Ma's been taken to glory!!

Some of you know that Doris (my first mother in law) had been diagnosed with an aggressive systemic brain tumor this past June. She had surgery at the end of June and the doctor said she wasn't a good candidate for radiation so it would be about on week to five months left to live. She was in Camrose hospital for a while then transferred to Viking extended care. She took a big turn for the worse last week when she couldn't eat anymore and then stopped taking fluids as well. She was nine days without eating and seven without fluids.

I spent the night with her Friday and yesterday with me on one side and my sister in law Mable on the other we watched as she peacefully quit breathing and passed. I got to close her eyes. I know that sounds morbid, but I missed Dad's by only minutes and I wanted to be there with her when she went. What a privilege it was!! Imagine the family reunion she got to have when she got to eternity!!!

Now we all have to switch gears because today my niece gets married. We will all go and have a great time and can be assured that Ma will be watching us from heaven with all the family.

Until next time....

Well, we are finally back home again...and I think for a while this time. We went to camp for 10 days on the 25th of July till the 3rd of August. We came home and did laundry and repacked everything for our trip to Toronto. We left on August 4th for my sister-in-law's wedding. It was a crazy time because it was so short but we did Wasaga Beach, African Lion Safari, Niagara Falls, and the wedding while we were there. It was INSANE for busy and we are all very tired. Our flight was two hours delayed last night due to thunder storms, computer terminal glitches and a lost seat cushion on the plane. We got home at 5AM this morning and we are pooped! I think the boys enjoyed their first trip on a big plane and their time in Ontario.

I managed to pick Joanne up from the hospital the week we were at camp. She is doing much better and I believe now she will pick up and life will be back to normal. She was not allowed to fly due to the possibility of blood clots so she and the kids have postponed their trip to Nova Scotia for a while.

I hope to have some pictures of some of the things we did while in Ontario so please be patient and I will get them on and talk more about the trip but until next time.....