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May
We made trips to: Hartney, Melita,
Deloraine; Rivers; Wawanesa & Baldur to line up Heritage Inventory
Projects. Jonah took me to Chicken Delight for Mother's Day
lunch. We took Mom Storie. Tim & Jerry joined us too. Geoff &
Lyndsey came out for Mother's Day & treated Peggy & I to
supper at Double Happiness. We invited everyone here for "coffee"
after supper. We've enjoyed a few days with temps in mid 20's. Trees
are in bud & blossom early, lilacs are early, very nice month until
May long. Then lots of cool temps,wind & rain. Cynthia & Wayne
in Portage & Geoff & Lyndsey at 423 in Wpg. had water in
their basements, some areas rec'd as much as 100 mm of rain Sat. the
29th.
April
I accompanied Donna, Isaac, & Sophia to the Winter Fair.
We had a family supper at Nick & Miranda's in Rivers on Apr 3rd.
Unfortunately Goff & Lyndsey were missing. I travelled to
Regina alone to visit Dad & Nina (Easter Sun. to Wed.)
We had a party for Geoff's birthday here, he and Lyndsey were out for
the weekend. On Jonah's birthday we went in to Winnipeg. A very early
spring. Lake Wpg. has open water already. Windy month, giant ice
formation at Wpg. Beach due to high winds on Apr 2 (Good Fri) drew
tourists.
March
We're finishing off projects in Virden and
the Carberry area. Ken and Dave skied Panorama for four days. While we
were away we missed Jerry's three birthday parties. Mom was 86 this
month.
February
We got good use out of the cross-country ski trail we started out back.
January
Geoff & Lyndsey had a holiday in Mexico -
we went in to meet them at the airport and return the grandcats. Pearl,
Scott, Betty-Lynn, Geordie, Linda and Ron came for supper on Jan. 2. On
Jan 1 Donna had a retirement/birthday party for Dave.
December
Geoff & Lyndsey arrived about 1:30 Xmas Eve day. A nice surprise
to have them arrive early & less worry about them travelling
later in the day in the snow storm. Picked up Jonah at 5 from
work. We ordred Pizza Hut, visited, opened presents, played a game. A
good time! Ken picked up Mom S at 7:45 Xmas a.m. so she could join us
for breakfast before G&L left for Minnedosa to spend the day with
L's family. We had a quiet day here. Went to Donna's for 5:30
for supper. Pam's & Paul's there except Iesha & Dave's
Mom. G, L, & her sister arrived at Donna's about 8. L &
Brit attempted to drive to Wpg. but the road conditions were too bad
& it was very windy. So we had an unexpected guest for the
night. L&B left about 10:30 Boxing day & made it home ok.
L was supposed to work 9-5. G stayed to visit this friends. We took him
home Sun, had lunch at Tony Roma's & brought Brit back to her home
in. Min-6 so a nice day for Dec.
On Dec. 29 Dave, Jerry & Ken skied at Asessippi.
November
We made a trip to Winnipeg on the 6th for a meeting at
Red River College and supper with G&L. Except for some details,
that project is complete. We travelled to Regina on the 19th for a
visit with Dad & Nina. Went spent one night there and one at Grant
& Carol's. Nice supper with G&C at the Barley Mill. We made
several trips to Virden where we have been contracted to help with the
creation of a Local Heritage District in their downtown. This
project will add to our workload over the winter but is something new
and interesting for us. Ken finally got a step and landing completed
while the good weather was still with us.
October
Ken started his work for the Brandon Heritage
Advisory Committee. It will keep him busy about half-time but has no
set
"office" hours and he works mainly from home - this leaves him
free to continue his other work with the Province and Rural
Municipalities. We spent several days in Glenboro and all parts of
the
North & South Cypress Municipalities. It was a great chance to
re-visit some of our favorite spots in the Spruce Woods /
Treesbank region and some less-known places in the Edrans, Firdale, Broodale
areas. Gwenda and Dennis visited - they took us to Remington's for our
40th Anniversary supper. Ken attended a Community Heritage
Association conference in
Sekirk on Oct. 23/24. We strayed at a B&B along the river just
south of the town. While Ken was hard at work Bev went to the
Bomber game with Geoff and the kids took us to Pizza Place for Bev's
birthday supper.
September
We went on a road trip to Eastern Manitoba and spent
some time at Grand Beach, camping at Selkirk & Grand Beach.
Had an unplanned meeting with Tim & Deb & a good day spent on the
beach. Supper with Geoff & Lyndsey on our way home. We
visited with Linda and Ron at Pearl & Scott's and
camped in their yard. They gave us a tour of the Mennonite farms in
the Arden neighbourhood. Beautiful day for a picnic at Queen Elizabeth
Park on Sept. 13th. (Nick's birthday) with them, Cynthia's , Linda,
& Jonah. We spent several days in Manitou and area
doing a heritage inventory and started work on some rural areas in the
North and South Cypress municipalities. We enjoyed visits with Tim
& Deb on the 18th & 19th (think it was the hottest day of the
year!). On the 24th Ken's band played
at the All-Charities Kickoff Event at the Convention Centre in
Winnipeg, other acts included Little Hawk (former Blue Bomber Troy
Westwood) and Sierra Noble. We had supper with Geoff and Lyndsey
and spent the night at our favorite hotel on Pembina Hwy.,visited Carmen and Morden the next morning on our way to finish up
some work near Manitou. On the way home that evening we stopped for a
swim at Spruce Woods - beautiful warm day. The next day Jerry and Ken
went to Riding Mountain Park and hiked the 17 km. Grey Owl Trail -
beautiful fall day. We were back in Winnipeg on
the 28th for a meeting at Red River College, saw the kids again. Ken
also learned that he has another work contract - this time as Heritage
Coordinator for the City of Brandon. It fits in nicely with the work
we've been doing elsewhere.
August
What a busy month!
Ken's band played at Ridgefest, a Garden Party, (Cancer Fundraiser) and at
Clancy's. We tried to get settled into our new place but had to take
time for an 8 day (Aug 19 - 26) road trip to Flin Flon and Swan River
where we worked on Heritage Inventories for Special Places projects.
Work, work, work. 10 hour days - but lots of interesting things to see
- and interesting people to meet. Bev went on her own road trip
to
Regina with Linda and Pearl. (Aug 8-12) Wicked hail storm woke us at
4a.m. on the 14th. Ultimatley our 2000 Toyota Echo was written off
& over $6,000 damage to our new mobile home. The 15th we had a
family supper at Earl's & the guys went to the Wpg. Blue
Bomber game. I think Lyndsey & I had more fun shopping!!! Aug 16th
our niece, Natasha & her son, Dareus, visited us for lunch. Also, Mom
Storie, Donna, & Jonah.
July
Jonah came to visit. We took him to Hecla
where he stayed for a short while when he was just a little guy. Then we
all went to the 11th Storie Family Reunion!
Grant & Carol visited us on July 13 & 14. Ken's band played
Ridgefest and The Air Show in Brandon on the weekend of July 17-19.
Dennis & Gwenda visited on the 20th and 21st. We got in some beach time.
The Girls had a Weekend Party on July 25, 26,&27th - Check out the Photos!
We moved into our Brandon home on July 29.
June
Busy month! We found a place to live in
Brandon. Purchased a new mobile home in a new area at 201 Glendale Bay. Ken travelled to Swan River - Flin Flon with Historic
Resources staff for meetings with Municipal Officials and Local
Heritage Committees. We spent several days working on a Heritage
Inventory Project in Hartney. Ken signed on with a Brandon band, and
has taken on some curriculum writing work for Red River College.
May
After a short break Ken is back to work with Heritage
Inventories scheduled for Hartney, Swan River, Flin Flon and the Rural
Municpality of North Cypress (Carberry area). We've made several trips
to Brandon to look at houses.
April
Well we have been walking & running in spite of the
cool, windy, spring weather and have captured a few birds on film,
(pileated woodpecker & ducks), also have seen a few eagles,
blue jays, geese of course, a brown rabbit, river otter , etc..
We are pleased to annouce two new family members, Sean Leslie Kelly
born April 20th to Cynthia & Wayne & Simon August Shawver born
April 14th to Pam & Brian. Another reason for celebration on
the14th was Jonah's 37th. Jonah & I were in Regina.
Dad bought him breakfast at Zellers, I treated him to Tony Roma's
for lunch and we enjoyed a pizza supper at Dad & Nina's with
Carolyn, too.
Jonah & I travelled to Regina Easter Sunday. It was
mostly a rainy, cool,breezy day. I was away five days. A
note of interest, Holdiay Mtn. ski hill was open Good Fri. (9th) &
Sat. the 10th. (a record!)
We picked Geoff up & then Jonah up at the bus on the 9th &
spent the day with the guys. Lyndsey joined us after work for supper at
Red Lobster to celebrate Geoff's 33rd. Jonah returned with us to
Gimli to enjoy food from the Beach Boy & Whitecaps & Mom's
turkey supper (almost on time this time!) After a lot of
encouragement he also walked on the frozen lake.
March
Donna & Dave allowed us to accompany them to their Time-Share at Panorama where Ken and Dave skied for 4 days and the girls catered to our every need. Away 10 days in all.
Our amazing family threw us quite a party on our 40th Anniversary. Thanks to all for that, and for the great gift.
For Mom's 85'th - we gathered at Dave & Donna's. On our way back we visited Linda and Ron's. We took a walk in the woods.
February
Tim and Debbie visited and
we celebrated Louis Riel Day in the traditional fashion. We asked
ourselves "What would Louis do?" , and rushed off in search of an
obnoxious Orangeman from Ontario to shoot. Failing that, we
merely ate, drank and stayed up late in true Metis fashion, but without
the fiddles.
Ken has been trips to Carberry, Gladstone and Boissevain over the
winter to deliver the first draft of the Heritage Inventories he has
been preparing for those towns and to consult with local heritage
committees and local government officials. In between he is working on
some research and writing for the second part of the project.
January
On January 10the annual Christmas gathering of
Bev's family was at Geoff & Lyndsey's new house. Ken finished
his teaching duties on the 22nd and was able to devoted his time to his
Heritage Inventories and goofing off.
December (08)
Christmas
was quiet this year. Jonah visited us for a few days, then on the 25th
we took him back to Brandon where Geoff and Lyndsey joined us at the
Royal Oak Inn. We had breakfast on Boxing Day with Grant, Carol and Mum
before heading home.
Bev started a
new job at the local Sears Store, which she is enjoying. Ken was a bit
busier than expected, having taken on some extra work for Red River
College, and having already started on a second contract with the
Heritage Resources Dept.
Ken's 60th Birthday was celebrated in style. Geoff and Lyndsey came out
and stayed over, then Jerry, Donna, Dave, Tim, Debbie and Mom made a
surprise visit. My thanks to everyone. It was a special and memorable
birthday weekend.
November
There is wildlife nearby!
Nice storm on Nov. 6 & 7. Nice that is if you don't have to go anywhere! Also, nice sunrises during the freeze-up this year.
October
Geoff and Lyndsey took possession of their house in mid-October and had time to do some serious rennovations.
The views of late fall sunrises from our balcony have been good this year.
Ken is teaching
another round of the Para-Educator Certificate courses at Selkirk,
starting October 6. That will keep him busy on-and-off until mid-
January. The field work for the Heritage Inventory Project is done and
he and Bev are working away at the paperwork in their spare time.
On Oct.1 we hiked along the beach at Camp Morton. We
made a quick tour of the Interlake on October 2, with the goal being
Steep Rock on Lake Manitoba. On October 5 we were able to get a few
pictures of the Kiteboarders.
September
We
did quite a bit of field work in September, trying to get it all done
while the weather was good. On
Saturday, September 13 we set out for Boissevain, staying overnight at
Linda and Ron's. On Sunday we stopped at Baldur and Belmont
before viewing some historic locations south of Boissevain and
beginning our survey in the town. By Tuesday at noon we had finished
Boissevain and set out for Virden, spending the night with Gwenda and
Dennis after getting a start on Virden. We then took a much needed!!!
break and spent a few days with Donna and Dave at their time-share at
Riding Mountain Park before heading home on Saturday.
On Wednesday of the next week we set out again to complete the work in
Virden. That took until late Friday and we were just able to catch the
Bomber game and some leftover pizza at Jerry's. On Saturday we had
brunch with Mom and Jonah, did a bit of work in the Carberry
area, then headed to Winnipeg for the Sheryl Crow concert. We had
supper with Geoff and Ryan.
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