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the pond…

01 Sunday Sep 2013

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big girl pants, dimsum, floats, Grandpa, hot tub, lovely day, morning glories, pond, sleep over friend, steak, the "A"

had a good time with my sleepover friend… we counted morning glories (8)… we walked to the A for “the special” and got the rye toast that Grandpa liked… we worked in the garden, like Grandpa would have… one of us had a hot tub while the other continued with the garden work, like Grandpa would have…

rearranged floating objects in the pond...

rearranged floating objects in the pond…

had a couple of helpers throughout the day and one of them did some work in the pond… got one of the plants to stay upright, trimmed up some dead material, pulled out a broken glass ball and rearranged all the floats and glass balls…

lily pads and floats...

lily pads and floats…

fish were fed and numbers of people tried to find them, although they really hide well under the slate bridge…

got a couple of good shots of the floats and balls…

close up of floats and glass bubbles...

close up of floats and glass bubbles…ad 

went for dimsum and after the kids left, watched some TV and made a lovely dinner of pan seared steak with pan-fried potatoes, mushrooms and onions, and fresh tiny tomatoes from the garden…

a lovely day all around…

 

Tuesday…

16 Wednesday Jan 2013

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forest path, Grandpa, kapok tree, Mayan ruins, ocean

today we got up and had breakfast in the Mexican restaurant… some folks napped after that, others went to play on the kidsw aterslides…

two of the boys have been sick, but it doesn`t seem to last too long as one is already better, but Kyler has spent a fair portion of the day sleeping and resting in our room… there was some swimming pool time which all of the boys enjoyed…

swinging at the snack bar...

swinging at the snack bar…

Cyndi, Ron and I went for a lovely stroll down a forest path where we took lots of pictures… we saw a monkey with her baby on her back, a number of interesting birds, many iguanas and some lovely trees and flowers… we also saw some Mayan ruins and a kapok tree…

the kapok tree on our stroll...

the kapok tree on our stroll…

then we organized a deep sea fishing adventure for Friday morning and spent a relaxing few hours on the beach while the little boys went to a lovely Kids` Club…

cruise ships passing by...

cruise ships passing by…

kidless at the beach...

kidless at the beach…

lovely way to spend time…  we have talked about how Grandpa would have loved to have been here with us…

Last Minute To Do…

10 Thursday Jan 2013

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bags are packed, crunch time, family vacation, Grandpa, kids excited, Mexico, missing George, pedicures, photo book, Quarks, sandals

its coming down to crunch time… just a few days left before I leave on my family vacation… bags are almost packed and last minute items have been purchased and slipped in somewhere… today was my last day at work and by four I had accomplished about 95% of what I had hoped for…

the exciting news is that my sandals arrived from Quarks online store, so my feet will be very happy as they wander all around the resort and on excursions…

great ecco sandals for comfortable walking wherever we are...

great ECCO sandals for comfortable walking wherever we are…

the kids, big and little, are all excited too… I think the last time we were all on vacation together was the summer of 2008 when we all went out to visit Cyndi and Ron when they moved… at that time there were only two little boys… this time, there are three little boys, but no Grandpa…

after work tonight Crystal and I went and had pedicures and then we popped over to the mall to get a few final things…  came home and had a lovely chat with Cyndi as she waited for Ron to arrive in Calgary…

toes all painted and ready to go...

toes all painted and ready to go…

I am excited but also missing George… it is thanks to him that we can afford to take this trip… I would rather have him than the trip, but since that isn’t going to happen, I will make the best of it… I am planning to take pictures, and with the girls, produce a lovely photo book of our time, so that will be lots of fun…

and really, how bad can a week in Mexico be, lol…

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