A Whirlwind Tour of Regina and Beyond

This summer Jenn and I have been busy beavers catching up with friends. Just about every weekend we've managed to zip out of Caronport to go somewhere to see somebody. This past weekend's destination was Regina.

Saturday, noonish, we luncheoned at the south-end Kelsey's with Jordon and Jill of the Henry clan. It was great to swap stories, and to see their fancy new wheels. After saying our "See you later's" in the down-pouring rain, we sloshed over to The Bay to snatch our T-Fal super duper grill (Thanks, Fink! We grilled up some chicken on it tonight!), and headed down to Lang to see Darren and Meghan at his parents' farm. It was such a humid Saturday! It felt like India (though I've never been there... but I hear it's warm). It's fun to catch up with good friends. Darren got me up to speed on all the NHL trades that have gone on so far this summer. I daren't fall behind lest I fall short of the prize in this year's fantasy hockey draft! That night it was far too hot to get a bonfire going, so we watched "Shooter" instead. (It's a good shoot-em-up show. Mark Wahlberg did a good job of being manly... and killed a lot of people, and blew a lot of things up.)

The next morning we zipped back to Regina for church. I hadn't been to Celebration in quite a while, and it felt good to see some old faces. The sermon was super. It was all about Friendship, which was highly appropriate considering the nature of our Regina visit. (It's one of the best sermons I've heard in a while. If you have a spare 20 minutes sometime, you should download it -- http://www.celebrationlutheran.ca/podcasts.htm. Sunday, July 22, "Friendship First.")

After church we headed over to a couple's house who are expecting their second child, and are building a new house (the completion of these two exciting things is to happen in the same month -- the baby on September 22, and the house on September 13! It doesn't get much more exciting!). We got to walk through their new home as it stands. Right now it is just framed walls, but it was neat to imagine what it will become.

Our last stop of the day was at Ryan Fink's. He filmed our wedding for us. If you're getting married sometime soon, I'd say give Ryan a shout. He did a fantastic job at capturing the day. We watched the whole ceremony, and the quality of it made you feel like you were there again. Then off to Montana's for supper together, and home we flew to Caronport.

Whew! Quite a busy weekend, but definitely worth it. Good friends are always worth the work it takes to see them. For now, Jenn and I can sit tight and enjoy the AC until another weekend whirls its way onto our path. Take care, everyone.