Wilf, my sister-in-law and my brother in front of Niagra Falls

Changing of the guards. Morgan,(our friends son-in-law) Wilf and Rita

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. We are in Ottawa visiting our good friends Parviz and Gillian and their family. We went downtown Ottawa today to take in some of the festivities, but there was just too much walking and too many people for my comfort zone, so we had a really nice breakfast and got back on the bus and came home. I have been extremely tired since I have been here. We have been busy going out a lot, but I have also fallen asleep at the drop of a hat sitting in a chair. I guess the humidity, plus the heat, plus I played myself out before we came. We have had a wonderful time. Our dear friends took us out to a lovely Turkish restaurant last nite for dinner for our anniversary and tonite Parviz cooked Persian. Doesn't get any better than that. Good friends, good food. Tomorrow we go to Parliament Hill for the changing of the guards, in which their son-in-law is a key participant. We have seats on the hill to watch the ceremony. Then in the afternoon we fly to Toronto to be picked up by my brother and sister-n-law and will spend a few days there.

I did a make and take at JSI and learned how to do masks. The first one was done there. The second one I designed myself. I think they are way cool. If anyone is interested I can show you how to do them. It's a really cool way to design your own paper.

The first page is the acrylic cover and so it looks the same as the second page, the only difference is I put a camera rub-on on the acrylic. The first greenish page I designed myself with masks and ink. Wilf was very pleased with the book. I have one more page to do but had to wait until I could get a picture of him and Murray, which Murray is supposed to email to me. When I finish I will post the last page.

Over the past few days I have made a chipboard album with an acrylic cover for Wilf for Father's Day. I was over anxious and gave it to him already so I am posting pics of it. The album is 6 inches wide by 12 inches long.

My internet and email was down for over a week, so haven't had a chance to update the blog. We were at a Land Surveyors Convention at Elk Ridge last weekend and had a really good time. We shared a town house with Calvin and Leanne and Jamie and Rheanne from our office, we also hung out with Murray and Judy, another Saskatoon Land Surveyor and his wife, who we are friends with. The convention was in a beatiful spot and the company was great. Had a lot of good laughs. We arrived back home on Saturday afternoon and spent the weekend going to grandkids soccer and hockey. The season is winding down so have to cram in as much as possible.