Forth and Back!

We have been back and forth and forth and back since last posting…First we shot out to Calgary to share Easter celebrations with the young ‘uns…

In the meantime there had been an offer on the house and we were waiting to see what would come of it…and then, it happened.  Conditions were met and the house was sold! Time to shoot back to the coast to box up all our worldly goods….

That was yesterday’s trip… from 5 in the morning to nearly midnight… (We won’t miss these ferries for a long time to come!)  And now we are here putting 12 years of life in boxes…

Thanks for joining us for the ride!

--LS

All the way my Saviour leads me… what have I to ask beside?

Oh, what fun!

I haven’t seen these since I was a kid traipsing to the candy store with my friends on lunch break…

I found it in Banff of all places, along with Necco’s to share with the grandkids…

Does anyone remember them?

These great American classics are hard to find in the cold white north!

(But enough of trivia.)

Oh what fun we had on our latest trip to visit these energetic upstarts!

And at the last we were accepted by the newest one too…

Then it was time to go, and oh the early morning tears… (Even five-year-olds are touched with the grief of good-byes…won’t heaven be something!)

We made a day of the drive ‘home’ and stopped to ski and then to soak in hot springs…. now that’s the way to do a trip!  When we were young, and when our own kids were young (sorry kids), a trip was a thing to get over with as fast as possible.  Only quick pit stops were allowed. 

Now that we are getting old, we pause more often to take in our surroundings.  What a treasure God has given in the beauty of Creation! Have you ever stopped to wonder what it would be like if all the world were flat?

Though snow is sparse this year, we found  trails with man-made snow and had a go of it.  We are absolute newbies at Cross-country but eager to learn ( :
(Now, to keep up with Jim!)

And what an incredible backdrop we had!

This is my Father’s world and to my listening ears all nature sings and round me rings the music of the spheres!

--LS

On the road again…

But this time the roads are clear of ice…

And we’re ever so much closer to the end in view… 

The bright day settled into a twilight zone mistiness before the sun had even left the sky…

as we reached our destination!

Yahoo!

--LS

Grace for the journey…

All packed up and on her way—our sunbeam, fourth of five children to fly the nest…

And within hours we are more lightly packed and heading in the opposite direction…

Accompanied by two daughters, torrential rain, a rainbow spanning the horizon, dense fog and much beauty…we journeyed the 700 miles to memorialize a Mom who has forever changed our worlds…

…and to catch up with eight  weeks of growth that has taken place without us…

The memorial service was precious, and memorable.  The much family gathered—all five children, four spouses, 12 of the nineteen grandchildren and 10 of the fourteen great grandchildren--a tribute to God’s incredible and continuing faithfulness …

 

Even in the stark chill of winter there is beauty, because of grace.

 

Thank God for the love of mothers, so like His own. 

--LS

Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. Prov.31:28