RELATIVELY SPEAKING

Reinhold & Grace went to Rocky Mountain House for Christmas.  The weather held long enough for good driving there and back.  They had a rough winter with both of them being laid up through much of it.  Reinhold got a nasty virus that made him too dizzy to walk.  He was in hospital and got it all checked out.  Grace was in and out of hospital quite a few times with a low blood count.  She finally started to feel better toward spring after having a blood transfusion, but still had some ups and downs.  Reinhold sent me this picture that he took of Grace in April, just before their Saskatchewan trip.  She sure is looking great here!
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They made a short trip to Sylvan Lake early in March.  They had been happy to have Reinhold’s granddaughter, Kristina, and her family living nearby in Olds but they got jobs in Banff so they are no longer "next door".  They were at a birthday party for great-granddaughter Emma near the end of March.  They went to dinner at the Legion with Laura &Ted in March.  Reinhold recently got a digital camera so we have been enjoying getting pictures from him.  Grace’s sister dropped in for a visit at the end of March.  A few days later Reinhold and Grace went to Ponoka to meet and visit with Grace’s daughter and husband.  They headed to Saskatchewan for a visit later in April.


Michele & Steve report that they are just as happy as can be living back in Gibbons again.  Steve is making his way through all the required courses to be a house inspector.  His marks have been excellent and he is now on the last leg, taking some correspondence courses out of SAIT in Calgary.  Early in March he attended a conference for the Alberta branch of the Canadian Association of House Inspectors.  Michele is working hard at becoming fully trained in her job at the base.  Brendan is doing really well in grade 10.  His soccer team out of Fort Saskatchewan did very well and made it to the Alberta Provincials in Edmonton. Shayne and Alyson are doing very well.  Shayne is working at TechWeavers and Alyson is managing a Rogers Video on Jasper Avenue.  They hope to buy a condo soon.