Wow, it’s been a while! June has flown by and July is sure
to be gone in no time as well.
June has been a busy month. When working in the school
system and having two school going kids, June is always one of the busiest
months of the year.
My girl had recovered from her salmonella ordeal and had a
few milestones coming up.
Grade 9 farewell was one of them; her last couple of days
attending our great little country school. A lovely little ceremony was
organized and all 11 of them looked stunning in their beautiful outfits. Am I biased when I say my daughter was the cutest?
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| my little beauty! |
Exams were written, a final overnight fieldtrip to a
somewhat local cowboy village was made and that was the end of 9 years of
Crestomere School.
She’s pumped to move forward and go to high school. I’m not
overly excited yet, but it’s not all about me,right?!!
June came and went and July arrived.
A long anticipated visit from Oma and a nephew from Holland
was in the planning. The weather gods must have known those 2 were coming
because as soon as they set foot on Canadian soil, temperatures rose to an
average of 30 degrees Celsius. A great time was had by all and family bonds
were strengthened. We love living here
and would never go back to Holland, but at times you do miss your family. My kids and my nephew hadn’t seen each other
face to face in 7 years. It didn’t take long for them to pick up from where
they had left off. Plans were made for more visits in the future and I wouldn’t
be surprised if that actually happens sooner rather than later.
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| visiting the hoodoos in Drum Heller. |
Ten days flew by, had tons of fun, showed them lots of the
province, and yesterday we drove them to the airport again. They made it home
safe. Strangely quiet in the house now, but looking back on those ten days,
some beautiful memories were made.
Health wise it’s going pretty good with my girl. The one
thing I am not too happy about is her energy level. She still needs to rest
more than the average teenager. Has to paste herself or pay for it later.
Hospital visit coming up in August or September , depending on the availability.
Ophthalmologist planned for the end of August. I’m hopeful more drugs can be
weaned but am hesitant to state it out loud, do not want to jinx the progress
she has made since on Humira. Still a nasty shot to administer but boy is it
ever nice to see her this healthy.
On another note: July is juvenile arthritis awareness month
in the states. Since there is still so little awareness for JIA I thought I’d
post this link. This is to show having arthritis is NOT just growing pains and
in some cases truly can be life threatening. The family of this boy knows that
all to well and they keep fighting to find something that works for them.
I wish them well and hope something positive will happen for them soon. Parker is a fighter.
