Here we are at my work… we (my co-workers & I) dressed up as The Village People, and the guys stopped by in their costumes on the way to their party at church.
Here are the two amigos in action… The party at church was a book of Revelations theme, Aden chose to be an angel, so we fashioned him into a manly warrior angel. Cadel chose to be lightning, so we crafted him into a superhero whose secret power was lightning.
A few weeks ago Aden joined Beavers, which is the first level of Scouts… first it’s Beavers, then Cubs, then Scouts. So Aden has weekly meetings where he learns Beaver stuff (follow link to see what they learn), and then they also do other special activities throughout the year. Last Friday and Saturday the Trail Beavers joined with their Grank Forks buddies to do a special outing at Camp Tweedsmoir near Montrose (approx 15 km from Trail). We (fathers & sons) gathered Friday evening for supper and a campfire, then we spent the night in non-heated cabins where we shivered fully-clothed in our sleeping gear trying to get some sleep. Following breakfast on Saturday, we had a scavenger hunt and played games and did a craft and just generally had a good time until around 2:30 when we wrapped things up for the day. It was lots of fun and quite the adventure for us… but next time we’re bringing winter sleeping bags.
Here’s Aden crossing a creek on a suspension bridge…
And here’s Aden at the end of camp… he’s holding his first badge, the “I survived camp” badge!
Hey all, I’ve been updating my photo blog site everyday with a different photo, go to onetrickpony to see them.
What you’ll see… anything from abstract to urban to scenic to nature, basically photos of what I see and thought was worth capturing.
I hope you enjoy them.
So, I’ve got to tell you this story…
Since moving out here to Trail from Saskatoon we’ve heard that the Trail area has black widow spiders hanging around. Since the prairies don’t have them, we had never seen a black widow to know what they looked like, we’d seen pictures, but pictures can be difficult to translate into real life.
Two weeks ago that all changed.
I was grabbing some coffee from the lunch room at work when I noticed this jet black spider. Thinking it may be a black widow spider I grabbed a clear plastic container and carefully caught it. Then I checked with my co-workers to see if it was indeed a black widow. Sure enough, they confirmed that is was one so I thought that it may be a good idea to bring it home to show my family what a black widow looks like in case they ever see one. So the spider came home with me and I showed Ang and the kids the spider and told them that it is a dangerous spider so be careful. And I made sure they knew to tell us right away if they see one or think they see one. Back at work I got rid of the spider.
The very next day the boys were outside playing when they came running in the house claiming to have seen a black widow. So I came out to investigate, and sure enough, they found a black widow in our yard. I thanked them for finding it, assured them they did a good job of telling me, and then I took care of the threat…one less spider.
I find it amazing how God plans ahead for us…
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