Leprechaun Traps

For St. Patrick's Day at school this year Macie had to make a Leprechaun trap at home and then bring it to school. Macie loves her crafting so this was a great project for us to do together. We had a lot of fun and Macie did all the work herself except when I had to jump in and help with a hot glue gun. The class unfortunately didn't catch a leprechaun but they definitely had fun displaying there traps and eating the "Gold".

Mommy/Daugher Date!!!

Saturday March 17th was Mine and Macie's 4th annual Mommy/Daughter road trip. This year we headed to Lloydminster again to go and see The Lion King Jr at the Vic Juba Theatre. We had a great trip down listening to music and singing at the top of our lungs. We started off buy doing a little bit of shopping at some of my favourite stores and found some wicked cute clothes for a good price. Then had some julius shakes and New York fries for lunch, then headed off to Vic Juba for the play. The kids who performed did such a good job and this was definitely there best performance I have ever seen. Macie loved it and was on the edge of her seat the whole time. When we were there we ran into some wonderful friends from our Lloydminster days. The Onofrychuk's, Stephanie Madson, and Melissa Cross. It was so nice seeing old friends, watching a great play and spending some good quality time with my daughter. The way home was quiet and Macie watched The Lion King on DVD while I reflected on the wonderful time spent with a wonderful girl.

10 years with Devon

Logo went from this

To this around 2009

    This past January 2018, I celebrated 10 years of work with Devon. Technically I started in 2006 as a contractor and didn't get hired on till 2008.

Devon Really is an amazing place to work. The people are good, the culture is good, and efforts that are made to keep workers safe, and the environment up kept, is remarkable. Millions and millions of dollars go into those two things.

    There has been a lot of changes since 2008 in the oil patch. So many, its almost unrecognizable.

Lloydminster, was once a great field with over 70 employees now down to 8. Devon had many many fields across Alberta and BC, now only three remain. Lloyd, Bonny, and Jackfish.

Oil peaked at 150/bbl and went as low as 29/bbl. Its been a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Many people have come and gone, which has made some difficult times. 

    I started in Lloydminster as a heavy oil Operator, moved to gas operator and was super blessed to have an opportunity to join the asset integrity team, and increase in education in 2013. I was moved to Bonnyville in September 2015 and less than a year later  June 2016, I was moved up at Jackfish.

   I have been blessed to work under some great leaders and some great colleagues. Through all the challenges, and changes, its been a wonderful 10 years. I hope that I can make 20.