" which means down-town!!

Some of the beautiful architecture!!

This was the train station in Lvov where we arrived from Rivne to go back home.

I can't believe that we were here, but this is the proof! It was quite the experience! Unforgettable!

Some More

Typical Ukranian look!

Checking out the market in Rivne! That is the city that Rev. Drost and his wife Ria live.

Ria checking out the live animals at the market. Large rabbits in this case.

Our church in Rivne - such a beauty!

The children of the minister that we visited both played this traditional instrument and sang. It is like a harp and guitar at the same time - sounds wonderful!!! Very talented.

The Ukraine

The pictures are a little mixed up, so you will have to bear with me. Anyway, this is a photo of Rev. Drost (in the black leather coat) with one of the members of the church. He is a farmer and was eager to show us his farm. It was soooo tooo bad that we could not converse with each other, Ukranian is such a difficult language. But they are so very friendly and went out of their way to make us feel welcome.

Here I am with the farmer and his wife - I was so happy to be on a picture with them.

One of the colourful houses in the village.

When we came out of church - the cows were coming home. They know exactly where to go.

Rev. Drost with the minister of the church in the village that we visited. We took part in the service and it felt so awesome - to be one with people of a completely different culture and language. It made us feel so special - God is great and gracious!!!!

Oma and A Few of the Grandchildren

Our Frippy Freddie - big soft cheeks.

Little Jayda looking dreamy on Oma's lap!!!

Iris is lookn' pretty intelligent, don't you think?

Oh Hope - you loveable, kissable doll!!

And then there is Summer - curly haired Summer - our little poser!!!!

Gerry & Karen's Addition

Darryl measuring the outside of the window on Gerry and Karen's addition. Not that I wanted to post pictures first, but I was there the other day and took a few.

This is the east side of the addition - the garage door.

The west side of the house, the door opening and window beside.

Gerry checking out the inside of the window - is it straight or crooked?

Pap inspecting the boys while they are putting on the floor!