Recap on August

This spring and summer when we would dream about Sabbatical in August, we would imagine ourselves sitting in our backyard, relaxing, reading a good book and drinking a cool beverage... well, probably coffee for Ken. Well this last month hasn't really had as much time for these things as we had hoped. We did not have a good sense before hand all that we would need to do to be gone for four months and have our house (that we have renovated for four years) ready for housesitters. But the good thing in all this is that we hope we have done the work that will allow the rest of our time to be restful.

However, in the midst of it all, we were able to spend 5 days at Ken's parents' cabin. It was a good place to catch our breath before the push to get our stuff packed and on the road. We were also able to take in the Morden Corn & Apple Festival while visiting our families in the area. We were sad to leave Sydney in Morden with Trevor & Julia but we know she is in good hands.

Picture of Nate performing one of his songs for us beside a lake. A priceless moment.

We want to apologize to many of you that we had hoped to get together with before we would leave on Sabbatical. We just haven't been able to squeeze everything in before we are gone.

Shonet