Just before the Christmas holidays started, Melissa got a job in the OR at PRHC. However, before, she could start, she needed to complete the perioperative course at George Brown College. So, after we returned from our trip to North Carolina and Universal on Saturday, Melissa had to pack up and head to Toronto the very next day to begin taking her course. She stayed … Continue reading Melissa attending George Brown
For a little over a week, we travelled to North Carolina to visit Uncle Jason and Auntie Jen for New Year’s. From there we travelled on New Year’s Day to Florida (we were going to drive, but instead Jason helped us find a return flight that cost about $200 more than the car rental, which we jumped at since it saved us 16 hours of … Continue reading Trip to North Carolina & Universal Studios: Dec 28 2017-Jan 6 2018
As a part of Mom’s birthday, we had her come over for a sleepover at our house. I went and spent the night with Dad so that Mom could enjoy her night not worrying about Dad. From all reports from Abby & Aiden, it was a fun-filled night and morning. It included a movie with Mama, decorating the Christmas tree (leaving out the star because … Continue reading Mama Sleepover: Dec 8 2017
In September of last year, I attended the Peterborough Pride Parade and marched with Prince of Wales PS. We marched from City Hall down George St and ended at Millennium Park. Part way through the parade, we met up with Melissa, Abby & Aiden and they joined me and my school for the last portion of the parade. Prince at Pride! pic.twitter.com/SOfyGteE22 — Prince of … Continue reading Pride Parade: Sept 23, 2017
Every year, we have gone to Abby & Aiden’s school open house so that tradition continued this year, with one notable exception, Mama & Papa were invited to come. Now that we had moved back into the area, Abby & Aiden were so excited to show their new school, classroom and in Abby’s case her locker to Mama and Papa. We were just there to … Continue reading School Open House with Mom & Dad: Sept 2017
In November, Melissa, the kids, Grandma and I went to watch St. James Players Mary Poppins musical at Showcase Peterborough. It was a really well done play and Abby & Aiden loved it. After the play we went down to the lobby to meet some of the cast and Grandma and Abby took a picture with the actress who played Mary Poppins. On the back … Continue reading Mary Poppins: Nov 2017
On the third weekend of September, Abby and Melissa went to Peterborough’s VegFest. They had a great time at the fist ever VegFest taste testing food and enjoying the good weather! Continue reading Peterborough VegFest: Sept 17,2017
When entering our new town, the sign said Keene, Home of the Pumpkin Festival. So, obviously, we had to check out the the Pumpkin Festival. We were joined at the Pumpkin Festival by Auntie Julie, Macklan and Eva. We all walked down to the festival and caught the tail end of the car show. There were not as many cars because it had rained for … Continue reading Keene Pumpkin Fest: Oct 2017
We started our annual Christmas in August trip packing the van using all of our Tetris skills with Marley & Lindy as our centerpiece. Steven was nice enough to drive from Toronto to pick up Bruce & Jackie and bring them in his car. This year’s theme was a baby shower, since baby Shelby was due shortly. On the Saturday afternoon we had a shower … Continue reading Christmas in August 2017
For Melissa’s birthday, I got her tickets to see The Minimalists in Toronto in August. After finishing work that day, Melissa met me at work and we headed to Toronto to see the show. When we went to Toronto, we had the tickets that had the original location for the show and when we went there, there was no one there. So after checking Facebook, we … Continue reading The Minimalists: Aug 2017
The Cain Family 