The walk is coming right up in only four days.  Any donations would be gladly accepted, and can be made online at either the Team Glen website or at my fundraising website, or if you see me in person I do have an old-fashioned pledge form and will accept cash or cheques made out to “ALS Society of Saskatchewan”.

More information about the 2011 Prince Albert Walk For ALS can be found here.

Charlotte's self-titled album

I’d call this quality music even if we weren’t related.

But I do prefer the Norwegian spelling of Oline.

So much seems to be happening this spring that Team Glen was slow organizing itself.  However some of us will again be participating in this year’s Prince Albert Walk For ALS, in memory of my brother Glen.

If you care to make an online donation, you can do so at the Team Glen website.  Or if you’d like send a cheque (made out to the ALS Society of Saskatchewan), contact me for my mailing address.

The walk is happening on May 29, in just 9 days.

Pictures of Team Glen at last year’s Walk For ALS can be found here.

Yes they made it safely, albeit with some hassles from both US (at the Minneapolis transfer) and UK (at London Heathrow) authorities.

The girls have been enjoying their time in England.  They’ve stayed with Auntie Anne and Uncle Stephen at St. Austell, and with Uncle Nigel and Auntie Kate at Falmouth, with cousins at both places to play board games and Wii with.  Auntie Gillian has also been down from South Wales, and Grandpa was at St. Austell for them to nick chocolate from.

Grandma’s surgery went well, by all accounts.  Family members are somewhat frustrated by the fact that they can’t visit her because the hospital has a no-visitor policy due to a virus outbreak.

A few days ago they flew across to the Isles of Scilly, where they are settling in at Pelistry and getting reacquainted with Uncle Mervyn and Auntie Stephanie and three more cousins.  Today was the first day of school.

But why am I giving all these details?  You can read a first-hand account at Fiona’s new blog.

It didn’t take long before the discussion moved from Janet taking a quick trip to the concept of Janet taking an extended trip to be with her parents.

Then the discussion progressed to the fact that our two youngest children really don’t know their grandparents very well, unlike their older siblings who spent the summer of 2009 on the island.

The upshot is that Janet, Jennifer and Fiona will be flying to London in less than two weeks, and then on to southern Cornwall.  The tickets have been purchased, and the girls have been registered in a school where they will be required to wear school uniforms.  The schools at both ends have been very accommodating.

Luke, Charlotte and I will carry on with life in Prince Albert.  However beginning in late July I will take four weeks of vacation leave to join Janet and the girls.

After I’ve spent a couple of weeks with them on the Isles of Scilly, we’ll all continue on to Norway.  Our plans aren’t fully firmed up yet, but we plan to spend the bulk of our time visiting my distant relatives in the Trondheim area, including Rindal, the village that my paternal grandparents both emigrated from, before returning to P.A. before school resumes in late August.

I spent a month in Norway in 1984, and have many fond memories.  After 26 years it will be great to make it back.  Some of my Norwegian relatives have been to Canada at various times over the years, and some on the Canadian side including my sister Carol have travelled to Norway, so some contacts have been maintained.  I am generally a stay-at-home guy, but I am already excited about this trip.

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This year my nephew Larsson graduated.  I think his suit is as classy as Jeremy’s.  The wig was a nice touch.

Then on Saturday, she flew to England to join her brother Luke on the Isles of Scilly.  They’ll both be working there for at least the summer.  Their plans for winter 2009-2010 are flexible – maybe somewhere else in Europe, maybe another part of England …

Oh to be young again.

It’s different around here, but I’m sure we’ll get used to having an average-sized family.