Karen Update and Father's Day Weekend

Karen finished her radiation treatments last Monday although the side effects have not yet peaked (normally 10-14 days after treatment, involving pain and discomfort). We continue to be thankful for good reports and look forward to complete recovery (including side effects) soon.

The family was all together for Father's Day weekend as Tim returned from Vancouver Island to compete with Ryan in a local Track and Field competition. The weather was generally good. Ryan had two personal best throws in shot and javelin.

The highlight for us was on Sunday when we left one competition to go to another where Tim was competing against two other athletes, one who was trying to qualify for World Junior Championships and the other was Scott Russell, the Canadian record holder in javelin, who was trying to qualify for the Canadian Olympic team. Scott is tall, about 6' 8'' and very friendly. All the kids and competitors love him. He did qualify for the Canadian Olympic Team with a throw of over 83 meters. For those of you not as familiar with metric, that's most of the length of a football field. It was quite impressive to see. Watch the vidoe below.

Scott Russell Throwing Javelin

This week we have Dakota and Vasille staying with us. They are the foster boys we have done foster relief care for the past 9 years. It should be a fun week. Karen has lots planned for them. Today we are going to watch the BC Lions football team practice, they are holding their pre-season camp here in Abbotsford.

Megan has landed a job at a Christian Day Care center here in Abbotsford. It is a full-time job which we are most grateful for. I told her that by the end of the summer she will either never want to have kids of her own or we'll know she wants some of her own.

This is Meg enjoying the track meet!

Family Update June 1

Karen is past the half-way point in her radiation treatments. They have left her feeling quite nauseated and tired at times. Six more treatments to go, five this week and one more the following Monday. The side effects may last for a few weeks after treatments end. Please keep praying for Karen.

Our time together as a whole family is over quickly. It only lasted two weeks and was full of life, action and commotion. It's nice to know that even with two of the three in their 20's, they still love to wrestle and argue. Tim has moved over to Vancouver Island to live and train with his javelin coach of many years. He will be looking for work, taking a summer class online from Fort Hayes State University and competing at various track meets. Tim hopes to make TeamBC to compete at the Canadian National Championships this summer. We miss having the extra driver around as well as miss our car which Tim drove to the island.

Megan has started her new job at American Eagle. It is a trendy clothes store and we are sure Megan will love it. (Actually, 'trendy' is my word, you know my high fashion sense:) She was determined not to get a job in the 'food industry' and succeeded. Its nice to have her home.

Ryan just competed at the BC High School Championships for Grade8/9. He qualified in shot put and discus. It was a great experience for Ryan to compete against the best that BC has to offer. We look forward to Ryan building on this experience in the years to come. He was quite nervous but we were proud of him and it was a joy to see him compete at that level. The picture above is Ryan throwing discus at an earlier competition.