Posts from — August 2013

On Sunday August 11th we had arranged with Kevin, Tamara, Sage, Conrad, Jeff, Lindsay, Zachary and Oliver to meet in Merritt for a nice quiet Family Picnic as a celebration for my 60th Birthday on that day and Brenda’s upcoming 60th Birthday on September 3rd.

Well unknown to us, behind the scenes and in cahoots with our kids, everyone was busy  organizing and arranging a surprise birthday party that was much bigger and certainly included a lot more family. We sort of thought something “was afoot” when I didn’t receive a Happy Birthday phone call from my sister Donna. She hasn’t missed calling me on the morning of my birthday for at least the last 10 years……. so that was the first clue. The second clue was when Dean and Judy with GGPa and GGMa passed us on the highway headed down to Merritt 🙂

Around 12:30 we met the group from Princeton and a few minutes later the Kelowna gang arrived and as we were all saying our hellos all of sudden a cavalcade of vehicles started to pull into the parking lot at Merritt’s Rotary Park.

In addition to our immediate family there was Donna and Bob, Maureen and Duane, Lynda, George, Roxanne, Jennifer, Tricia, Johnny, Lynette, Arjun, Mike, Rose, Sarah, Mitchell, Dean, Judy, GGPa and GGMa, Brent, Karen and Colin…….. phew… what a gang!

It was so great to see so much of the family and extended family together. As with any family gathering the food started appearing from coolers, and boxes, a serving tent was set-up and there was enough grub to feed a military campaign for the next month. Everything was delicious and our Daughter-in-law Tamara made a special 60th Birthday Cake out of Cupcakes…. Yummy!

After lunch there was a Pinata that Sage, Conrad and I had trouble opening with the stick, but in the end we got it and got lots of Candy.Then it was time for lots of visiting, lots of laughs and lots of Hugs. What a great family 🙂

There was also a lot of pictures taken by everyone…… especially the two photog’s in this picture; the one in the pink and the one in black. All of the pictures that are used in this Blog were courtesy of our niece Tricia. Check out her photo site http://mercuriphotography.smugmug.com/

By early afternoon it was time for everyone to say goodbye and for us to head off on our trip down to Washington State and over to Whidbey Island.

It was a great day and we are blessed.

Thanks to everyone in the family that made this day possible.

Well, it’s been a while since we have updated our Weblog so get ready for a few updates following this one.

The August long weekend was Sabrina (our niece’s) and Mike’s Wedding weekend in Prince George.

On Friday night Kevin, Tamara, Sage and Conrad stayed at our house so it would help shorten the trip a little the next day. On Saturday morning we picked up GGPa and GGMa early and headed off. Jeff, Lindsay, Zachary and Oliver flew from Kelowna the day before and were waiting in P. G. for everyone to arrive.

Once in P.G. we had a couple hours to visit and put our feet up before heading out to Dean & Judy’s for an evening rehearsal dinner party.

Their backyard and garden areas were landscaped perfectly and everything looked amazing. Lots of flowers and color and a whole bunch of family and friends to visit.

The little ones kept busy playing in the backyard pond and streams; nothing like stick and some water to entertain any kid?

We were able to get some great family pictures and it was a good evening. The wedding day was on Sunday and the ceremony was held at Dean & Judy’s.

The bride was beautiful and the groom was handsome; the only sad part was the little Amelia was not feeling well and was really lethargic, tired and needed to be held constantly.

For the reception we headed back into town at the Convention Center. Lots of decorating, lots of colors and props in addition to the travel themed evening where each table was a different destination. The food was delicious, we ate too much and enjoyed every bit of it.

The dance was the best part. Sage, Conrad and Zachary danced their little feet off………… or should that be they basically ran in circles laughing and giggling and enjoying everyone and the evening.