Posts from — June 2012

Oliver Rae Sill arrived into the world at Kelowna B.C. on June 23rd at 1:05 p.m. weighing 8lbs 3oz.

Brenda and I were on call waiting for a baby to arrive. The due date was actually June 29th, although all the indicators were that this baby was going to arrive early.

We had our bags packed and were ready to go at a moments notice. It was kinda funny because on Saturday morning we had gone for a walk and then decided to come back home and put another coat of paint in the basement suite kitchen. We jokingly said that we would probably just open he paint can and get started and Jeff and Lindsay would call and sure enough that’s what happened.

Once Jeff called we hopped in the car and headed for Kelowna so they could head to the hospital and we would look after Zachary.

At first Lindsay thought it was a false alarm, but after a half hour she knew it wasn’t and the baby was on the way. The contractions were coming faster so Jeff called their friends who lived near by to come over until we arrived. It was good thing they did as Oliver arrived at 1:05 p.m. and we did not get to Jeff and Lindsay’s house until 1:30 p.m.

A little later in the day Jeff came home for a visit and Brenda and I went to the hospital for a very short visit.

When we held Oliver he was only 4 hrs old and we both remarked that the last time either of us held a baby this new was when we held Jeffrey as a newborn.

Jeff, Lindsay and Oliver finally arrived home on Sunday afternoon and Zachary is adapting very well.

We are truly blessed. We now have 4 wonderful grandchildren?

Welcome to the family Oliver.

Last Saturday (June 16th) we drove down to Merritt to see Sage in her first swim meet since she has started with the Princeton Swim Club.

GGMa came along for the day and GGPA stayed at home.

Well, it was quite the experience. Swim Meets and Swim Clubs have their own little culture going on. From the different Clubs set up under team tents, to how they get ready for the various swimming heats, etc.

Sage did very well for her first time. She freaked out a little bit in her first event when she saw the that the pool got deeper where the bottom tiles changed color, but she finished her first race and won a prize and a ribbon.

Of course Tamara and Kevin were involved with helping out with getting kids ready for their next event and timing races. So, this gave us a chance to take Conrad for a walk downtown and give him a bit of a break and find a treat.

You have to appreciate the fact that Princeton has a shorter outdoor pool and their swim club has only been active for about one month. Where Clubs like Kamloops and Kelowna swim year round in full size pools.

For lunch we headed back to where Kevin, Tamara, Sage and Conrad were camped for the weekend. We got to see their new trailer that they recently bought and enjoyed a picnic lunch with them.

After lunch it was back to the pool for Sage’s final race which was a Medley. There were four teams in this heat the the Princeton group almost got third place. In the end it was great to see everyone and to spend a bit of time with them.