Caleb's new passion.....

Hi to all of you that are still checking once in a while.

It is appreciated.
As you can see, Caleb found a new hobby. When we were in Halifax recently, he found this kit where you had to go dig for gems in a block of plaster. The package came with some tools, including a pair of goggles, a little hammer and a chissel(wood).

He started with it as soon as we came home. After he found all his gems, he had to match them up with a sheet of pictures. So he learned quite a bit from it.
He even look up more info about rocks in the worldbook.

As you can see, he became quite the expert on anything to do with rocks around here.

Of course, the waterslide was a lot of fun too. We also enjoyed our visit to the Natural History Museum. There was a lot to learn about animals, plants and rocks.
Fun was had by all, and then it was back to work.

Spring is in the air.....

It is starting to warm up again. The days are getting longer and the time is changing tonight. A sure sign of spring. Amanda had a busy week in daycare. On Friday we had 16 people around the table. A lot of little mouths to feed. Lots of fun.


We also celebrated Pete's birthday a while ago. And this weekend he is having some friends over for a LAN party. For those of you that are not in the know about such events, it goes like this:
You invite your friends, tell them to come over and bring their computers. Then you hook them all up together. This makes a Local Area Network. Then you play games until you get very tired.

As you can see, it fills the room up pretty quick. The daycare room is not that big,just big enough. That leaves the rest of the house is fairly quiet. We had turnip stampot for supper tonight, with cheddar smokeys, was it ever good.
Just to let you know, Omke Jaap from Boksum ( Beppe's brother), is very sick. He can use all of our prayers. If you read this Klaske, can you give the family our best wishes? Thanks.
Don't forget about the time change tonight. An hour ahead.....

Snowmobiling in New Brunswick.........

Hello to you all, welcome back, glad you could come and visit.

As you can see, the trails were fantastic. About the best that I have seen. I went with Pete and Matt. We stayed over for three nights and we saw a lot of snow. We try to go during the week, so it will not be as busy on the trail. On the weekend the traffic doubles. We like it quiet.

Here you can see how wide the trails are. It drives just beautiful on a freshly groomed trail.

This picture shows you the trail across the river, below the Atlantic Host. That is the hotel we usually stay in. They have a heated garage where you can put your sled in overnight. That is, if you are back early enough to get a spot.

I think the guys like it. There were a lot of smiles anyway. It was nice to be able to go here for some sleeding, because there isn't enough at home to go.


And some times the trail was blocked. Then you just take a picture first and then you keep sledding again. This doesn't happen to often.


The scenery is just breathtaking. They say, a picture is worth a thousand words, but somehow, a picture doesn't really compare well to the real thing. So all I can say:
You will have to join us next time, and I'll take you on that trail that you can see going up the hill in the distance.

Update......

Sorry to be late, but I was waiting for some new pictures. I did't make any, so here is just a short update.
We seem to be quite into lost here lately.Something to do with having the first two seasons here on DVD. Thanks Dianna and Jordan, there is no better way to see it then without the commercials.
Pete, Matt and I are going to N.B. tomorrow,the Lord willing, to do some sledding.
We had hoped that some friends were going to come, but they all had other plans. Oh well, it should be a fun trip anyway.
Maybe we can take some pictures on the trail again. And then we will post them later.

Well folks, until the next time.

Love , DAD.

Home again........

Hello to all. Pete and I made it home again safely. It was nice to be away for a while, but it is also good to be home again. Below are some pictures that we took in the last few days.


You can tell that the roof is coming along good. And we are almost done. The gable ends get a heavy coat of cement added to keep the roof down in a hurrican.
Here you can see the crew after the job was finished. We got done what we set out to do. There is some finish work left to do. But that will be contracted out for the most part.

It was a great experience for all of us, and we have a special bond together now. We thank God for enabling us to do this project, and for keeping us all safe during this trip.

Thank you all for following us on our mission project. And if you have mist some details, you can still find those on our D.R. blog at : www.charlotteteam.blogspot.com

Caleb's Birthday!

Matt and I (Amanda) hung up the slingers the night before for Caleb's birthday and I will admit that it felt really wierd doing Dad's job. They got up in one peice though and it reminded me how special it is that Dad always does that for us and never forgets. They are still up actually, Dad's not here to take them down either... oops sorry Dad. Caleb had a great day. Matt found him a cake with a Lightening McQueen wind up car on top. He thought that was really cool. Everyone was here for coffee and they thought that Dad's blogs were cool. Other than that things are normal here and Things are going really smoothly. We even got the compost by the road in time. We love you Dad! Love Always You're PEI crew! Pete hope you're doing well... Rebecca is doing ok, but I think she is lost without you here! Have Fun!
Love : Mom, Manda, Matt, Mary, Bec, Caleb, And Damaris

Progress

As you can see, we came to work, and that is what we are doing. We had another good day today. Made some more progress at the house. Actually made it into town to a place where you can phone . You just pay after you are done. Worked good.

We can feel all the prayers, I don't know how to explane it. Everything is going really well. May God's will continue to be done.

I hope all you guys are well at home, we miss you a lot. Specially today on Caleb's birthday. I was glad to be able to talk to him for a minute. Glad to hear everything is well at home as well.
Until next time, Randall and Pete.