This year we celebrated Father’s Day on Friday because I was going to be travelling home to celebrate Dad’s 70th birthday so I would not be around on Sunday. So when I got home on Friday, the kids and Melissa had me sit down on the couch and then they came down with their gifts. Abby made a picture out of clay playdough of me … Continue reading Father’s Day 2013
On the Saturday June 15th, I went home to celebrate Dad’s 70th birthday. We decided to have a small party at Peter & Julie’s house. So, on Saturday morning, I headed out and met Rob at the Subway and we went straight to the Allison’s house and got there around 12:30. When we got there Julie had already done a lot of the preparations for … Continue reading Dad’s 70th Birthday Party
On Victoria Day Monday we went to Hamilton to visit Ming, Kaitlyn, Owen & Chloe. Now that Monday was one of the rare warm days that we had in spring, so Mond had the backyard inflatable pool open. As soon as we got there, the kids got right in the pool and were spraying each other with water guns. They also put out the sprinkler … Continue reading Visit to Ming & Kaitlyn’s
Mom & Dad came to visit me on Mother’s Day Weekend so that I could compete in the Tough Mudder Race in Barrie. Rob also came up to drive me home from the competition and Julie & Macklan came up to also spend the weekend with us. On Friday night I spent the night in Barrie in preparation for the race & Mom & dad … Continue reading Mother’s Day Weekend
Melissa travelled to North Bay in the middle of May to help move Grandma Rose into the Nursing Home in Powassan. While there, she was able to visit with Aunt Linda & Joyce as well as Aaron & Chantale. While in North Bay, they also put Grandma Rose’s house up for sale. It sold in a few days and Grandma moved into her new room, … Continue reading Visit to North Bay
On May 11th I with 9 other friends competed in the Tough Mudder competition in Barrie. I went up to Barrie in Friday night so that it would not be such an early morning to drive up from my house. On Friday night, we all watched the Leafs win Game 5 of the series against a Boston (series ended horribly in Game 7 three nights … Continue reading Tough Mudder
To start March Break this year, we welcomed Aaron & Chantale over on Friday night for dinner. They were in town so that Aaron could go to a course. This was the first time that Aaron & Chantale had seen our house since we bought it. Then on Monday Peter, Julie & Macklan came to stay for a couple days. The kids had a great … Continue reading March Break 2013
On Family Day Weekend, I went to Mom & Dad’s for the weekend. It was a very relaxing weekend. On Saturday morning, Julie came over with Macklan and visited for a little while. The kids helped to feed Macklan some breakfast and then snuggled with him on the couch, which made for some cute pictures. On Saturday evening we went to the Allison’s for supper, … Continue reading Family Day 2013
On Feb 8th of this year, it snowed about 30 cm in the city, which is the largest dump of snow in the last few years in Mississauga. The last time it snowed like this was probably Valentine’s Day a few years ago, which was the last snow day that we had. We spent the morning in the house enjoying a movie or two and … Continue reading Snow Day 2013
There has been a good amount of snow this year by Mississauga standards (which means snow that stays on the ground for 2 or more days consecutively). This has given us the opportunity to get out and make use of the backyard to make some snowmen. The first one of the year was made just after New Year by Abby & Aiden and myself on … Continue reading Making Snowmen Winter 2012-2013
The Cain Family 