I HAVE RECEIVED THE CALL TO SPREAD THE NEWS!

That's right, I got the call yesterday!

Alycia phoned and now I get to pass on the news and tell everybody what has been happening during the last week (or what I can remember and get right)!

The major topic was about our amazing Danny! He had his surgery on Tuesday (that's when they implanted the "revealer" - not collector like I mistaking called it last time). It was a local procedure which means he was awake but not feeling anything - local freezing, or so I believe. [Well, our Danny decided to test out the system and had one of his heart stopping sessions whilst on the table (some guys will do almost anything to get attention - just ask me)! The doctors and staff jump started our guy and there seems to be no effect (other than nerves getting frizzled)!] REFER TO THE COMMENT SECTION, AT BOTTOM OF BLOG, FOR CORRECTION!

But when Danny got home and the freezing started to wear off - well the first few days were not the best of times! There has been quite a bit of pain and discomfort! He has not been able to do anything like drive, help around the house, carry things, get groceries, and worst of all, he can't hold Taylor! - much to his and Taylor's displeasure! But he has been getting better with each day - when Alycia phoned yesterday, Danny and Joey had the game box going and were catching up on some of their old moves!

At least Danny will be able to get some rest over the next couple of days because all the LifeFORCE Teams are finished and have gone their separate ways! The debriefing finished on Tuesday and by Thursday they were all gone - someone else drove them to the airport and such!

This has meant that Alycia had to pick up her pace around the home and discover some new joys of parenting - such as making meals with a baby in her "arms", getting out for groceries with a baby in her "arms", cleaning the house with a baby in her "arms", doing laundry with a baby in her "arms", taking care of a baby with a baby in her "arms" (now that would be hard)!

But overall, things are going great! The mad rushes are over, their both catching up on the paper work, burning DVDs, preparing presentations, and looking to the future!

The brightest light in the near future is that they will be back in Canada on July 22nd! They managed to move their travel date up a few days and Taylor's passport came in the mail, so it's homward bound in a few short weeks! Danny will be staying in Calgary for a bit to do some LifeFORCE work, but Alycia and Taylor are coming straight down to Regina so they can get a head start on all the hugs, kisses, ooohhhs and aaawwws, tears, laughter, and swapping of stories with family, old friends and neighbours!

Now I know there haven't been any pictures for awhile and there aren't any new ones now, but that's beside the point. I've gone back over a couple of Alycia's albums and found some older and newer pictures that I thought could be added to this edition, so here we go:

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Now you've probably noticed that the pictures have been identified by letters, but there are no captions! While, there is a reason to my madness (so said King George). I am going to put a list of captions below and what I was hoping you would do (if you want and have the time and like skill testing contests and, and, and,) is fill up your coffee mug, get a piece of paper and pencil and match up the pictures with the captions! Now, doesn't that sound like fun? OK, maybe it doesn't, but I'm just trying to get you to waste some more of your time that could be better spent than relaxing!

So, go ahead, enjoy, take your time, work quietly - but no cheating! The answers are in the comment section.

(1) I had THAT in my mouth! (2) "ROIDS" win every time! (3) That was some lunch! (4) Oh Look Dear, matching luggage! (5) What do you mean - were's my ID? (6) Don't you want one just like me? (7)Which is the real WAX comic? (8) Must have been something I ate! (9) Out there somewhere! (10) Aly oops!

Until next time, remember: GOD LOVES YOU!

THERE'S EVEN SOMETHING FOR THE GUYS IN THIS ONE!

Hopefully, I've got everyones' interest peaked with the title! But guys, just stay cool and you'll get the news in a bit.

And for you women, please do not skip to the end and spoil the men's fun!

As with the previous submission, there's not to much in this edition as well. Just a brief update on the what's, where's and welfares of our favourite family in the deepest, dampest, darkest, etc., etc., etc., West Midlands, UK!

Our lovely Taylor was in the clinic on Monday (just a regular check up) and she's now a healthy 10 lbs 11 oz! The nurse is coming - or probably has been - to the house today for another check up! I have been informed (by an unimpeachable source) that Ms DeLong is the perfect baby! Sleeps alot of the day and night (unfortuneatley in 3 - 4 hour spurts), receives nourishment several times during the day and night, and enjoys life to the fullest (in some cases the fullest diaper) in between all this sleeping, slurping (burping, sneezing, and clearing of sinus cavities)!

A word of encouragement, for LifeFORCE UK, comes from the news that 2 more schools have expressed an interest in getting involved with Project Gambia! But the main problem still lies with the fact that corporate and government funding, i.e.: grants, is next to impossible to get! It seems grants are only for in-school presentations; in the UK projects; or buying the odd box of crayons! Funding to help students get those crayons to The Gambia doesn't seem to be available!

On another encouraging event: LifeFORCE teams have finished their "tours of duty" and are joining up in the UK for the-end-of-the-season debriefing! It was decided to do the wrap-up in England this year because about 90% (my guess) of the young people are from the UK and sending everyone to Calgary and back to the UK would have cost a little more that just having the leader of LifeFORCE (Lindsay Hodges) come to the UK! So that's what happened. Lindsay is now in Wednesbury (sleeping on Alycia and Danny's chesterfield) for a few days! Danny was a blurr in motion yesterday (but then again, when isn't he?)! He went to London in the morning to pick up the team from Canada and then had to go back to London in the afternoon to pick up the team from Malta! The team in the UK actually finishes their tour today, so it's going the be a very interesting weekend and first couple of days next week! There is bound to be some stories coming out of that!

Now then, as for Danny! He is scheduled to have the "collector" (I hope I got it right) implanted in his chest on Tuesday, May 20th! As that is right in the middle of the debriefings, I wouldn't be surprised if they won't have to sedate him a little be more than normal and then strap him to his bed if order to keep him from running all over the place!

Alycia is going to go the the doctor again about the trouble with her vision! The treatment for that old tumour is still playing games!

So, let's keep both of them (plus the others) at the top of our pray chains, requests and devotionals!

Now for a bit about the blog! You may have noticed a second link to another photo album and how at first it worked, then didn't work properly, then didn't work at all, and has now been deleted! There is a perfectly good explaination for that! IT DROVE ME NUTS! After several conversations, discussions, arguements, and threats between myself, the computer, the album program, and the blog program, I decided to take a break and go watch the grass in the backyard grow while I let my ego and hand heal (I was surprised at how well my computer monitor took that right jab and some slaps-up-side-the-head)!

But, seeing as how there aren't any new pictures for me to post anyway, I won't be facing any aggravation for a little while longer!

I hope you are as happy as I am, to see that Alycia got an update on her blog site (refer link at left)! I enjoyed it immensely, until I realized that in 1 fell swoop she has overshadowed 4 months of my hard fought-for accomplishments and efforts to keep you all up to date - how can I ever top those mental picture of used diapers; "fresh linen" air spray; and twin jets of stomach overflow shooting from 2 tiny nostrils!

Well, once again I thank you for your time and will leave where I left you at the beginning - the title! Now gentlemen, I must congratulate and thank you all on being there for your wives as they ooohhed and aawwed, chuckled and nodded their heads at what usually ended up as series of stories for them! I know there are only a few "guy" things in those earlier bogs (besides the mad rush of Danny), so here we go - this one is for you:

Men of all ages, take heart - Shania and "Mutt" have split!

Until next time, remember: GOD LOVES YOU!

ONLY ONCE A YEAR CAN THIS HAPPEN!

In an effort to try and make this edition at least a bit more interesting, your going to have to wait till the end to find out what I mean with the Title!

In the mean time, I hope you are all doing well and have had a wonderful and enjoyable week! Mine certainly has, along with the usual bumping into walls, doorways, and tripping over shadows!

It's been almost a week since I've heard anything from England, so this edition is going to be a lot shorter than others! There aren't even any pictures! But please, don't leave now and I will explain!

Dave and Ruth left the UK last Monday, so they should be back in Canada (somewhere) by now. While in London Alycia, Danny and Taylor went to the Canadian Embassy to finish applying for Taylor's passport, so Alycia's hoping they won't have to smuggle her in a suitcase when the time comes!

Also, while in London, they met up with Danny's sister, Beckie, and her boyfriend and spent the day together! They all went to Madame Toussaude's Wax Museum (through most of which Taylor slept)!

But now it's just the 3 of them trying to get into a regular routine of taking care of Taylor, taking naps, catching up on phone calls, taking naps, catching up on e-mails, taking naps, carrying on with LifeFORCE and Church work, taking naps, catching up on sleep and taking naps! Nothing really major!

Alycia had sent me a couple web site addresses, where she has her FACEBOOK photo albums! I had tried to link the sites into the blog, but once again the blog worked it's mysterious mannerisms and the links didn't work! Now the FACEBOOK sites have 'timed out' out and even I can't get to them anymore! It seems the only people who can see all of Alycia's collections (and they are beautiful to behold) are those of you who belong to FACEBOOK!

So, that's about all there is! I told you there wasn't much this time! I guess this is just really to let you all know that we are still around and ready to 'go-at-it' at a moments notice!

Now for the moment you've all been waiting for - WHAT DOES HE MEAN WITH THE TITLE? Well here it is, courtesy of My Dad! What is so intriguing is that this expression can only be used ONCE A YEAR - and today is the day! So if you wait till tomorrow to read it, you will have missed the significance! ARE YOU READY?

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

Until next time, remember:

GOD LOVES YOU!