Self Explanatory. Kendal's Cousin. To Donna's fiance, family and friends, Kendal and I offer our most sincere condolences. We're very sorry for your loss, and we will miss her as well. Local News Last Updated: Jul 25th, 2006 - 23:54:50 Fatal intersection targeted for review By NORM LEBUS Jul 26, 2006, 01:54 Email this article Printer friendly page The Dunmore intersection where a Saskatchewan woman was killed Monday was already targeted for a safety inspection by Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure engineers. However, it appears driver error caused Monday’s traffic fatality. Donna Meisner, 28, of Eston, Saskatchewan died at the scene 11:45 a.m. Monday after her Chevrolet Cavalier traveling west bound in the slow lane of the Trans-Canada-Highway veered directly into the path of an oncoming west-bound tanker truck driven by a 47-year-old man from Swift Current, SA. The impact occurred at the intersection where Charles Street and Eagle Butte Road meet the TCH. “All we know is what we were told by witnesses who said the vehicle entered the eastbound lanes. Why or how we have no idea,” Cst. Brandon Smith of Redcliff RCMP said Tuesday. Information culled from several sources indicates the woman initially found herself traveling east in the TCH’s west-bound lanes after entering the highway from the Dunmore intersection. Realizing her mistake, she reversed direction and headed back toward the intersection from the right hand, slow lane. At the intersection she attempted a hard left turn through the intersection from the slow lane, crossing into the path of the oncoming west-bound tanker truck. The accident was the third fatality in two years at the Dunmore intersection. Monday’s crash, however, appears to be more about tragic timing than engineering or design flaws. “It just happened to happen here, so it’s being tied in with other collisions that happened at this intersection, when in actual fact that’s really just coincidental,” Cypress County manager Lutz Perschon says. “But it has raised the issue (of the intersection’s safety) again, obviously.” In Alberta, all major highways are the purview of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation. However, Perschon says Cypress County reviews all accidents at the Dunmore intersection. The cause of every accident reviewed “generally is to do with driver error,” he said. “Technically, the intersection is safe,” Perschon added. “Why there is a proliferation of collisions at the intersection is a bit of a mystery to us, but they happen. So obviously there is something there.” The transportation ministry has already reviewed the Dunmore highway corridor as a preliminary step in what is a two-year study into the possibility of a Medicine Hat bypass being constructed for the Trans-Canada-Highway. Planning engineer Jerry Lau says that highway interchanges (overpasses) at either end of Dunmore could be included in the project. However, Lau cautions that the “Highway 1 & 3 Network Functional Planning Study” must be completed first; that is expected in Fall 2007. “That doesn’t mean we’re not doing anything at the Eagle Butte Road intersection,” Lau says. The province is currently in discussion with Cypress County on options which include improving the turning lanes at the intersection, partial closure (closing off the median), or even full closure of the intersection. Does yesterday’s fatality hasten that process? “Certainly we regret any fatality on our highway, and when they occur, we investigate,” Lau said. “In this particular case, it appears the lady was making an illegal maneuver, so there wouldn’t have been much we could have done to prevent that.” © Copyright by Medicine Hat News.com

Lots of this and that.

Here's a big surprise for you. Guess what! I'm hungry AGAIN. I feel like I have a tape worm growing inside of me. All i do is eat and sleep.

In rebuttal (yes I did say butt) Kendal could say ours was the most popular campsite...but (there's that word again...) no one wanted to visit me....37, pregnant .....You get the picture....(sorry too much info again....) However, my girls have made alot of new friends......

No wonder they don't want to hang out with us. We're downright embarrassing

I knew there was a reason that I hated Mondays....

I came into work this morning.....to be greeted by great big black beetles....everywhere....on my floor.....Not good.

Crunching under my feet.

I swept them all up, but they are EVERYWHERE...including dropping off of the roof in some rooms....My coworker had to sweep up her office as well....

Then I opened my drawer...and there were literally about 60 of them feasting on the gram crackers in my desk....

I screamed.

then I made our courier empty out the drawer!

This is an ongoing pest saga...Last time it was ants....and at Christmas, it was mice. I actually had Mickey sitting on my foot munching down on a piece of popcorn...I screamed then too.

Our weekend was ok though....

Friday night we helped with youth...except my dear husband wouldn't let me play some of the games... I guess Circle of Death just sounded a little rough for him....(LOL)

Saturday I had to do the sucky stuff. You know pants hemmed, and cars washed. I wasn't done by five though, so my husband and kids went to the Rider game without me.... I really wanted to go, but I still had stuff to do. Apparently it was good though, cause the seats were in the hot sun, and I haven't been dealing with the heat well at all.

However, I did bump into my inlaws in Costco, and that was pretty funny.....

They wouldn't let me lift a case of Jones pop, and then followed me home to unload my groceries! Hey...maybe there is something to this being pregnant thing after all!

Sunday after church we drove out to Katepwa beach with our friend Kim, and met our other friends Shawna and Jason. It was soooooo hot. 31 above. and the beach was insanely full of people. We have been going there for years...and NEVER seen that many people there....I couldn't get over it. However, we did find a little patch of shade in a far corner, and our kids found the lake, and we didn't see them again for hours...(too cool to hang out with us now...)

http://www.se.gov.sk.ca/saskparks/ParkInfo/parks/park.asp?park=Katepwa%20Point

I found the lake. and sat in it. it felt good.

Jason found a bee with his bare foot. that did not feel good!

The girls found us conveniently when it was time to go get ice cream.....Even Taco gets his. However, while we were sitting there, some boys found my girls. They were sitting over at the next table....and we never even noticed! Great parents we are....

The boys were like...."so what cha doing" and Bree was like...."Here with my family....AT THE NEXT TABLE" (LOL) Apparently they didn't take rejection well cause they were like...so do ya wanna walk with us after..... WE're WITH OUR FAMILY.....

Apparently my girls had on good deodorant or something....cause then down at the beach....another boy asked Bree out...which resulted in more sarcasm.....WONDER where they get that from?

We finally left the beach around 9 pm.....and almost got killed by a buck crossing the road, and then a stupid truck driver with a death wish....but I guess we made it...cause here I am this morning...with the bugs!

Love Robyn!

Hello There!

Well this Saturday was the R$iders game and me, my dad and Brandy went... it was lots of fun! The Riders lost by 3 three... thats all .. they were behind in the beginning of the game .. and Toronto was doing well. But the last five minutes of the game was really exciting!!! The Riders got two touchdowns back to back by the end of the game and then were only two points behind and had a chance to win but then Toronto got another point and that made us three points behind which i guess doesn"t really make a difference.. but yeah the Riders lost which sucks but i still had lots of fun! ... what else... Oh yeah Krystal is having a boy which is awesome but if she did have a girl she would've put Danae in the name so she would've been named after me which would be sweet, but oh well, boy or girl Ill love it! So yeah ... yesterday we went to the lake with Kim and Shawna and Jason Megan and Noah (the kids) and my parents, my sister and her friend Destinee and me! It was lots of fun !! It was funny though when we were getting ice cream me, Dess and Brandy were sitting at a seperate table from everyone else cause there wasn't enough room.. but we were just sitting there and this guy walked up to us sat down beside Dess and started talking to us .. it was really uncomfortable.. he asked us if we wanted go for a walk with him and his friend and we were like "we're here with our parents"! (Lol) It was sooo funny. I'm pretty sure he was embarrassed after we said no to him! Then after that we went to go swim and this kid that was like in grade 7 got his sister or friend to come ask me out! of course i said no! I had no idea who this guy was !!! Then after i said no she came back awhile later and asked if Brandy or Dess wanted to go out with him! then they said "umm no thank you!" Haahahaahaha! it was the funniest day ever! But fun! Lol but I should go now cya all later!

Bree!

Second Pre-Natal Apointment

Yesterday I had my second pre-natal apointment. I wasn't really sure what to expect....You think I would remember what it was like from my girls...but no...and things have changed so much.

It was a really good apointment though. My regular doctor was away, and I had doctor Oroz, and I really liked her. She was extremly personable.

They weighed me first, and I was not looking foreward to that, because I am already showing so much, and I have been eating so much that I was sure that I had gained mega lbs...but NO! Actually I have only gained 5 lbs and she said that I was right on target for that, and so not to worry.

Then she measured me, and again came the question I am getting tired of answering....Are you sure of your dates?

and again.....YES! I was charting....I marked EVERY THING down.

I am measuring 2 weeks bigger then I should....again making the doctor question twins...along with early movement, and shortness of breath among other things....(starving).....However, she did say that it could also just be exagerated symptoms as this is #4 for me....

I guess I will find out one way or another in three weeks....

I did feel movement on Sunday, which is about 6 weeks earlier then most moms feel it, and so I questioned the doctor, but she said that definatly I could have felt it....

Felt like a fish sqiggling in there. I like fish. I'm hungry.

She also told me the names of some of the better OBs so that I could make an informed choice on who I want to deliver baby....

My blood pressure was a little high, but still within the range of where it was supposed to be, but she also told me that the heat could be doing it.

I probably have a cyst in my ovary, which has been causing me considerable pain off and on, but she said they would check that in three weeks, when I had my ultra sound as usually they go away by then anyways....

So......

All is well in babyland...and I am safe till the next apointment which is on Aug. 18th....

While I am at it....

Here is where we are at...

Week Ten

• Baby is now called a fetus in "medical terms". You, however, may have chosen the name "peanut," "angel," "jumping bean" or simply "miracle."
• The most critical part of your infant's development is complete. Now you are headed into a period of rapid growth.
• While a bit strange to envision, your baby's head is now about half its length - Soon the rest of the body's growth will catch up but this area is prepared to keep up with the rapid brain development!
• Eyelids fuse shut and irises begin to develop - Eye color is also determined by this point.
• Placenta begins to function this week or next - The placenta is the organ responsible for both the provision of nutrients along with the removal of waste to keep your baby growing strong!
• Your baby will be about 1.22 inch long (3.1cm) and weigh 0.14 ounce (4gm) at the end of this week

Love Robyn!

(P.S I wish that I could quit peeing myself when I sneeze.....)

Bree's Grad Pics!

Here are some of Bree's grad pics as promised...

These ones were taken by her friend Amber and had to be touched up as otherwise you couldn't tell who was in the pics...

The room was very dark.

I will post ours when they are developed...You all know how that gos....

Bree and one of the twins....

Bree and her principal.

Hayy,

Well ...havent written an entry for sometime now but theres not alot for me to talk about but there is a couple of things ... like my mums pregnant I was so happy when I heard about it and i think about a week later i heard that Krystal (my oldest sister is pregnant too!!) YAY! im going to be an aunty and an older sister! Now everyone thinks that my mom is going to have twins Lol. Wouldnt that be awesome? I really am excited that i am going to have a little brother or sister it makes me glad that I am going to have someone to look up to me and follow some of my ways. And as far as it goes about babysitting im not sure i have to worry about it Lol! Girls from my youth group are already like " Do i get to babysit? " Welll ... I'm excited about both pregnancys Thats about it for that.

This weekend i had a youth cmaping trip.. it was so fun and we did alot of things. We sang and went to the Kenosee Waterslides. It was soo much funn I loved it and another thing that we did was star gazing it was awesome i saw like 10 shooting stars but yet i totally forgot to make a wish haha crazy ehh !! it was so funny i shared a tent with The twins and amber swalm and we woke up around 4 in the morning and started giggling because we heard a really loud cow mooooo!!! Lol it was so funny and we couldnt help but laugh!!! Then my friend amber had her cell phone and she had the mission impossible ringtone and we all started like singing to it and me and janna started dancing to it hahaha but then my youth pastor came over and kinda got mad at us (Lol) but it was fun while it lasted it really was! But it was really fun trip!!! But im going to go now so ill cee you all later !!!

ByeBye

Bree's Grade 8 Grad...

Bree's Grade 8 Grad

(The above underlined statement is a link to a video of Bree's grade 8 year, kindly compiled by Judge Bryant for the students. If you click on it, you can watch the video. You have to watch carefully...but Bree is there!)

So last night was the end of an age for our family....The last of my girls graduated from Grade 8! And if I might say so, she did it with flying colors!

She won two trophies this year...one for honor role, and another for French!

Way to go Breanne!

All of that hard work finally paid off!

and that despite some trouble with other kids in her class because she wouldn't join the "drinking, smoking" crowd...or the in crowd...

I spent the entire night video taping and crying.

(Which I would have been doing anyways, because I am hormonal....)

She was absolutly gorgeous too! (the most beautiful one up there...)

She didn't look much like my little girl,

that's for sure, with her fancy dress, and her first makeup and her hair done up so nice...

(I will post pics when I get them developed...)

Now it is on to high school, and a whole new set of decisions and trials....

In a way for Bree it will be like her first year in kindergarten all over again...

That first step into a school with a whole bunch of bigger kids....

new rules...new teachers...new challenges...

but I think she is up to it...

She has never been afraid of what anyone thinks, and she is proud of who she is and what she believes in.

Congrats Bree! We Love You!

Hay BraNdy HerE

So My little sister Bree is Graduating today, It is her Gr.8 Grad and I will be doing her hair, I'm so excited and Congrats Bree!!! and Now she will be off to High school and that I have to wish you luck , Because it will be very hard but your very strong and coureageous and I love you for that!!! so I am done school now and exams were exaughsting But I just know I passed all of them ! and next year I will be going in to gr.11 wow and I just turned 16 awhile ago I thought it would be different the truth about that is that it isnt really different Yes mom and dad and everyone else you were right it's not so different but hay I think I spotted some greying hair gramma I also recently Just quit my job and applied at Mc'D's I really hope that I get the job !! Pray for me ! And were going to go camping soon I hope ! We also just recently went to my fathers work BBQ with my family and we had such a blast that day OmGOsh It was so fun we went tubing and swimming all day! and My friend Amber that came holy cow she burnt like a peice of bacon (sizzle*) she has such fair skin ... but I have to go get ready now so I'll talk to y'all later

Peace Out

Baby at 6 weeks

Baby at 6 weeks WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR BABY Your baby's length is now about 3 to 5 millimeters -- about the size of a peppercorn! The brain is forming three separate parts: the forebrain (memory and reasoning), the midbrain (translates messages from the brain to organs and limbs) and the hindbrain (regulates breathing and muscle movement). At this point the embryo is now three-dimensional and completely enclosed in the amniotic sac. Your baby's heart is now beating and blood circulation is evident. The kidneys and liver are growing fast, and the neural tube, which connects the brain with the spinal cord, closes. The placenta is rapidly developing, however, it will not take over hormone production until about week 12. What absolute and complete miracles babies are! You Were Created This Way! 13 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, 16 your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Camping with a Grand AM!

Camping with a Grand AM

We've had our car, a 2004 Pontiac Grand AM for about a year now, and I haven't missed our minivan yet, until we tried to go camping recently. We got the kids to get all of the camping gear together so we could throw it all in the car leave town. As soon as I got home from work, we brought all the stuff and laid it out on the driveway behind the car. Instantly, I knew we were in trouble. I looked in my tiny little trunk and then at all the stuff on our driveway and knew there was no way it was all going in there.

I stuck all the sleeping bags, pillows, and other soft stuff in the back seat with the girls, then I started on the trunk. After loading the campstove, the tents, and other gear, I had aproximately 11 cubic inches left to work with. It was time for a grave ultimatum.

I assembled the whole family on the driveway, and sadly said, "We have a choice to make, Clothes or Food. You're either going to go hungry or naked, because we can't fit both."

Now I'm guessing you're wondering what they chose...

Well let's just say the flame roasted salmon and garlic butter potatoes were terrific! For some reason our campsite was the most popular one there, with no shortage of visitors. Oh yeah, I'm also really glad we managed to fit in bugspray and sunscreen!

Kendal