A Wedding and Wyatt

I'm sitting by my table, my coffee and eggs sitting quietly beside, my fingers frozen from the chill of night and open windows, quickly writing. I see sunshine against spruce trees and blooming canola and directly in front of me, my almost blooming hydrangea. I so love this time of year. I love the green grass and long warm days.


So we just got home from Korwin & Raquel's wedding in Swan River. It was a quick, fun weekend. And a huge wedding. We stayed at Chris & Kimbre for night and our boys loved it. Wyatt and their little Bria played and played and played. She's such a little sweetheart. And Wyatt is such a little case. He never ceases to amaze me. He LOVES people. He loves meeting everyone of all ages and isn't one bit afraid of girls of any age. Eek. What have we on our hands. On our way home our older boys laughed until they cried about Wyatt walking around with some girl I had never met, holding hands and best of friends. I found out later she's Mark & Rachelle's 14year old. He'll happily go to any group of people and put out his hand and say, "Hi, my name is Wyatt." Maybe the most amazing thing is how everyone loves him. Dear friends and people, there are times I'm embarrassed too.


So, in other words, we're home for a few days. We're planning on heading out to B.C. to see Bill & Penny and Jerry & Karen, the Lord willing. Truly, with the fires and all, we haven't known if we should plan on going or if Bill's would be evacuating or what. But as of today, we hope to go. That means more jeans for Colby, new trunks for some, food for the trip and such stuff. Pat & I were hoping to run in to town for a special supper for our anniversary too, maybe. So many thangs. So many blessings.


Another thing, in my multifaceted life, is that Chris Boese has been painting here the last week, just a couple hours here and there. She is so good; painting is her forte. And I love having a girl and friend around to yack with. She painted Zach's room a medium grey (this is all his choice) with a wide lime stripe at an angle down the wall under his window, then two smaller and different widths of stripes in charcoal on either side. It looks really sharp. And she did Wyatt's room just a light almost blue-y grey. I've been dreaming of that one for years. It's a huge improvement over the black and red I painted before we ever dreampt of him joining our family. So ya. Good stuff. And since I'm on a painting kick, the lime bathroom awaits a transformation and so does our master bedroom. Why aim for the stars when there are whole galaxies out there?


Can you tell what I've been reading by how I write? I just finished L.M. Montgomery's first set of diaries. Wow. Just wow. I loved it. I felt validated. I felt sorry for her and yet caught such a glimpse into the real 'her'. So many of her books and stories are taken from her own experiences, which just does my heart good. Anyway, do you all order books from the library? I do. Because I don't like to pay for anything I don't have to. And there's so much available through the libraries. I just ordered her next four diaries. It might be heavy reading for some but if you're ever interested in her life, I'd definitely recommend them. One thing, when she was fifteen she came to Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, to live with her dad and stepmom for a year. I LOVED reading her view of the prairies.


Oopsies. Now my eggs are cold. Wyatt is up. The day awaits. I've been invited to Linda's for coffee for Ruby's birthday. I'm going to putter with my beloved flowers and maybe spend time in my sanctuary (my garden) pulling weeds. And if it suits Pat, we'll fly off to town for a while too.


Enjoy your day!!