Hi to all

Well it has been a very long time since I read the family blog and I apologize for not contributing, I hope you haven't given up Carla!
It's been beautiful here in Toronto for the last few days, sun and 20C on the weekend. Managed to get the gardens cleaned out (not hard when they are city sized) and also spent some time just sitting in the sun soaking up the depression fighting rays.
Mike has been home for quite some time as the film industry took a few hits this winter with a new contract and a strike by the actors union. Things should get busy again soon (we hope) but he's kept busy with home fixit projects. Right now, he's hanging off the upper deck with a can of stain and a paint brush! I've been busy at the lab and with my little web business trying to keep a little income flowing in.
Jaime is off to university next fall. Looks like she'll be doing geography (human), some international development and politics at Trent University. This is also where Mike and I graduated from but we didn't influence her at all.........we hope! She's hoping to work for the city as a day camp counsellor for the summer and do city things before she goes off to Peterborough.
Keegan is finishing his first year of high school and has a busy summer planned. After our July 1 canoe trip (this is an annual event for over 10 years with 3 other families), he will be going off to Nikki's farm for a week of hay tossing. When he returns he'll be off to camp for 2 weeks for his final time at this camp as a camper as next year he can be an LIT. Then for a week in August he'll be off with the Venturers (older grouping of scouts) to do trail clearing at the Haliburton Scout Reserve. He'll definately be putting some muscle on his lanky frame this summer.
The highlight for the year has been our trip to Spain last month. We went to Mallorca for about 10 days and then to Barcelona for 3 more days. Mike and I showed the kids all the places we loved so much in Mallorca and we spent time with an old friend we hadn't seen in 20 years. It was a great family trip and I hope that the family will be able to do it again some time. (that will be once we've saved up again and that will be if the film industry ever decides to pick up again :-)
Well, hope everyone is fine and I will make an effort to check back to the blog more frequently.
Love, Sinda