SOAKING UP THE FAMILY LOVE

A REALLY NICE SECOND LAST DAY IN KITSILANO, B.C..

 WE HAVE BEEN STAYING IN A NICE , GROUND FLOOR APARTMENT NEAR OUR KIDS AND IT IS FUN TO SEE WHAT TERRY BRINGS ME FOR BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING. YES. HE GOES OUT AND BRINGS ME BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING.  OH YA ! 

AFTER A LEISURELY MORNING CATCHING UP ON THE NEWS, PRAYERS, AND HAVING THE AFORE MENTIONED BREAKFAST ( USUALLY TIM HORTONS…HA HA ) WE TRUNDLED OFF TO EAST VAN TO MEET UP WITH TERRY’S SISTER ,LAURIE AT HAVANA RESTAURANT. 

SHE LOOKS GREAT AS ALWAYS AND TERRY WAS JOKING AROUND ABOUT HOW SIMILAR THEY LOOK.  DEFINITELY SOME GENETICS AT WORK THERE. 

WE HAD A VERY GOOD LUNCH AND HAD THE LUXURY OF CHATTING FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS …LOTS OF LAUGHS AND GOOD CONVERSATION. I LOVE BEING WITH LAURIE.  WE MISSED OUT ON SEEING HER PARTNER, KAREN TODAY THOUGH.

THEN, TERRY AND I WALKED AROUND COMMERCIAL DRIVE AND DID A BIT OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING UNTIL THE RAIN FORCED US INDOORS WHERE WE CONTINUED TO SHOP IN A NEARBY MALL. SUCCESS ! 

IN THE EVENING WE WERE INVITED TO JOIN J AND FAMILY FOR AN INCREDIBLE HOME-COOKED LASAGNA DINNER  BY SERVANE ( MY FAVOURITE!) COMPLETE WITH GARLIC TOAST,  DELICIOUS SALAD AND EVEN MY FAVOURITE WHITE WINE.  THE MOMMA WAS GETTING SPOILED TODAY ! 

OUR NEPHEW, LUKE AND HIS WIFE, JULIE, JOINED US AS WELL AS THEIR HOUSE GUEST, AND OUR NEICE, ALAINA, SO WE HAD A NICE BIG FAMILY GATHERING . 

TERRY WAS IN THE DOOR ONLY A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE HE WAS ON THE FLOOR , PLAYING WITH OUR GRANDSONS.  LOTS OF GIGGLES AND PILLOWS.

I FEEL SO BLESSED TO BE NEAR ALL OF THESE FAMILIES THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE MISS THIS CHRISTMAS.  ONE MORE DAY TO BE NEAR THEM ALL……