Another Busy Weekend

This is another entry that is pretty late in finally getting posted.

On the Monday of the long weekend, after we got back from camp, we went to Heritage Park for a few hours.  It was very wet and many of the rides were closed due to the weather, but we still had fun.  We went on the ship, the train, the carousel and the whip.  We also went into a few buildings and toured around a little.  Fortunately Grandma got us passes for Christmas so we can go back as often as we like and not feel like we need to see everything each trip.

On Friday May 27th we went to the Spring Fling at Somerset School.  The parent council did an incredible job of putting on a fun event for the entire family.  They had a Goop Mr. Gosling booth where the kids got to throw a whip cream pie at the principal and assistant principal.  Both our kids managed to get a pretty good shot in.  Times sure have changed since when we were in school; the administrators are now fun guys who are friends with the kids.  This is great for the kids and they really enjoy them.  They also had a cake walk with a chance to win a cake or some candy and a bean bag toss.  They also had a great dance going on.  I’m not sure how much the kids danced, but they sure did run around a lot and played with the other students and siblings. 

Saturday was a bottle drive for the Scouts so Dad spent most of the morning there collecting bottles and chatting with the other parents and leaders.  It was a reasonably successful bottle drive, but most importantly we were done right around noon.  Saturday afternoon Karlee got her bike out and started riding again this year.  We tried to get her to learn without her training wheels.  She went over to the park and went down the hill without the training wheels.  We figured this would work since it was so successful with Ryley, but Karlee just didn’t get it and we quickly realized she wasn’t ready yet.  We did move her up to the bigger bike, but left the training wheels on.  It looks like she is going to want to ride everywhere this summer.

Saturday night we went to Freemason Hall to see the Stampede Chapter of the DeMolay’s installation.  One of Dad’s lodge brother’s son was going in as Master Councillor of the Chapter so we were there to support him.  Each term the Master gets to choose a charity to support during their term.  During the installation they do a silver drill where they collect coins to donate to the charity.  This year due to everything Karlee has been through and the way cancer touched their family Caleb decided to support the Kids Cancer Care Foundation.  Ryley was very interested in the ceremony and Karlee was very interested in the tiaras that the Job’s Daughters were wearing.  As a surprise to Mom and the kids they also called us up for a presentation of a $5,000 cheque for the KCCFA.  Dad said a few words about the KCCFA, the support they have offered us and the difference they are making in so many lives.  It was a very fun event and they ended up donating almost $5,100 to the Kids Cancer Care Foundation.

After the installation we dropped the kids off at Grandma’s and went to the Scout’s year end leader party.  Travis had his guitar, amp and mike out and was playing some great music.  Dad tried his hand at the bass and showed how long it has been since he last played.  It was a great time and we had fun.  Rumour has it the Dad had a little too much to drink, but he doesn’t remember that happening.  In fact he doesn’t remember a whole lot of that night…

Sunday night the Scouts had their early registration and the final committee meeting before the summer.  It was a mildly successful registration followed by a pretty good meeting.  Next year should be another great year, this time with both kids in Scouts.  Karlee will be starting Beavers and Ryley will be moving up to Cubs.