A new beginning: After Kelowna

So after we left Kelowna, we went to Chilliwack. This was the last weekend in May. We got there on Friday night. We visited with some family before heading to bed early. Saturday we spent all day working at our house. The plan was to redo the basement concrete floor and work on the flower beds so that we could put it ON THE MARKET!! This was very exciting for us. We owned this house for just shy of 4 years, a long time for us :). I was sad that I wouldn't be able to enjoy my kitchen anymore, but it took up so much time almost every time we came back to visit in Chilliwack.
John worked on it on Monday (I did not as I was preparing for my birthday dinner BBQ), we both worked half days on Tuesday and Wednesday, and left for Quesnel on Thursday. Our wonderful and amazing brother in law of a realtor (!!) listed the house on Thursday. By Saturday we had 4 showings, and by MOnday night/TUesday morning, we had an accepted offer. Less than 4 weeks later, the house was no longer ours. It will feel strange driving in the neighborhood, and not being able to stop by.
So, back to Quesnel. We were still living in our trailer. We wanted to make sure that the job would work our before we rented a house. Well, it didnt. The boss made several promises of excavator work that never happened, so after 2 days on the job, and a few days catching up with friends, we headed north back to Dawson Creek. John had "secured" a job there before we left, so we were comfortable going, knowing there was work. But a few days in, and we realized that they were just putting him off. So, John went on a job hunt. He got the name of a few businesses, one being the company he is at now. He went in on Tuesday morning with his resume. They asked him to come back in the afternoon so that John could show them how experienced he was on the excavator. They thought he had potential, and asked him to come back Wednesday morning at 9:30 for an orientation. 8:30 on Wednesday morning, JOhn gets a phone call from the boss. "Please come with your bags packed as you are heading out to work right after orientation.!" And that was that! Within an hour, he was gone. And it's been going good since. He has had lots of machine time, and the boss really likes him and says that JOhn has been operating like hes got thousands of hours under his belt, not just hundreds! The only negative thing about this job is that he is in camp. We were hoping to be able to get away from it, but we need to be satisfied that he has a job. He is hearing from guys that he went to school in Kelowna with, that they are not able to find a job.

Now for a picture overload. I don't have much, but I will give you what I got- Emmy's birthday.

Her requested birthday cake. A home made peanut butter icecream cake. On the bottom is Nuttin Butter icecream. Then it has chopped up Reece's, then vanilla icecream topped with chocolate syrup and peanut butter.