There is something special about spending time with your grandchildren and now that they are older its so much more interesting. I may get an argument from Gramma's of younger ones LOL!! but myself, I love them even more as they get older. Its so much fun to tease them and play games and cook for them. I went to Fenton's very first baseball game, reluctantly. I am not really one to watch kid sports but felt obliged. And I ended up screaming and yelling (good stuff) louder than anyone. I couldn't help it! I would happily go to every one of his games if I could!!
I did lots of cooking whilst there, which I love love love! Apparently Tandy doesn't like ham, which happens to be Kevin's fave. Consequently they never have it. So I bought a bone in, old schooly, ham. I made roasted ham, scalloped potatoes and coleslaw. OMG!! Even Tandy liked it! Kevin was in heaven!
The night before I made a massive big east indian dinner...subjitt, dahl and curried pork. So yummy! The night before that I made a huge vat of mac and cheese and bbq'ed chicken. Mmmmmm..... And the last thing I did the day I left was make a pot of pea soup with the ham bone. I love to cook!
Another thing we did before I left was I made each one of them go shopping on amazon.ca for something. That way over the next two weeks a present will arrive for each of them...including Kevin and Tandy. What fun that was!!! Kevin got a board game, Tandy got a fantastic book on muscles, Fenton got a Minecraft puzzle game and Elise got a Lego Disney Princess Castle. It was a very fun kitchen table shopping trip!
The trip home was lovely. That road over the top to Merritt is a good one for introspection. There is barely any traffic and you truly are out in the middle of nowhere high up and alone. I love it. I went through some pretty heavy snowfall but nothing awful.
One lovely thing that happened as I cruised along. I saw movement in a patch of pure white snow just on the other side of the fence that ran along the highway. As I drew closer I saw that it was a magnificent huge beautiful silver tipped grey wolf. I stopped the car and he was no more than about 70 feet or less from me. He quickly sat up straight, perked up his beautiful huge pointy ears and stared right into my eyes. His huge bushy tail wagged a bit. I left before he was tempted to run off. So exciting!
I took the low road home from Merritt...not a soul on the road. What a beautiful drive that is. And it goes right to my house...well almost. The trip was exactly two hours, door to door.
I have decided to retire my slr camera...for now. Its so so heavy to lug around. I am taking an online course on how to better use my iphone 6plus camera. And its working. I have been pretty happy with the pics I have taken. I will still haul out old Nikon when it warrants but I think it will be less and less. That camera is getting old too. And you know that saying, "The best camera is the one you have with you."
And, speaking of which....that iphone is now with me every inch of the way. Now that I am measuring my steps (shovel list to the power of infinity but I can't help it) it is with me all the time. There is no point in taking my pic today. After the last week on the road, well, you know. Next week.
So I arrived home to a wonderfully clean house. The boys had gotten my mail and sorted it out for me. Apparently they were here just before I got home...jam session downstairs. Now I must be off to somewhere for fresh food. Trying to decide where to go. All for now...TTYL
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| LEFT TO RIGHT,LOREN, TANDY'S AUNT, FENTON, JOANNE (TANDY'S MOM) TANDY, KEVIN AND ELISE |
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| I FINALLY GOT A PIC OF FENTON WHERE HE ISN'T MAKING A GOOFY FACE, THEN I NOTICED HIS SISTER IN THE BACKGROUND....SIGH |
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| THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE |
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| AND I THOUGHT I HAD THE PERFECT PIC OF ELISE...TIL I SAW THE SNOT HANGING OUT OF HER NOSE...SIGH |
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| MAYBE THIS EXPLAINS IT ALL |
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