It started off with a family cruise on January 2nd. Family being all my brothers and sisters and their spouses, 24 of us in all. Al and I had never been on a cruise before, what a great time. We got so spoiled with all the great service and Oh My Goodness, all the GOOD FOOD! Wow!!! We went on 2 excursions while on the cruise, one to a Mayan palace in Belize, very cool to see that kind of history. And the 2nd to Sting Ray City,which is a sand bar about 40 minutes off the coast of Grand Cayman where you swim, snorkel or stand with sting rays swimming around you. Very amazing!
Al, Brittany, Taylor and I went on a family trip in March to California to visit Mickey and all the princesses and princes at Disneyland! We had a great drive down to L.A. and spent 8 days there. Four days at Disneyland (so fun, but tiring). One day in Hollywood, we did a Hollywood tour, toured the Kodak theatre, went to see the wax museum and did a Warner Bros. tour. We went to Universal Studios for a day. Did some shopping for a day and had dinner with my nephew Bryan and his wife Lisa. Such a good time, but needed a rest when I got back, getting up with the alarm at 6 every morning is not a holiday for me. And the weather was lousy, we all came back with colds instead of tans.
At the beginning of July myself and my sister-in-law Lyse went to Ontario for my nephew Jonathan, and his now wife Breanna's, wedding! It was such a beautiful wedding. The weather was nice and warm. We stayed at a great hotel and just had a great time reconnecting again with Lyse who lives to far away for my liking.
In the middle of July we as a family went to an extended Wedel family reunion to an R.V. park about 30 minutes past Princeton. It was very good to reconnect with some of dad's family and to meet some new family members.
In August we went to our annual Giesbrecht reunion at Canim Lake. This year it was great to spend some time with Ed, Fran and Gena who also came up for the week.
This year also brought some health issues for me, and after a few appointments with my doctor and a speacialist, I am now on a waiting list for surgery. Hopefully that will happen within the next six months, but for now I am patiently waiting.
God has been working in my life, both physically and spiritually. Physically, perhaps to make me slow down and analyze my life so that He can do some more work to make me better spiritually!
3 comments:
Well said Frieda, what a privilege
it was for me to spend time with family on two of the occasions that you mentioned. Life is short, Family is precious, wish we could do it more often. Praying your surgery will happen soon. Liesa
that was a busy year! wow! I too wish I could see you guys more often. Love you guys! and also praying for a surgery date soon.
Carmen
Yeah, another family blog to follow. Hope you can get into surgery soon and regain health.
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