Seven on Sunday - or Fourteen

Hey all.  Here it goes for this week.  Of course, Inalee reminded me that I did not do them last week, due to my cold and my parents being around and I just kinda forgot.  If I can get to 14 then I will as penance LOL. 

1. Our hometeacher was willing to drive Dan to the airport anytime, and did on Saturday afternoon.
2. Dan flew out to get the van, and is now approaching Revelstoke.  Halfway home.  Now we can try to avoid the Royal Rumble in the back seat of the car that occurs every Sunday on the way home from church.
3. Dan is coming home.
4. The kids were pretty well behaved at church today which made flying solo a lot easier.  Sorry mom and dad, it was about polar opposite from last week.
5. I worked two days this week.
6. Our neighbor Katie was willing to come help us out with the kids both days.
7. Dan has a schoolmate, who is actually a Lowrie from southern alberta, who is only taking classes on Fridays and otherwise distance, who has offered to be available to babysit whenever we need her through the week in order to free up some different temp days so I can get more work and keep my license.
8. Madi and Clay got to go play at the Keeler's house on Friday, which was a pro-d day.  They were so excited!
9. Malcolm and Spencer were invited to a birthday party last night for the other sunbeam in the ward.  It was at a gymnastics club.  Madi and Clay were happy because with Dan out of town, Kieran's mom said they could attend too.
10. Spring was in the air today.  I know the groundhog says 6 more weeks, but it was a little taste of what's coming.  The sun was warmer, the breeze had no bite to it, the smell of flowers was all around and the songbirds were singing.  What a great Sunday afternoon!
11. We watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics together and really enjoyed it.  What a good show!  It took the edge off of the negativity swirling around the event here.
12. My relief society class on long distance grandparenting went surprisingly well.  I felt a little unprepared, but the ladies kicked in with some great ideas and more of them were internet literate than I had expected.  We had a good discussion and it inspired me to try harder to keep those far away connections.
13. Inalee called this week for our unplanned-but-about-every-two-weeks-half-day talk.  We talk too long and laugh a lot, but it always make me feel better.
14. I managed to find fourteen things, and I think I could even keep going.  Life is good, even with the rough patches.  I was looking at Great great grandma's journal this week and was struck again by the simple profoundness of the statement, "Sunshine After Rain".  This afternoon was a perfect example of that - bright sunshine set against stormy rainclouds in the distance.  Things always turn out for the best.