Thought it was time for a little update. After Ottawa we headed to Saint John , NB to visit Chris’ family for 4 days. We stayed with Chris’ mom, Norma, who was very happy to have her son home. Our time in Saint John was spent visiting with his family, including his two grandmothers. Chris’ beard was not a hit with his Gramie, and she introduced him as “Whiskers” to everyone we came across in the home that she lives in. Funny enough, the beard was gone about four days later! No doubt it will surface again in the trip, but it was nice to see Chris’ full face again! From NB we went to visit my parents in Newfoundland. In the first of our flight delays, we ended up in St. John’s about 7 hours late (a plane with mechanical difficulties in Saint John). We spent three days with my parents… lots of good fish dinners and cards. Chris and dad went ice fishing (sadly, no catches) while mom and I had tea with the gals at the 50+ club. Nice to visit with the family, as well as spend some time up on the highland for a walk. Our last night was spent with Chris’ Aunt and Uncle in St. John’s, who invited us along with my folks for a nice dinner. Arriving 5:30 a.m. at the airport for a flight to Halifax then on to Toronto, we discovered that due to weather, all flights in and out of Halifax were cancelled. We were rerouted to Montreal, arriving at 7:40 a.m., and were rescheduled for a flight to TO at 3:00 p.m. (actually flying out at 4:30 p.m.). Originally set to arrive in TO at 10:35, we ended up in the city at about 6 p.m. Morag had a get together for us that night, along with a very cool cake (photo is downloaded) and good friends. Visited with Barb, Neil and my sweet nieces on Sunday, then had a great dinner with Jo and Damian on Sunday night at Henry VIII, Damian’s pub. We spent Monday getting some things done, met with the Simons for a nice lunch and met up with Morag, Nicole and Brian for dinner. All in all, a good visit out East!
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