Reunion

My family and I have a reunion coming up. We are looking forward to the day when we are all together again. On June 26th I headed down to Olds, Alberta for a ten day working vacation to complete my classes in Level 3 of the Master Spinner Program through Olds College. Daughter #2 headed off to Victoria for the historical fair on the 29th of June. Then Hubby and Daughter #1 headed off to Cochrane, Alberta on 2nd of July, for the summer camp that the Junior Canadian Rangers has each year. We all went our separate ways.

Daughter #2 came home on the 3rd of July closely followed by me on the 4th of July, and so now we are waiting patiently for Hubby and Daughter #1's return. They are home on the 11th of July. It will have been 15 days since we have been together as a family. I think we are all looking forward to our reunion.

While it has been a bit of a mad dash we all have enjoyed our various trips I think. I'm not sure about Hubby since he is working and overseeing a whole platoon (60) kids. He has called practically every night and I am amazed that he has had the time to do so. Even Daughter #1 has called her own call to me and of course I am always happy to have her call and tell me how her day is going. But I do find it strange that she is able to call me amongst all the activities that she is experiencing. They are mountain biking and canoeing and rock climbing and repelling. Backpacking was a huge one as she was totally exhausted after a night in the bush with a 35 pound backpack. Poor kid. They had a day at the Calgary Stampede and they will have one more day at the Calgary Stampede. They were supposed to get a day in Drumheller at the dinosaur museum but they got rained out and won't be able to do that part of the trip. I was disappointed that they weren't able to go horseback riding because I'm sure Daughter #1 and her friend who is with her would have had a blast. But with such an intensive schedule Hubby and Daughter #1 are not relaxed.

These trips for all of us are intense. We do not come back well rested. It takes days to get over something like that. Summer is half over already and we really haven't had time to just be.... and so we look forward to our reunion, not because we are all tired. That just sweetens what would be nice anyway. We are a family and though Daughter #1 and Daughter #2 fight occasionally and Hubby and I sometimes get on each other's nerves over the summer with our expectations, we really miss each other when we are apart. That's what being a family is all about.

Two sleeps to go till we are all together again. Wahoo!