A Gang of Kittens

The first couple pictures are of my baby Hope. She was really underweight so I took her home from the shelter to foster for a little while. But then her brothers Pipin(tabby) and Rupert(black) and her sister Lacy(orange,black) got kitty colds so they needed a temporary home too. So now we have four sneezy but very active kittens running around our little apartment. They are funny because they do everything in a pack so whenever Matt and I sit down or take a nap we get covered in a gang of kittens and their snot.

Back To Alberta!

We were really excited to get back to Alberta and see some familiar faces. It was quite the driving day for me that friday as I came back from Fort Mcmurray that day, which was a 9 hour Drive, then we got in the car for the 6 hour drive to the homeland. A few bags of spits later we were there.
Saturday was canoeing day. As you can see I carried the canoe but not with the same finesse as Dad did it. We canoed down the bow for a little and stopped at a little island to have lunch. It started to hail a little bit on the last stretch so I was kinda glad I was wearing a helmet.
Next stop was Lacombe. Jenna was turning 2 and we were ready for a celebration. It was super fun to see the growing up kids in Jay and Christy's family. Royall found some cute sunglasses and a swimsuit for Jenna's birthday.
It was a great time families! thanks for all the hugs and yummy food. We can't wait until next time.

Condo Update

We dropped by the condo today to check it's progress. As you can see the roof is on now and it's lookin good. Royall was so excited she hopped the fence!

Another Kitty?

This is Lily. She had a kitty cold so Matt and I were fostering her at home until she got better. She was adopted today by a nice family with two little kids. We'll miss her despite her fascination with our toilet, which resulted in her swimming in it three times. She loved snuggling me and Matt whenever we would sit down to read or play guitar.

Billy the Kid

Royall Brought a friend home from work on monday and he got to stay with us for a couple of days. We decided "Billy the kid" suit him the best, he loved to hunt our toes and fingers down and pounce on them. The garbage bag in one of the pictures was definatly his favourite toy. We have a funny video of him hunting Royall down, we'll have to put it up soon.

Summer Plans

This summer we decided to stay in lovely Saskatoon. I hope that means we get to see family more (more than if we were in Vegas anyway). Royall is going to keep working at the SPCA and the GAP, and I am going to be helping a professor here at the university with his research. OH YEAH, Royall is bringing home a baby kitty for us to foster on monday. We'll just have it for two weeks until it gains enough weight to be adopted by a lucky family. We'll put some pictures up.
This is the research I'll be helping with:



Approximately 1,700 tonnes of elemental sulphur (S 0 ) per day are produced by Syncrude Canada (SCL) as a by-product of bitumen refining. Molten S 0 (shown here) is poured into blocks for long-term storage at SCLs Fort McMurray operation. Professor M. Jim Hendry, colleagues in other colleges, government agencies, and graduate students are studying oxidation rates of S 0 to sulphuric acid within the blocks, migration of the sulphuric acid through the blocks, and its impact on the underlying geologic media. This three-year research program is jointly funded by SCL and NSERC.

Sounds like fun!

Mission pictures

I didn't bring my camera to school today to post saskatoon pictures so I thought I'd put some pictures I found of things in the Hiroshima area of Japan. The first picture is a picture of the Himeji castle which is the biggest castle in Japan. I never got to go inside it just close to it. This next pictures are right in downtown Hiroshima. The beat up building was one of the only buildings left standing after the bomb so the kept it like it was at the time of the bomb and made a park around it called "peace park". The last picture is the Hiroshima mission home. Hiroshima was my last area and this is where we would have church eveyweek. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Family comes to Saskatoon

We have been really spoiled over the last couple weeks getting to see alot of family. We were so excited we forgot to bring our camera with us. First Dad Harker was at a conference here in Saskatoon and took Royall and I out to the 2nd ave grill, Thanks Dad! The orange pistachio salmon was grade A. Then the next day the Stoddards came for a 3 day Saskatoon adventure. The first day we went on a university tour and ate at Jerry's for their yummy fish and chips and later that night took them to watch the U of S defeat U of Calgary in a great basketball game. I got to be in the Half time show and ride a scooter in a relay race, my team ended up on top. By the way, U of S won the next game to eliminate Calgary and this last weekend eliminated U of A in a three game battle. GO HUSKIES!!! The next day I had a bunch of homework so Royall gave them a tour of the SPCA. That day Mom and Dad also decided to buy a condo here. It's not built yet but looks like its going to be really nice. Here are some pictures so you can decide the colors you want. The next day was the sabbath and the Stoddards had to go back to alberta. Thanks for the great time!

School Project

This is my project this term for my design class. The bridge is falling into the river so were figuring out what to do.

Visit to the SPCA

Royall loves this bunny cause his face is all squished. Bunnies love carrots!

Royall Just loves all her animal friends at the SPCA. She gets so excited when the animals she loves get adopted and find a home. This is Misty the cat.

The Kitty's are my favourite. This is Mikey and he just got adopted the other day.

Blizzard

We had a crazy blizzard here in Saskatoon in mid January. It was the worst one Saskatoon has seen in 50 years and everyone is calling it "The Blizzard of 2007". Royall and I were at school until the whole city shut down and decided to send everyone home. Our bus ride home took 2 hours instead of 5 minutes. People were trying to keep busy on the bus with games like I spy with my little eye. We survived the Blizzard unscathed. This is an unfortunate car in our parking lot.

Christmas Holidays

Christmas holidays was mega fun. Thanks families!

The Girls were pretty excited for

Christmas!

I guess the boys were too.

Presents everywhere!

Fun at the ZOO