Josh Groban Staight To You Tour Ottawa!

This past Friday Mom and I went to see Josh Groban in concert in Ottawa. We had a wonderful time together. Thank you Daddy for buying us the tickets!

We had a great view. This picture taken with hardly any zoom

I have listened to most of his music and video clips and I thought it's the best I have ever heard him sing

He played the piano and drums throughout the concert - He has an amazing band.

The back stage..... still a great view!

Journey to The Father 2011

On July 15th - 17th, I went to Journey to The Father near Cornwall, Ontario. I was able to go with two friends from our church, Julia and Victoria. We had a great time! Part way to Cornwall we met up with our chaperon and then from her house we drove to meet the bus that would take us the rest of the way. Journey to The Father is a Catholic retreat. This is its 11th year! There has been up to 550 people there for this weekend retreat. It was a wonderful experience. I could really feel God at work in this place. I highly recommend looking into it.

The church that was here burned down many years ago and is now a historic site. They have since rebuilt a new church next to it. The old church is called "The Ruins"
Victoria & Julia

Our chaperon Leslie

Eating lunch

Our view from the lunch tables

Skits

With my friend Rosemary

Music Saturday morning in the ruins

self portrait!!

the view from the front... it's pretty big!

Everyone from our bus

The theme of the weekend was -

Patient, Kind and Merciful

Summer Days

Things are pretty busy around here. I have been working three to four days a week this summer which is great!

Starting this past Friday Dad has taken off three weeks of "vacation". During vacation we are moving one building, tearing down two and then rebuilding one as a shed.... In that time frame we will be doing some vacation things I'm sure.

This weekend I am going near Cornwall to "Journey to The Father". It is a youth retreat for ages 13-19. It sounds like it will be a great weekend. I am going with two sisters from our Church. I am hoping to get a camera before I go... if not maybe Shawn will lend me his. Either way hopefully there will be pictures!

10 days from now Josh Groban is coming to town! I can hardly wait...

Holding Down The Fort

Fall 1996

To My Blog Readers

Dear blog readers,

I have been getting comments from some people that they have been having trouble getting onto my blog since I went private. Please let me know in a comment if you are accessing everything okay.

Thank-you! Erin

July 1st and More

Our Internet has been cutting out, on and off the past few weeks hence my lack of blogging! Soooo.... Happy Canada Day everyone! Canada day for me (and the day before) was spent doing inventory at work.... I can now honestly tell you that I know 99.99 of everything that we have in the store....

After I finished up inventory I joined Shawn and Scott at a Youth Group event that was going on at the Jahn's house. We had a swim and then drove over to see the fireworks in Almonte.

Last night we had long time friends of ours, the Poons over for a visit. We have known them since I was 6 months old! Gosh, suddenly I feel old...

They are moving from their home in Ottawa to Calgary this month so this dinner together was our last time together for a while. We are going to miss them. Dad travels to Calgary a few times a year so Mom and Dad will hopefully see them at different times. Chris is home from Hong Kong. He has been doing mission work there over the past 8 months.

Playing Apples to Apples (I lost badly)

Last Monday, Mom and I went to see Leah, Alexia and Lina for a few hours. Little Lina is getting so big! Here is sweet Alexia.

Yogurt is fun!

Baby Lina

Have a great week everyone!

Busy Days

The last few weeks have been filled with lots of different things going on.

Work has been going well. I have been getting more hours over the past month or so and am looking forward to getting more in the fall when my boss goes on maternity leave. I really enjoy working there - it's great talking to all the customers... no matter how much of a "health nut" they are!

Last week Scott and I helped my Aunt and Uncle's family move from their rental house into their new home. 9 - 12 people from their church came to help them move as well. With joined forces we were able to get the moving done smoothly and fairly stress free..

On Saturday, a few friends and I are going to a youth retreat in Ottawa "Under The Son". I'm really looking forward to it. There will be a blog post about it :)

It's great to be back blogging! I am hoping to do a blog post about my friend Louise who is right now walking across Canada in defense of life, with the Crossroads program.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Friends are a Gift from the Lord

On Tuesday Mom and her two friends Niki and Margaret had a nice lunch out together. Then Mom and Margaret drove out to see Marg's family cottage and ended up spending the night! Good for them :) They were all feeling disappointed because Niki was not feeling well and had to leave after lunch. I saw them downtown and took the picture for them.

18th Birthday (June 17th)

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Scott, Shawn and I

Nana and Papa P.

Breakfast - Bacon on english muffins, blueberry muffins (from Nana) and fresh fruit!

Thanks Mom and Dad! (it's going towords a camera)

Cake!