It seems like we were just in Ottawa visiting Susan and Chris at Easter and now we've just enjoyed another long weekend with them at our house.
Blue Rodeo brought us together this time. We headed up to a small town arena to see their annual Blue Rodeo concert on Friday night - Blue Rodeo truly are my comfort food of music. This year we had the added bonus of a built-in babysitter - Sheldon supervised an evening of basketball, popcorn, and movies for the kids.
Saturday was made for chilling out. The predicted rainy weather never showed up so we had coffee on the back deck in the sun and lazed the morning away. Chris treated the kids to a visit to the bookstore and the bakery while Susan and I spent the afternoon shopping. We had Peter's delicious dinner, celebrated Sheldon and Jillian's birthdays with ice cream cake and then spent the evening having a sing-a-long.
Mom brought a friend up Sunday morning for a family breakfast and later we had a fabulous evening out with friends.
I remember spending time with my cousins when I was a kid. We were always excited for our next visit and we made the most of every second that we had together. I'm glad that with Susan and Chris living so close, I can give the same gift to my children.
As always though, Monday morning arrived too soon.
It marked the end of a great weekend filled with good food, drink, songs, and lots of sunny weather.
Nothing to do now but count down the days until our visit with ALL the cousins in July...
2 comments:
Nice of you to mention us in your blog. We also had a great time hosting the family here in Ottawa and then visiting all of you in Uxbridge. I also remember many fun visits with cousins growing up and am very glad our kids enjoy each other's company. chris
Thanks, Chris. And we're only a couple of weeks away from seeing you at Josh's soccer tourney. We just need to finish up the school year first.....
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