This week has been 10 months since leaving Australia! Wow time has flown past. We are very thankful for the care and love shown here in Lynden and feel very much at home (maybe too much!).
The end of the school year is in sight! Just one week left! Last Wednesday was Shantel's kindergarten graduation. This was held in the church basement. All the parents were in attendance as well as a good number of grandparents and good friends. As Shantel had no grandparents, she asked Mrs Bernice V to come and see her graduate. The graduates came marching in singing a song and then they sat at the front on their designated seats. They sang a number of songs and then a poem where each student said a line or two. The two teachers, Christine and Stephanie did the honors and said a few words about each student and presented them with their certificate! We then watched a video presentation of their year at kindergarten. After a board member said a few words, and one more final song, we all had some refreshments with the kindy kids getting a specially made cupcake!
After the ceremony, a couple of us mums went to Edaleen Dairy for an ice-cream. Mind you, five of the mums are all sisters!!
On Monday, Shantel had her grade 1 orientation day! She had a nice day and can't wait to go to real grade 1!
On Friday evening, we headed into Abbotsford to attend the 50th wedding anniversary of Steve's uncle and aunt. It was fantastic weather and a very nice evening! Good food and great company!
Saturday was the Lynden Farmers Parade. We watched the tractors, both old timers and newbees, pink and green, as wells as decorated trucks and even a bunch of kids on unicycles. Again, the weather was beautiful.
In the afternoon, we had the Janssens over for a visit. It was nice to catch up with them again!
On Sunday after the afternoon service and coffee social, we headed out the Birch Bay about 30 minutes west. We took a packed lunch and sat on some logs on the beach. The beach is full of pebbles and the kids had fun throwing them in the water! But impossible to build a sand castle :(
This week will be a busy one too! We have the school kitchen cleaning, and a graduation dinner to attend. Jaclyn is still in Washington DC and hopes to be back on Tuesday. From what we hear and see on the blog, they are having a wonderful time. Steve also hopes to do a one night camp with his class at Warm Beach. On Monday, Stefan hopes to go with his class to Cultus Lake water slides and on Wednesday is the Volunteers tea.
So as you can see, there is still plenty on!
Well, that's it for this week. Thanks for stopping by. May God bless you in whatever corner of the world you are in.
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