On the Road Again

It has been a long time in coming as it has been a long winter, however, this evening we were able to go on our first motor bike ride of 2009. The wind made it a little chilly, but it was nice to go for a little spin around Durham.

Coloring Easter Eggs

Saturday night we enjoyed coloring Easter Eggs together. I should have checked before we started as I was out of some colors. But in the end everyone usually puts their egg in a couple of different colors anyways. Guess what's for lunch tomorrow? You guessed it, egg salad sandwiches!

Hopeville

The other day we passed through Hopeville. Now you might never be passing through Hopeville here on this earth, as I had never passed through it before a couple of days ago. However, as I was passing through there, it just got me thinking of all those people who are passing through this life and they have no eternal hope. I am so thankful that I have something even better then Hopeville here on this earth. I have a heavenly Hopeville waiting for me. This Easter morning I had two visitors in my Sunday school class that knew very little about God. It was so neat to share with them about God's plan of salvation and the hope we have waiting in heaven. In Christ Alone, Our Hope is found.

Awana Family Night

In Awana this week we focused on the Easter Story. The parents and siblings were invited to join us for the night. There were about six stations set up to teach the kids about Easter and the salvation message. This is the presentation that Zachary and Ruth did.

On An Old Rugged Cross

Today we enjoyed celebrating Good Friday with our church family. It was a thrill to see five people declare their faith in the Lord and follow him in baptism. We then shared the Lord's Supper together. "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us!" What amazing love Christ demonstrated! Now I stand forgiven. WOW! Thank-you Lord!

The Hospital District

I was down town Toronto this afternoon. There is an area of downtown Toronto with some really nice fancy hotels, then there's the entertainment district, China Town, and Kensington Market however, we visited the Hospital District. I had an appointment with a doctor at Toronto General Hospital. It was a bit of a surprise when we got to the hospital to see three hospitals right there all grouped together. Across the street from Toronto General is Sick Kids Hospital, and right across the street from both of these is Mount Sinai Hospital. Hopefully you will never have to visit the Hospital District but if you are having a medical emergency downtown Toronto on University Avenue you have no worries, you will recieve good medical care.

April Flurries Bring ......

We have had quite the fluctuation in weather here the last week. I try to exercise every morning as soon as I get up. I often like to go outside and stand on our porch to help cool down. I was standing there this morning enjoying the nice crisp morning. But some how it sure felt a lot more like February then April. However, Sunday we did enjoy a beautiful day and even enjoyed some of our flowers that are coming up. So we are getting teased that spring might arrive some time.

Say Cheese

We have been waiting for a nice sunny day to be able to get some graduation pictures taken of Ruth. This afternoon turned out to be a beautiful afternoon so we called up a friend who is a very gifted photographer to get some shots. We had a nice walk around the campus as we stopped and took shots in different locations. Thanks so much Natasha, you did a GREAT JOB!

A Nice Spring Day?

Ruth and I have had it on the calendar for a little while that we were going to go out and look for a graduation dress today. We were not thrilled to wake up and see that it had snowed last night. (Although, I sure heard the wind blowing like crazy all night.) We started off down the road and didn't get more than a couple of miles and the road was closed due to an accident. Therefore we had to take some side roads around the accident. Talk about treacherous road conditions! The side roads were in very bad shape and it was with a big sigh of relieve that we made it safely to the main road again. So for the first hour we had to deal with poor road conditions. You got to love spring in Ontario! Although, we had some snowy roads, and high winds all day, our trip was a success. And we made some memories of this spring mother/daughter day out.

Happy April Fools Day

For all of you faithful blog readers that have been with me from the start of my blog, you know that April Fools Day means DANGER in our house. (This is one of our daughter's favorite holidays.) I know I will miss my daughter when she goes away to college but I don't think I will be missing her on April 1st of next year. I know you are all on the edge of your seat wondering what she came up with this year. Since she did not have to work, I knew I wouldn't have to worry about a phone call about a fake accident at work. Well, true to her form she waited until we went to bed to put her plan into action. Her first task was to do a good job in coating our toilet seat with Vaseline. (I won't go into detail of what a surprise that was first thing in the morning.) In the kitchen she put vinegar in our coffee pot. She also rearranged our kitchen in moving things around. She then put some stuffed animals in different cupboards to surprise us when we opened them up. She did make a nice April Fool's sign for us. Now this could not be MY daughter I am talking about, could it? I hope you are enjoying a Happy April Fools Day.