Where did April go?

Well, a lot has happened in the last month. In the midst of everything that was going on, somehow Troy and I managed to keep some plans and got the van from San Francisco and drove it up to Vancouver, where we left it with a great GTRV representative named Roy. We are really excited to have GTRV do the conversion work on our van and are anxiously awaiting finally being able to bring our van home so we can visit it and work on it ourselves. Unfortunately GTRV probably won't be able to do the work until July, but they are garaging it for us until then. It's possible that Troy's mom, Lynne, will be in BC in July and can pick it up for us once it is done. It's also possible that my mom, Darlene, will be in Washington state in July, and might join Lynne for the ride back. Who knows? Two little ladies in that huge monster! Should be interesting to say the least! I hope that they end up doing it; I think it will be a lot of fun for them both, and we'd certainly appreciate their efforts!

Troy's dad, George, passed away on April 12, 2007, and we are suffering a great loss. That is where April went. We have been all over the country and back again making arrangements and dealing with logistics. George passed away in Hawaii, where he and Lynne had just started a few weeks worth of vacation. It was an absolute tragedy, not expected in the least, a brain aneurysm, with nothing that could be done to save him. Our poor Lynne. I flew Troy out there as soon as I could and after a week, I flew both Troy and Lynne up to San Francisco to meet me. All three of us drove up the coast together to give Lynne a bit more time before having to go home for the services. It was so nice to see them after being away for a week and wanting to hold them both for so long without being able to. We ended up dropping Lynne off in Portland and Troy and I made it up to Vancouver the next day to drop the van off before going home to the Vineyard to be with friends and family. It has been a tough month, and will be a tough year. We are going to perservere though. George had a lot of sayings, but one of the best ones was "You will be aright, you'll see." We are forever learning from George and we will still be making our journey into a reality, still pushing on, working hard, proving our worth and our ability, even if it is sometimes by the seats of our pants; we will be great and we now want to do this for George and to enjoy life more than ever!