Coffee Corner Has A Visitor . . .

This morning Maisie brought her niece Iva Lynn (who is here visiting from Alberta) in for coffee. Pictured here is Beth, her Mother Maisie and Iva Lynn. Tomorrow night is the big night some of us have been waiting for--"Bill Gaither & Homecoming Friends" at Harbour Station. I enjoy a variety of Gospel music, but the Gaithers and the Homecoming Friends are still right there at the top of my list. My Mom really enjoys them and listens to them on TV every Friday evening.

Yummy . . .

This was Lauryn's Nanny Day, so I cooked her favorite food (our own invention) peanut butter and honey pizza. Lauryn's one word to describe this is Yummy! Even Pop agrees. In case you'd like to try it--you make homemade pizza dough, let raise and cook just like you would a pizza. After cooling for just a few minutes you slather with peanut butter, and drizzle with honey. Enjoy!
The rest of us like old fashioned pizza.

The Flying "Nan"

Lauryn and Brooke coaxed me into getting on the trampolene last evening and they looked on quite amazed that Nan could still jump. I'd like to challenge all you Nan's out there to give the trampolene a try--you might like it! The girls invited us over last night for "smores" and we even convinced Lauryn that since we wait on her at our house that she should do the honors for us. I think she's going to be a good cook because she gave us the option of golden or "well done" which is more like burnt!


Warren just happens to like his marshmellows "well done"!
The girls spend quite a bit of time driving their battery operated cars around the yard and Brook is always wanting to drive Lauryn's Barbie car instead of her Dora car because it is faster. Last night Lauryn's battery was running low, so we told her to let Brooke drive it (of course we didn't tell Brooke about the battery). Brooke noticed right away that it wasn't going very fast and she wasn't long insisting she wanted her own car back. Here she is giving Lauryn a little boost. Brooke is already thinking she'd like to have a blue "mustang". I think she saw one at Toys'R Us.

Grand Opening--Congrats 2 X J

Congrats Jill and Jessica on the Grand Opening of their Salon 2 X J in St. Andrews! Pictured here with Jill and Jessica is Jill's daughter Trisha.
Some of the well wishers today were Jill's husband Fred, pictured here with (l-r) his sister Noreen, Mom June and sister Lynn.

Pat and I had lunch today at the Harbour Front Restaurant where one of the waitresses thought Pat looked like Martha Stewart (a much younger version of course). We did a little shopping and I found a really nice shower curtain and liner at the Ivy Lane shop. Our next stop was to see Trisha's new puppy "Belle".
She is a real cutie.




Martha Stewart???




A man has to walk his dog, and this is Fred doing the honors. Then below Trisha and Jill are both snuggling with their new puppy.

Visit to PEI and New Glasgow, NS

This is Stan and Adrian MacDonald from O'Leary, PEI. Sydney went to University with Stan and they have remained good friends over the years. We had a wonderful visit at their store in O'Leary (Adrian is now carrying scrapbooking supplies and yarn) as well as over 100 beautiful quilts--mostly made by the locals. Stan has the drug store upstairs in their building, and the Thursday evening before we arrived they had a breakin at about 1:00 a.m. There was a road block and a high speed chase and the robbers were caught! One of the robbers ended up with a broken back and was taken to the Moncton hospital. Stan and Adrian met us at the Rodd Inn for a late supper when Adrian got off work and they joined us Sat. morning for breakfast before we caught the ferry to Caribou, NS.

















This is my Mom "Queenie" and my sister Christena. Syd and I stayed with Mom on Sat. evening and then went to Christena and David's for breakfast Sun. morning before heading out for the car show in Bible Hill, NS.

This is Joseph, Christena and David's 8 month old Grandson who was happy to entertain us while David was cooking us a wonderful breakfast!














We ran into a couple of friends from St. George (Cathy & Royden) at the car show and Syd found a few parts at the flea market for our friend Clifford. The number of cars was way down, I'm sure because of the weather. We crammed a lot into the 3 days, but all in all it was good to see everyone and we had a good weekend!

Happy "80th" Birthday Aunt Jean and much younger Sydney

We celebrated Aunt Jean's "80th" birthday and Sydney's much younger one at the Lake on Sunday.

Happy Mother's Day!

We celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday and we realize it is a happy/sad day for many people. If you still have your Mother, appreciate her and continue to make good memories, and if your Mom has gone on keep her memory alive and be thankful for the memories you have made with her. There are those who have lost a child and Mother's Day is very hard, our prayers are with you. There is nothing like the unconditional love of a Mom. I called my Mom in Nova Scotia on Sunday morning to wish her a Happy Mother's Day and tell her I love her (she's almost 85) and Sydney's Mom was with us on Sunday to celebrate (she's 88). We do feel blessed to have our Mother's with us for this Mother's Day.

This is what retirement looks like . .

Sydney and John were swinging as the salmon was cooking on the BBQ and discussing retirement! They both look pretty content!

Nanny Day for Brooke Picture Day for Lauryn

This was Brooke's Nanny day and after her Wee School class this morning she wanted to jump on the trampolene. Here she is posing with Prince.







 

This is Lauryn and Brooke after Lauryn had her hair done for Picture Day at her Dance Class. Gail did a great job on Lauryn's hair and I think Brooke was a little proud of her big sister!

Happy 4th Birthday Caitlin!

There was a "Curious George" Birthday Party at Caitlin's house today and lots of little boys and girls were there to celebrate the occasion. Happy Birthday Caitlin!

Brooke Takes Swimming Lessons . . Lauryn has a sleepover . .

Brooke's been enjoying her swimming lessons at the Aquatic Center. Lauryn and I went to cheer her on today, and of course Nanny wanted to take some pictures for her scrapbook. That little boy behind her looks like he's cheering Brooke on as she jumps in--when they were playing Mr. Wolf she had a big grin on her face when he tagged her.

Mom and the girls enjoy a snuggle before heading out to shop for a birthday present for Caitlin. Caitlin's 4th birthday party this weekend is the highlight of the girl's week!





Since Lauryn doesn't have any school tomorrow, it's a perfect night for her to have a sleepover at Nan's. Isn't she just too cute in her new Shrek PJ's! And a good night to all!

Happy Birthday Beth--May 1st

We celebrated Beth's birthday this morning at breakfast.




Birthday wishes from the coffee crew at Friend's! Beth, have a great day and may you and your family enjoy many more years of health and happiness! God Bless!