Yes we disappeared again...
So when we left you, Terry Fox Day and student elections were just around the corner. So the big news is...Kris was elected to the Student Leadership Team and Jen, along with two of her friends, donated her hair for wigs for people with cancer. They had been growing their hair and planning this since grade five. The hair was donated to the place where both Karen and Lynelle got their wigs, which made it all the more special.
Since then, we have been super busy with all of our activities starting up. Kris joined the volleyball team this year and continued with hockey, Jen is now co-editor of the yearbook team and is enjoying it. They are both continuing with curling. Tonight Kris had his volleyball wind up and now they're both gearing up for basketball.
We spent a nice Thanksgiving weekend at the lake and closed up. We made a long weekend for Remembrance Day and went to Minneapolis where we did lots of shopping and drove through lots of snow.
November has had its challenges, as always. Its now been four years since Karen was diagnosed and two years since she went to the hospital. Some days get a little emotional, but we seem to find our way. Doug also always seems to have a lot of meetings in November just to complicate things.
But November is also report card time (which means two days off school!) and we came home with an Honours award for Kris and an Excellence award for Jen. Other than someone working on procrastinating a little less next term, all seems to be pretty good.
Also in November, Jen decided to change her hair a little more with a purple streak as purple was Mom's favourite colour.
Amazingly November is coming to an end and we've actually started some Christmas shopping. There'll be more of that, along with some decorating as we get ready for Christmas. December will bring lots of music. There will be four concerts in one weekend along with the school concert a few days later. Should be lots of fun!
That's about it for now. Hopefully we'll see you soon as the holidays approach.
Love Doug, Jen and Kris
