Hi Lee,
I lit a candle on the main page in honour of your birthday. I know you're watching over your family but I still do like to write every now and again. I hope as Olivia gets older she will write more of her own messages to you on here.
Olivia is doing very well. She is going for a play date today at her friend Dustin's house and her friend Alyssa will be going too. She is practicing a monologue from "Anne of Green Gables" for the Sackville Music Festival in May. They have solo speeches and she wants to compete!
She and I have planned her 8th birthday already. She is having a Hawaiian luau themed party but she also wants her art teacher, Sadie Jane, to come and do a painting lesson with her and 8 of her friends, so it will be Hawaiian themed too. I am booking a room at a local church for May 25th and then having an actual family party at my Mom's on the 26th.
Benjamin is doing very well. He just started attending an after school compuer club and he's also into yoga and Zumba of all things! He has made some friends and his teacher is actually a long time family friend who taught ME as a student teacher in grade 1 and was a substitute for Olivia at her old school. She also used to live with me when I was young and now we're close. I think it's good for Ben to have someone we know and trust as a teacher.
Brian's been managing the pet store for almost a year and is doing very well. You'd be proud. He is handling things like a pro, recently had to fire and hire and is really showing his skills. He always said it's what he wanted to do and his only regret is that you were here to see him achieve it.
Happy Birthday, Lee.
~Abbe