I was able to catch a ride to Kamloops with Allen & Heather to celebrate Dennis's 60th birthday, He definitely turned 60 in style.

The food was good, the company was good and we had time after to catch up on our winter after being away for the winter.

the mountain of mail is now opened and the income tax is done so I am a little more free to do the important things in life. I checked out the progress on Allen & Heather's house, It looks a lot bigger with the drywall on.

Dennis is doing his usual superb job on the drywall, I don't often get a picture of him hard at work.

Deb and the boys brought me home on friday the 18th. 6 1/2 months since I've been home and it is nice to be here. Woke up to this snow Saturday morning and its cold. We went south to get away from this but, I guess not. It's lots nicer this afternoon though so I quess it'll go away soon. Travelling days aren't over yet for me though. I'm off to Tracey & Rudy's to see them all Thrusday. I am looking forward to seeing them.

Arrived in Kamloops friday night just before kids were off to bed, needless to say that didn't happen . Boys were very excited to see us. We were too. Louise spent the week with all of them and I went home sunday to do mail and income tax stuff. Grandma had fun with the boys and enjoyed spending time with Deb & Gerry. Logan is doing extremely good at reading and math. Dayton is still his fun loving self and enjoys going to pre school. Boys were very good all week.

Clay and Shannon have a very busy household. I am posting Pictures of Clayton at a hockey tournament, Cheyenne at a Dance competition, Dani-Lynn being Dani and Sydney doing homework.

We stayed in Creston for a few days with Jeanette & Hal. Craig got his apple pie to the delight of all. We worked on the 5th to get it cleaned and organized for Jeanette & Hal. Left for Kelowna, stayed with Laurette & Craig and visited Clay & Shannon and grandkids. Got to see Clayton play Hockey, he has imporved so much in 6 months. Was fun to watch him play. Cheyenne is busy with her dance and Dani is as cute as ever. Sidney is busy with school, she is gratuating this year. So proud of her! Had a quick visit with Corinna & John. They are doing good , very nice to see them.

The fourth day we drove on to Creston. Got pulled over for speeding between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene but no ticket this time.

We crossed the border at Creston. Louise had spent hours organizing who claims what at the border but they must have known we weren't over our limit because we were through in 30 seconds.

The third day we drove through much more springlike country to Pendleton Ore. where we stayed at the Wildhorse casino. Not very lucky there either.

The second day was mile after mile of high desert. We ended the day at Cactus Pete's in Jackpot Nevada. We showered and went to the casino where we had a great dinner at the buffet. We had to pay this year as they said they no longer give complementary buffet tickets for birthdays. After dinner I played texas holdem for a few hours, not very lucky this time.

The road home was relatively good but I was not happy to see the snow in the trees the first day out. The temperature in yuma was in the 80's and we weren't ready for cooler temperatures.

The first night was at Ash springs, we didn't visit the hot spring as we stayed in to stay warm.