Friday, March 30, 2007

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!

Monday, March 12, 2007

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.

Monday, February 26, 2007

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!

Thursday, February 8, 2007

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.

Thursday, February 1, 2007

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