Walk for Memories!

What a beautiful day it is here in the Ottawa area. Lots of sun, but kind of cold! But, that is life in Canada during the winter. We all made it through the excitement of Emmie's Birthday, although there are still some presents she is opening today!

Jenn works for a Retirement Company, called Chartwell. Today they were one of the Corporate Sponsors for the Walk For Memories. This was held indoors at Carlton University in Ottawa.

Here is Emmie with one of her babies, at the entrance to the University, getting ready to walk.

There were hundreds of people walking the indoor track at the University, with 4 laps making 1 Klm. They ended up raising over $200,000.00 all of it going to Alzheimer's Research. What a great cause.

They had activities for the kids as well...

Paige and Emmie got into the face painting thing!

Then Paige and I had to do our warm ups, to get ready to walk...

Turned into a good Family event today, that we all enjoyed.

They had lots of entertainment to keep the day moving, with one of the groups being the Sons of Scotland above.

There was some Highland Dancing Going on as well.

Above is the Chartwell Group, and on the far right, you see little Paige in the pink outfit, being held by Jenn's Mom, Gi Gi, and Jenn's Brother Ryan who made it up from Toronto for the weekend as well.

Posting early today, as Shawn, Emmie and I have now totally forgiven the NHL for the lock out, and we are going to attend the Ottawa/Pittsburg Game being played at Scotiabank Place here in Ottawa at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon. It is only a mile or so from the house here, so nice and close!

Till tomorrow...

 

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Emmie turns 5 - WOW!

We were in the air at 7:30 this morning, and completing our trip at 11:00 in Ottawa, however it was - 24 deg. C. The best part of our trip by far was the welcoming Committee at the Airport! Emmie and Paige were there with Dad, and was it ever good to see the kids come running at us in the terminal!

 

It was a rude awakening back to winter for Judy and I, as there is a bunch of snow as well as cold!

Check out the snow at the house.

This afternoon Emmie had her big 5th Birthday Party, and it was a good one!

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Princess Rapunzel showed up to entertain the 14 Party Princess'... It was a blast! All the kids were captivated by her!

That is Emmie above, being sworn in as a Princess for the day!

The Princess kept the busy for an hour with stories, make up, and games... I posted a YouTube below...

 

A Rapunzel Cake finished off the Party! We all enjoyed!

Tonight Emmie has it right with her Maple Leaf's PJs, but I am not sure about Paige...too much Daddy influence!

Till tomorrow...

 

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Well... didn't quite make Ottawa...

Our plane out of Orlando took off 10 minutes early! Perfect! Great start to the day. It was about a two hour flight up to Washington, D.C. this afternoon, with lots of white fluffy clouds around us... couldn't see much as we flew.

As we closed in on Washington, I could see snow on the ground...yuck! Our approach was right along the Platomic River, and what a view of Washington you get as you approach your landing.

 

 

 

 

 

Then, all of a sudden, we found the Pentagon of all places! Now I did take the liberty of the cropping tool to get the show below of the Pentagon... but it is there!

Once we landed, that is when all the fun of the day began!

We had a 1 hour lay over for our flight to Ottawa. They loaded us on the bus, to take us out to our plane, and then the pilot jumped on board the bus and says, "Oh, by the way, the black water line from the toilet on the plane is frozen, so we have to call maintenance to fix it...so, we are back to the terminal to wait! OK. An hour goes by, and then an announcement, "Oh, by the way, we are going to close the runways at 4:00 to treat them due to the snow!" Allright I thought... we will wait for that. Finally they call our boarding and we head back out on the bus to the plane. We find our seats, and then the Captain get on the speaker system and says "Oh, by the way, our dispatcher says we have been too long doing all this, so he cancelled the entire flight to Ottawa!" WHAT!

We were flying U. S. Airways, and that is simply what they did to us. They said there was not enought time for the plane to get up to Ottawa, then come back, and carry on it's next flight, so they cancelled the Ottawa trip. We had to book another flight for 7:30 on Saturday Morning! So we did. Not wanting to stay at the airport all night, we asked U.S. Air for an accomodation... well, they don't do that apparently... (remember this when we book our next flights anywhere!) So we were left on our own tonight and met up with a couple from Quebec, and a Lady from Newfoundland, and we managed to get rooms at the Hilton in Washington.

It was a long day, so we figured we at least deserved dinner!

On the left is Louise and Denis from Quebec, and on the right is Pat from Newfoundland. You know the two at the back! We enjoyed a great dinner together, and now have to endure a 4:00 a.m. wake up call to catch the 5:00 a.m. shuttle to Regan International Airport in the morning!

Hope to be in Ottawa by 11:00 a.m. Emmie! Tell Daddy to come and pick us up!

Till tomorrow...

 

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