AIM II Days 44 - 50

Another week down and another week to go before Nathan starts his last intensive phase ADI II.

It was a good week with both Nathan and Carter starting school. Shelley took the first few days of the week off to make sure Nathan got adjusted well to school. Both he and Carter had a great week of school and are excited about going. Their school, Georges Vanier, is bursting at the seams with students. Carter's classroom is in the dance studio while the grade 7s & 8s homeroom in the gymnasium. Short on space, short on teachers and short on budget - hopefully the province does something right and provides more funding for this school. Shelley also really enjoyed getting some 1 on 1 time with our Justin that she hasn't had in awhile.

We also spent the week doing more work on our new yard. The sod is in, sprinklers are set up, we have a tree planted and a flower bed done.... we are getting there slowly but surely.

As the weekend rolled around we decided to take the opportunity to head back up to the Miller family cabin on the banks of the Carrot River. We hadn't been there since Grandpa Ray's birthday last year so it had been awhile. All three boys had tons of fun this weekend. We went quadding, frog hunting, fishing, played horseballs, played cards, visited with family and even had a little baseball game, oh and the kids got plenty of video game time as well which makes them happy. Carter even learned how to play Kaiser and he picked it up quite quickly.

The fishing wasn't great but Justin was still pretty excited when he caught a leaf. It was his first time using a real hook and he told everyone that he caught leaf... we should have gotten it mounted! Carter was the best fisherman on the weekend as he caught a couple of goldeyes and a walleye. Nathan also caught a huge goldeye and we were able to explore on a rock island for a half hour as well. The boys always like seeing what treasures they can discover - clams, crayfish, fossils and even scat are all exciting.

This week should seem like a normal week with Shelley working most days and Nathan attending school all week. We'll take it as it will soon turn again and remind us how not normal our life has been for the past year.

We thank God for being able to have a week like we had followed up by a real fun and normal weekend!