Category: Family
Where does my help come from?
Many years ago my mom shared some of her experiences as she returned home from Montreal in September of 1961 after attending the funeral of her brother Ken, age 37. Mom recounted how on the drive home this verse helped her deal with the tragedy of Ken dying at such a young age. I lift Read More …
The Prince of Peace on Christmas Day
From today’s devotion… Peace is hard to find. Trouble tears apart our lives. Doubt delivers us to our fears. Worry warps our sense of reality. Before we know it we’re trapped in the chaos of day to day life and panic takes over. Yet Christ came to be our peace. Everything—our hopes, worries, fears, doubts, Read More …
Best widget so far
OK, so I’m a bit of an Apple fan, not quite a fan boy, but up there. With the latest iOS and the ability for widgets on the Home Screen I did some playing around and settled on this Apple widget at the top of my screen. By default it shows my 6 things in Read More …
Geocaches for Grandkids
I’ve been a geocacher for a few years, since 2004, and been sporadically active over the years. Last year I introduced my Grandkids to geocaching and it was a pretty big success. Read More …
Grandkids and Kleenex
Last night as we’re watching TV downstairs, Shirley asks me to pass her a Kleenex. Quite a normal request and there is normally one or two Kleenex boxes on the tables where we sit in the basement. We look around and there are none to be found. Not a problem, Shirley gets another box from Read More …
Paper Bag Princess with the Grandsons
Today we took all four Grandsons to the PTE performance of Robert Munch’s Paper Bag Princess. The boys were dropped off by the parents at Portage Place and once they were all together they were having so much fun with each other that we almost didn’t exist, except for corralling them to go in the Read More …
Kneeboarding
The next generation is starting to master many lake activities that Eric and Scott enjoyed. This August long weekend Parker (7) and Dane (4) took their first of many spins around the bay on the kneeboard. I’m sure water skis & wakeboards won’t be far behind. Good time at the lake with family. The best!