Barnanza Celebration

2 friends plus 1 idea
2 moms to pull it together
2 dads to finance it
plus 2 brothers to assist!
= a formal event fit for a queen!

Location is everything!

Evita's Barn loft extraordinare

Deluxe outhouse facilities!

Flower boxes on the lower barn!

Setting up the loft!

David & Elisa folding burgandy napkins.

Sonja setting the tables

Rene filling the outdoor torches

Werner and more torches!

Evita's garden

The 2 Grads

Elisa & her brother Dan

Chantel & Erin

Barton & Monica

Sonja, Chantel, Erin, Elisa


Dwane & Josiah

Elisa & David

Hilda, Elisa, Melissa, Sephia

Hilda, Johnny, David, Elisa

Big brother Dan had a few words!

Dad's presenting the girls a dozen white roses!

The next day and Elisa's hair is still lookin good!
Elisa's roses and some of her cards and gifts.
Thankyou family & friends
for making Elisa's Grad special!

Grand March for Grads

Congratulations Elisa!
...finished for now!
Grade 11 & 12 combined with one free year
of UCFV College courses,
producing a certificate in
Health and Human Services.

......maybe nursing....
..maybe early childhood ed....
.....maybe something else.....

First it's the Grand March
and then the prom.....

Elisa and brother Dan in his finery!
(he had just finished work and he
graciously took the photos)

Elisa & Avonlea Vriend

Elisa & David Schile under the bridge!

...the next destination is....

.....fancy shmancy.....

Mom and Elisa
(I'm not that short, Elisa has heels on!)


Weeks later....
Convocation Night
300+grads =4 hours of program
and guess who is the last
grad to grace the stage?


Sonja Klotz was about 1/2 way in the procession

Avonlea Vriend was near the end

Elisa Zupancic won the priviledge of last grad!

The only "Z" sitting beside a "Willmont."

Proud of you girl, you made it!

Graduate Art

Past Peak Flow

News Flash!

We passed peak
flow this weekend!!
No flood water...
in Abby!

Easy Does it....Ebb...and...Flow....

"To Flood or Not to Flood"
only the Lord knows for sure!
We are definitely praying about the
weather patterns for the next few weeks
.....warm....cool....warm....cool...
ebb.......and ...... flow......

This is one of many dykes
throughout the Fraser Valley.
The question is,
"will the water reach our house, since
we are on the flood plain?"
Last night we went to a community flood meeting,
people were streaming into the school gym
which soon became flooded with citizens,
overflowing into the parking lot!
Good News!
The chances of us seeing water at our doorstep is very
slim since we are on the very edge of the flood plain.

The dogs aren't worried about a flood!

In fact they are checking out their messages,
left by friends via peemail.

News Flash!
Today the city returned my call, our house is sitting
at 10 meters of elevation.
Yeaaah, that means that we qualify for "sandbags".
If the flood waters go past 6 meters high upriver,
then we can phone the city and they will
dump us a load of sand & bags!

Let's change the subject and look at some design in dyke
nature!
This hay field was recently mowed and prepared for the
next crop via the "honey wagon". Notice the cool stripes
that lead your eyes to the open barn door.


I like these green hay stripes too!

So what's a "honey wagon"?

If you look carefully you can see a spray of brown
liquid that makes the crops grow, but plug your nose.

News Flash!!!!
As of June 6th,
they think that the dykes
will not be breached !
Only those living along the
Fraser River outside of the dyke
are in present danger
of being flooded!
Peak flood time is
June 7-10th.

I've been asked to join
the provincial
Emergency Social Services,
which means dealing with
the evacuated families.
This should be interesting
if I get called!

Thanks to our Staff

Many thanks to our staff,
for the Christmas present of a
weekend away
at a cabin on Little Shuswap Lake.

Peaceful, great weather for hiking,
cool enough to enjoy a fire,
and it only rained once for about 30 min.

We explored this trail which led
to a gorgeous gorge.
The dogs stood way too close to
the edge for the health of my heart!

We also explored forks in the trails,
that sometimes led no where.
In the above photo Jordan River
is our acting SCOUT,
he usually went first,
the great HUNTER that he is.
Rene was next...camera in hand!

Linda was next,
followed by Raphael
the Rear Guard
(are we there yet!)
It seems that on every hike there is
treasure to be found!
This hike was to be no different.
Raphael our Rear Guard
disappeared into the trees....
as we backtracked our steps we found...
him rolling around on top of something...


...two Bambi legs....
not to be out done by an older brother,
Jordan scouted out a single Bambi leg 20 feet away...

...of course not to be out done by weiner dogs,
Rene found the last Bambi leg further down the trail
...but he chose not to take the scent home
with him on his clothes...

Raphael had forgotten that dead
animal scents don't cut it in the house...

Some of Rene's photo images.