back to normal life????

We are back to the big house and what you would think would be routine, but with my big project at work, I am putting in 12+ hour days.  We flew home on Tuesday morning at 7 am out of Vancouver and I was back at work at 10:30 am!  Donald's big chore is getting the RV ready to put into storage this week.  We have a place lined up so that is a relief.  Storage places are hard to come by here.  He went and helped our friend, Lorne, winterize his unit today.  Lorne bought this RV this summer, his first, and was unsure how to winterize. He bought a Bigfoot travel trailer, which is one of those fiberglass units. Easy and light to pull, resells great. The kids ( the newleyweds ) called tonight to let us know that my parents got safely on Westjet to go back to Toronto this morning and that they, the newleyweds, are now ready to go back to work after the busy wedding time!  They also got matching tattoos of their wedding date! Ok - Donald and I have a cross stitch picture with our wedding date and the kids have tattoos. I could make some crack about both having needles but I will let it rest..... they are super happy!

The new Mr and Mrs

 

Here they are - our son and his new bride!  A lovely church ceremony, picture taking at Beacon Park in Victoria and a small reception at the Bride's parents home.

We are now in Victoria .....

We are here in Victoria and enjoying the lovely warm day.  Kim's parents flew in from Toronto with no problems, except her Dad has a very sore knee, which is being iced up as this is written ( you know RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elavation ) We also made a stop at Moore's Mens Wear to get a beautiful new summerweight suit for Donald.  Very flashy !  Our son, friends and his brother are enjoying his "stag" tonight.  I do not think we will hear from them till Friday night dinner, which we are hosting at a restaurant downtown.  Perhaps we will do some driving around the Victoria area, tourist style.  It is always a small world - our son is marrying a Victoria BC girl, and Kim's family is from Toronto, and it turns out Keira is working as a Dental Assistant in a clinic owned by Kim's 3rd cousin.  And the other cool thing today, was that we went into the tiny wee airport boarding room in Smithers BC ( northern British Columbia ) and there sitting is actor Tom Skerritt, who was in our area fly fishing.  YOu might remember him from the movie " A River Runs Through It" which featured fly fishing... had Brad Pitt in it....yadda yadda..Pictures tomorrow.

Soon to be Mr.and Mrs.

 Engagement Picture!

The wedding this weekend is of our oldest son, Nathan, and the love of his life, Keira.  This engagement picture is taken from near their home in Colwood ( near Victoria BC ).  I do not know how they got the dogs to stay still long enough as they are both still puppies!

a whirlwind of plans

the plans are getting frantic for the weekend in Victoria.  Kims' parents from Toronto and ourselves are staying at a lovely B and B ( no time to take the RV there - the ferry would be costly too! ) and dinner plans for Friday have been made, and High Tea at the Empress on Sunday. Oh yes - and of course the wedding is on Saturday! Now, we just have to finish packing.  Donald seems to think he will have trouble with the airport security guards with his Vinetarta cake - we will see.  His sister, Elizabeth has taken Vinetarta a few times when she has flown.  Friends of ours always take a big frozen home grown turkey, so I say we chance it! When we get to Victoria, we will have to find some kind of "topper" for the cake- this is not the wedding cake, so it can be a fun/weird/wacky topper.  Any suggestions?