Dog Park

We finally have great weather here, so I've been taking advantage of it and getting outside for a while every day. Sometimes I walk Raymond, the dog, around the neighbourhood, maybe stop in at the Mac's store. Other days I take him to the doggie park. These are pictures of our beautiful off-leash dog park. It's right on the edge of town and it's named Freedom Park. The day I took these pictures Raymond and I had the whole park to ourselves, which is unusual. Today there were 8 other dogs, and yesterday there were 9. It's a doggie paradise: dogs to play with, occasionally gophers to catch, water to play in, and it's fully fenced. It's a great place for me to meet people too. I don't know the names of all the people I've met, but I know their dogs' names!

Raymond's not the only one making new friends. This week Janelle went over to her new friend Nadine's house after school to watch a movie, and Calvin was invited by TWO GIRLS to hang out at the town-sponsored Youth Center after school on Thursday. He had a great time playing games, eating free food and hanging out with a bunch of kids he knows from both of the town's middle schools. I'm starting to breathe a little easier now that my kids are making friends. Janelle complained this week that her social life is cutting into her "alone" time -- she spends all her time at school talking to friends, walks home with friends, and then goes to their houses after school. She was never this social in Abbotsford!

We still all miss our "old" friends, though!