Dear Family and Friends,
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| Summer - Jane Place |
Christmas is once again fast approaching. Decorations are up &
Christmas music is being heard everywhere. At 87F in Mesa it’s hard to
wrap one’s mind around Christmas, however, we will try. We will have
our usual wonderful Christmas dinner at the Roses, in Mesa with our
friends & a good time will be had by all.
We had a very eventful summer this year. Some was happy and some not
so happy. My dear, dear friend of 50 years, Judy Williamson, was
diagnosed with brain cancer in Mar. & she passed away on my birthday
in June. Then her husband, Bruce, went on a cycling trip in Sept. &
on his way home, he suffered a heart attack. Some truckers stopped
& administered CPR, but to no avail. He died in the hospital in
Seattle 2 days later.
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| Brendan & Girls |
On a happier note, our daughter, Jennifer & her partner, Dave, flew
back to Canada for the summer months. They spent a month in Ont. with
Dave’s family & friends, then Jennifer flew out to Comox. She made a
brief stop in Edmonton to visit her Auntie Lorna & Uncle Clayton
& her cousins Reyna & Maureen & their respective families.
She then flew to Comox, but Dave had some friends he wanted to visit in
Banff, so he arrived a few days later. A fellow teacher from Singapore,
Janine, came for a visit for a few days as well. She is originally from
New Zealand, but Jennifer & Dave didn’t know her when they lived
there as Janine lived on the north island. After Janine left, Dave’s
parents, Barb & Steve, arrived for a week. While we were all having
dinner one evening Jennifer & Dave announced that they have decided
to get married next summer. Needless to say, we were all shocked &
very happy all at the same time. The wedding will be at our house on
July 20. We had a delightful visit with Barb & Steve & look
forward to seeing them again next summer at the wedding.
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| Sam feeding at Nature Park |
We had a short visit with our friends, Norma & Don, then in Sept.,
my brother Clayton & his wife Lorna came for 5 days. We enjoyed
their visit & hope they can stay longer next time. We also had a
surprise visit from long time friend Liz Culver-James & her daughter
Katie from England. They didn’t stay with us, but we were able to have
them over for dinner & we got caught up on all our news. It was so
nice to see them again.
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| Alex |
We got the house ready for our winter away, then on Oct. 15, we flew to
Singapore to spend 5 days with Jennifer & Dave. They have a lovely
apartment & we were very comfortable there. Ron & I did lots of
walking around in the area they live in while they were at work.
Jennifer & Dave took us farther afield in the evenings to various
spots in Singapore & we had some wonderful dinners at the hawker’s
stalls. After our 5 days, Dave flew to Nepal to go trekking for 2 weeks
& Jennifer came with us to Australia to visit Lesley Anne, Brendan,
Sam & Alex. We stayed at a cottage near the beach in a little
community called Glenelg. It was just delightful & very comfortable.
We took the tram to Lesley Anne’s a few times, but most of the time she
picked us up. We also had a couple of nice visits with Pam & Frank
& we saw Damian & Simon briefly. Sam & Alex were just so
delightful & fun. We miss them alot! After our visit in Adelaide,
we flew back to Singapore for a couple of days before flying home. We
were home for a couple of days & decided that we might as well pack
up the truck & head down to Mesa. We were originally going to be
home for 4 or 5 days, but with our jet lag, we kept waking up at 3am. We
had no TV, no internet & no food in the house so decided we might
as well just go.
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| Sam |
We arrived in Mesa Nov 5. The weather has been great. Usually the
temperatures have cooled down by now to the high 60’s to low 70’s, but
this year they have stayed in the 80’s. Our usual crowd is all here now
& we are having a good time golfing & partying.
Love to all,
Ron and Gail
