Mom's 70th Birthday!

“Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations….
Oh, satisfy (her) early with Your mercy, that (she) may rejoice and be glad all (her) days!
Make (her) glad according to the days in which You have afflicted (her)… let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon (her) and establish the work of her hands..”

Psalm 90:1, 14, 15

Our dear Mom, wife, Oma, friend has reached another milestone in her life: her 70th birthday!

To celebrate this milestone we had a number of parties throughout this month, and relatives from Edmonton! over

– and a bunch of church ladies (with kids in tow) came to make all the windows and kitchen squeaky clean the Monday before – what great birthday present!

Dad, Maria & I - and Daniel - tried to keep the kids occupied and out of the ladies’ way

– often unsuccessfully! haha!

- actually Matthew was quite happy most of the time - especially when Daniel was pulling him around in the wagon! Thanks Daniel!
Too bad I didn’t get more photos. Thanks Jo for coming & organizing this! Thanks also to Ann, Liz, Sharon, Andrea, Rachel for your help! And Tinie for trying! (her van broke down en route! :( ) and Heidi for the final cleaning after the cleaning crew :).

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On Sat, Ralph & Sharon’s kids helped us tame the weeds and rediscover the flowers! So cute the way Bethany and Daniel worked together so diligently collecting the stuff and delilvering it to the compost pile.

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On Mom's birthday, June 9, some senior lady friends (& not-so-senior) came over to help us make her special day more special.

Thanks Dad & Maria for your help! Maria was our pretty waitress and Dad wasted not the opportunity afforded being the only male.

Thanks ladies for coming – Mom quite enjoyed it (& so did we) - really nice to have Mrs VM there too -especially for the singing :) -she's still conducting!
Regrettably absent were: Ann, Gerda, Tinie, and the HCH ladies, and Kienie (came to the next one).

Looking young at 70!