Well I hope things are back to normal. The fences are finally done and have been for a couple of weeks. We still need to put a second coat of stain on them but for the most part the project has been completed. I took my last midnight shift off so that I would be able to go to Saskatchewan over the long weekend to celebrate Mom & Dad Mildenberger's 80th birthdays. This gave me 14 days off in total which I have spent trying to get a few odd jobs completed before I go back to work this Saturday. I had to completely rebuild our utility trailer which suffered some damage during the lumber transport for the fence. I have also spent a little time putting a computer system together for Lee and Angela, a long ago promised wedding present that I have finally completed. Plus a little work on the truck and a few little odds and ends and I have been kept quite busy. As well, the aforementioned jaunt to Sedley which went really well. All the grandchildren except one were able to make it out to celebrate with grandma & grandpa. I took quite a few pictures which I have yet to view as well as some video which I am hoping to make into a souvenir video for the folks (when I get around to it that is!).
Our youngest child leaves the nest, at least temporarily, this Sunday. Nikki flies off to Florida to spend about three months under the mentorship of a friend of ours who is the music pastor in a church down there. Nikki will be his assistant and will get a chance to help lead the choir, lead in praise and worship and also get some pointers on arranging and composing music, valuable tools as she prepares to enroll in the Grant MacKewan music program next fall. So it will seem strange not to have her bubbly personality bounding in and out of the house for a while. I think everyone's a bit pensive and nervous, especially Nikki as this is the first time she has gone on a trip by herself. She leaves at 7:00am on Sunday morning and has a one hour layover in Houston before continuing on to Pensacola, Florida, which by the way is not too far from where hurricane Katrina did her damage. We are just praying that the end of hurricane season is fast approaching, although our friend Randy says they have weathered four or five hurricanes since they moved down there and all seems to be well so far.
Within the next few days I hope to go through the pictures of the birthday party and post a few on the site for all to peruse.

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