It has been quite busy around here since the summer! One of the biggest changes is that Parker moved out and went back to school. He is now living in St. Catharines with Jaclyn and going to Niagara College for the Law Clerk (2 yr) program.
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| Parker's stuff being put in a U-Haul truck |
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| Parker and Jaclyn's new place |
In early September, Adam bought a truck! He needed a new vehicle and this one gave him extra space to carry all his stuff. It is a hybrid, so gets very good mileage for a vehicle of its size.
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| Adam and his Ford F-150 |
Eric is back at school for another term, and is teaching slightly fewer courses than last year. He even went out with his first-year cell biology course Teaching Assistants for dinner!
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| Eric and his co-instructor Chari with the TAs |
Wendy has been very into puzzles this fall, and she even competed in a speed puzzling contest (Eric worked as a spotter). The Great Canadian Puzzling Competition was held in Georgetown and was the largest ever puzzle competition in Canada. She competed in both individual and team competitions.
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| Wendy's team competition group |
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| Eric the spotter! |
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| At the Great Canadian Puzzle Competition |
We had Thanksgiving at our place this year. Lots of fun with Jacob and Laura, and lots of food!
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| Jacob loved Kerplunk! |
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| Puzzles happen a lot in our house |
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| Parker serving the pie and ice cream |
Wendy and I took a trip to Denver for the annual Thyroid Cancer Survivor's conference (ThyCa). We had a rainy day of sightseeing and then got the chance to meet in person a surprising large group of anaplastic thyroid cancer survivors. The group was so large that we ran out of chairs at one of the meetings. In previous years they would often only get 3-5 ATC survivors, but things seemed to have changed quickly, and this time we had 15 in one room!
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| Dinner at the hotel |
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| At Wings Over the Rockies (Air and Space Museum) |
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| At the International Church of Cannabis (for a light show) |
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| Inside the International Church of Cannabis |
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| Inside the International Church of Cannabis |
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| Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer survivors, plus some world experts |
Eric even had a surprise on Halloween where one of his students dressed up as him! She even drew on a grey beard.
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| She even faked Eric's ID badge! |
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| Eric and Chari along with the Assistant Dean Stacey and some dinosaurs |
Over the next while we are heading to do some cross border shopping in Grove City PA (with Parker and Jaclyn), and Adam is heading to Dawson Creek, BC for a Bell Helicopter engine course. Wendy and Eric are planning for a short trip to Barrie after Christmas. We are also planning Baltic cruise from the Netherlands (with friends Mel and Murray) with several days in Amsterdam before the cruise and a brief trip to Dublin Ireland afterwards. Will be busy!
