Well, one thing that Wil and I did was to treat our family to season tickets to our towns hockey team. The Smiths Falls Bears. If you didn't know...lol...hockey is HUGE in Canada. So I may not get all the football I want and you don't hear much about baseball but I will get my fill of Hockey. The Bears are Junior A hockey team...which basically includes players 20 years and younger, many players are high school aged but this is like the minor minor major leagues. So it is a developmental team but it is quite possible for the NHL to draft from Junior A in fact in 2008 3 players were drafted to the NHL from the Bears. So Wil and I went to the first game last night. Unfortunately we were in the youth arena because the brand new arena that is under construction isn't quite done so it wasn't super comfortable but it was fun. It was strange not hearing the U. S. National Anthem...kind of sad but I will get used to that. The other thing that was unusual was that I was cold and asked Wil to get me a hot chocolate. He did and (unlike Colo Spgs) when he walked it back to me it was still hot...it gets better 15 minutes later when I drank the last little bit...it was still hot. My tongue is proof this morning because it is definitely burnt. What a difference low altitude makes. Anyways, the hockey was great....lots of checking and even some fights. You could tell that these guys are trying to prove something, it was very fast and furious. We will enjoy getting to know the players and rooting on the Bears.
The girls went to their first school dance last night and from the little I hear, they had fun. It is hard to get info from teens.
Our church had a guest speaker this week. His name was Ian Juby and he was fantastic. He is a scientist who is all about proving creation. Here is his website: http://www.ianjuby.org/. It was so cool. He talked about humans and dinosaurs coexisting, even showing us fossils with human and dinosaur footprints. He talked about the proof that the dinosaurs died in the flood...and went on and on. It was really cool.
Speaking of church, Wil and I have settled on First Baptist Church. It is a beautiful church founded in 1833 with a gorgeous old building. The church has a very traditional feel with some contemporary added in. It is a church I think my dad would have enjoyed. They have been so welcoming and friendly not only to us but the youth pastor really has been great at reaching out to the girls. The pastor actually called and invited us to lunch tomorrow. Cool huh?
I think that is it right now...have a great weekend!
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