Monday, June 3, 2013

Busy day in Ottawa...

The day started off cloudy and cool, but things soon warmed up around here... after we all had breakfast this morning I was off outside to cut the lawn, front and back. Took a little over an hour, and then I found the shears, and removed some new growth from a lot of the trees around the yard... you will get the idea below.

 

I had piles all over the place, but soon made one big pile! Judy and Kristina took Paige and Gwenny down to the local park, to burn off energy.

 

 

They all seemed to have a blast while I was grass cutting...

Judy got to have her birthday all over again this afternoon, as the Ottawa Clan had a gift for her. Judy's birthday is in March, and we were sunning down in Florida then.

They also had some presents for little Charlie to welcome him to the Family...

Get to do it all again tomorrow...

Till tomorrow...

 

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Simply, just a FANTASTIC Day...

Off to Ottawa we go... hit the road at 9:00 this morning, and picked up Gwenny, Charlie, and Kristina who are our co-pilots heading for Ottawa this week! We all piled into the Honda Odyssey Mini Van that Chris and Kristina recently picked up, to be their people mover! You need one of these, when you have a couple small kids!

I was the Driver, with Kristina as my Co-Pilot. Charlie and Gwenny took up the Captain Chairs in the middle of the Van, and Judy was riding tail gunner in the back row seating. The kids were fantastic during this drive, which is 550 klms. long. No complaints anywhere! No crying, no fussing! What a bunch!

 

Gwenny really likes the leather couches at the En Route Restaurants along the 401... they are very upscale now, as you can tell by the Starbucks in the background.

Now, I don't like posting pictures of myself eating, however this picture of Gwenny and I chowing down on a Panini Grilled Ham and Cheese is worth it!

We made it to Ottawa right at 4:00 p.m., just in time to make it to Emmie's soccer practice! We were hoping to! When we got there, Shawn was on the field with Emmie doing the practice! It rained just a bit, but then turned into a beautiful evening.

How crazy happy do I look above sitting watching Emmie with Paige and Gwenny on my lap! It was fantastic to see the kids again! Jenn has her soccer Mom's blanket on, but it was not that cold when the sun came out later!

 

Paige and Emmie were soon carrying on crazy when they got together on the sidelines. We found a soccer ball and had a game of our own!

After Charlie was fed, and able to come to the soccer field, Judy took my favourite picture of the day!!!! This is the moment that Paige got to first meet Charlie! It is a keeper!

Everyone had fun watching Emmie play soccer.

I took a couple short videos of Emmie playing for you to check out! She is getting pretty good...

We had a blast! Great to see all four of our Grands together at once, for the first time! Looking forward to more!

Till tomorrow...

 

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Lots of threats...not much action!

Kind of a weird day here today... the skies were threatening looking all day, and it just felt like it was just going to start pouring rain a few times, but it never really did. We didn't get to see the sun at all today with all the overcast we had. At least it was nice and warm today though...

 

This morning I got some washing done around the RV and Jeep, mainly for one reason!

This spring our park has been taken over by nesting robins. We have a lot of young baby robins, that are currently in training to eat, fly, rout for food, you name it. Seems they all know how to poop, and they all have their target set for our nice black Jeep, so it was quite a mess today. They also found our nice black motorcycle trailer and I had to wash it down...

We are spending the later part of the day getting ready to travel, as tomorrow we will be leaving for the Nations Capital City of Ottawa.

 

We are going up to visit with Shawn and Jenn and the kids, and to help out while their Nanny has gone back to the Philippines for a visit. Lots to do to get ready to go...

Till tomorrow...