The wedding today was right out of a brides book or a romantic novel. Blue sky, white sand, blue water with shimmering crashing waves. The flowers, the candles, the dresses, the food, the table linens, the champagne flutes, the ambiance and beautiful villa and of course the attractive wedding party and beaming parents!
Ian shuttled the girls over at 1, returned shuttled the men over at 2, returned and shuttled the parents and grandparents over at 3. The vans came for the guests at 4 and I looked around and saw Ian running through the lobby in his shorts and t shirt. He had returned to get the father of the grooms pants because he forgot them, (4 trips in ALL) and he still had not showered. He was not frazzled. Continue reading

Today being October 17th, the bells and whistles go off and Nicole we will all be thinking of you. We will also be cheering for you on the ice as I understand that your hockey season starts this week as well. Go out there and get a goal or two. Going brunette is something of a change..don’t think you can hide, your sunshine smile will give you away every time. All the best from your Ontario relatives.
Happy 50th Birthday Karen. You may have thought that you could hide from the famous Blog, but you can’t. We all wish you the very best and are thinking of you today. It was fun yesterday imagining that you were 49 and doing the count down to the Big One. I hope that you had a wonderful day today and that it is the prelude to the next half century.