here are a couple of lighter pics of the dinner last night.Perhaps you can see Darylene better in these.She is in the back row in the middle.

And today is Darylene's 18th birthday .Yesterday however was the day she moved into her dorm at Fresno State.Quite a busy and emotional day,especially for Denise and Darylene. Later that night after she moved in we went to the presidents scholars dinner.We had a wonderful time.The meal was very good.We had filet of salmon.However the weather at the dinner was HOT...over 100 degrees.Luke was very helpful for us all day long.He made the whole transition much easier for Darylene

 

I just received these pics of my sister Lisa,Her husband Rick and my two nephews Connor and Graedon.As you can see they got there pictures taken at Bear Mountain Resort in Victoria with the Stanley Cup.The man in the other picture is Ray Whitney,a member of the cup winning Carolina Hurricanes.The boys got their hockey sweaters autographed by him.I can bet they were pretty excited about this.I know I would be.Denise however, not truly understanding the Canadian fixation on hockey doesnt see the big deal about it.But she does think that for the boys it must be a real cool thing and she is happy for them.Personally I am jealous.Way to go boys!!!

 

Well here it is,only six days to go and Darylene will be off to Fresno State.Just about all her financing is in place and she has most everything she needs for her dorm.We will be celebrating her 18th birthday here at home on Sunday the 20th,even though her actual birthday is the 23rd. Of course she will be in Fresno then.As I think I have said before the 22nd will be a very busy day for both her and for us.First we have to go to Fresno before noon to pick up her laptop,then after 12 noon we are able to move her stuff into her dorm.Then after that is done we will drive back to Hanford to get ready for our smittcamp college dinner with the president of Fresno State at 5:30 pm.So we will have to drive back and forth to Fresno twice in one day.
Travis meanwhile will start school the day before Darylene leaves.The day we will be busy with her,he will be staying with Aunt Doris.This will be his final year of elementary school.Next year he will be in Junior high school.Hard to believe.
Denise continues to work very hard at her job.She is looking forward to having 3 weeks vacation next year.We still arent quite sure when that will be or even what we will be doing.
We have even discussed moving elsewhere.Whether it is just around town,somewhere else in the state or even elsewhere.Who knows??? We sure dont!
Denise also is reading a book that she says is very interesting.It is called "Velvet Elvis".Yes I know that name sounds odd,but in actual fact it is a book that makes you think and ask many questions towards god .It does help clarify things.At least for us it does.Our pastor recommended it.He also recommended a book called "the barbarian way"by Irwin McManus.It is book following his journey from an atheist to a follower of Jesus.I am looking forward to that one.We will order it from Amazon.

Hey everyone.........Denise here,,,,i just found this cool sight where you are the actual surgeon doing knee surgery.If you want to try it out just click on this web site.....http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/virtual-knee-surgery/

Just follow the directions,it is quite easy and fun.

ummmmmmmmm...here are the two pics that were missing from the previous post.The top one is James and the next one is Anna,Jimmy,Casey and Allison at Allison's christening .

Here are some great pictures of my grandchildren and Annas husband Jimmy.Pictures from top to bottom are:Rose(5),Casey(almost 7),Allison,(1),James(About eight weeks) and a picture of Jimmy and Anna at Rose's christening.They all live in Ste michel-des-sainte,Quebec.I talk to them at least twice a week .The kids are growing so fast.Rose speaks almost fluent quebecois and I am sure casey will soon as well.Rose wants to be a cowgirl.She loves anything pink or purple.