Dax, Kaili and Ellie all participated in a first aid competition is Victoria. Ron did some of the casualty simulation make-up for it while Adam and I stayed home for work. Dax and Kaili came home with a gold and a silver medal each and Ellie brought home 2 bronzes and a silver. The Courtenay group ended up 2nd over-all out of 8 teams.
Last week I got to chaperone Ellie's grade 8 band trip. We went to a festival in Port Albernie comprised of 47 grade 9 concert bands and 1 grade 8 (us). It was a very good trip with no major incidents. We stopped in Parksville to play mini golf and bumper boats on the way home. I thought the kids played very well. . .apparently the judges thought so too. Courtenay was one of the 6 bands chosen to play in Ottawa this year; too bad grade 8 bands are not allowed to leave the province!
When Ellie and I got home from the band trip Friday afternoon, I unpacked, repacked and hit the road with Ron about 2 hours later. We spent the night in Langley and attended a Temple session first thing Saturday morning where we saw a bunch of friends from all over- Courtenay, Whistler and Kamloops. That night we got to attend Melodie and Kevin's wedding reception in Westwold (they were sealed while we were in the temple). It was really great to reconnect with so many of our friends from Kamloops. We took a quick drive past the old house and it hasn't really changed a whole lot. Sunday morning we went to church where we were able to say "hi" to a few more friends. After Church we met up with Jimmy and visited for a little while. Linda was at home recovering from a recent hospital stay, so unfortunately, we weren't able to meet up with her this time :-(
Kaili and Dax both have orientation for their new jobs at McDonald's this afternoon, Kaili is in the midst of getting her Medical First Responder Certification and Elizabeth will be playing piano in another festival in Campbell River next week. . . Other than that, all is quiet here. . .
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