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On November 27 Eddie and I woke up bright and early and hit the road by 7:00 am. We drove through all kinds of weather which included near white out conditions in NY State. We arrived at my sister’s home in Massachusetts at about 2:30 - just in time for an American Thanksgiving feast.

We had a wonderful time visiting together and playing with my two little nieces and my little nephew.  Playing the Wii brought screams of laughter and a great time of letting loose. Who would have thought that a video game could unite a family in such a fun way! It sure beats sitting still in front of a movie . . . although I enjoy that too.

Whey my sister’s children and their families went home, the four us, Nancy, George, Eddie and I, spent the next two days shopping and eating and visiting. Eddie and I left around 8:30 Sunday morning and drove the 7 1/2 hours back to Ottawa with a short stop in Watertown, NY. Our move to Ottawa brings us about 1 1/2 hours closer to Nancy’s which really helps with the long drive.

It was good to be with my family again. The only regret was that my mother couldn’t be with us. Her health problems are keeping her in Florida for the holidays.

My next post will be about our trip to Toronto the next weekend when we celebrated Eddie’s mom’s 85h birthday as well as his sister’s, Pauline, and sister-in-law’s, Irene.

Here are the pics from American Thanksgiving. Hint: This slide show moves very slowly so click the arrow button at the bottom right to move things along.

Before we even found our home my good friend Nicki booked a weekend with us. Her husband, Guy, would be taking a leadership training course (ARROW) and one of the weeks would be in Quebec near Ottawa. It took several months but the date finally arrived and the Freeman’s came to visit.  Nicki and the kids came on Thursday Nov. 21and Guy joined us Friday.

Kaleb (9), Jensen (7) and Chloe (2) reminded us why we had our children while we were young. Eddie and I had several near heart attacks as we watched little Chloe climb her way into and onto, well . . . everything! Who says boys are active ? ? ? As you can see from the pictures, we had lots of fun. The kids were delightful and so much fun to be with. The Freeman’s visited the Children’s Museum.  Since Eddie and I had just been there in October, we decided to stay home.

During our visit we watched movies together, read books, played pool and played with the racing set.  On Sunday we all went to a Missionary Alliance Church about twenty minutes away. This is where I met a fellow ARROW student of Guy’s, Pearl. She and I had lunch together today and have much in common. I think this is the start of a nice friendship.

So if you would like to see the pictures of our weekend you can click here. The slides should advance on their own but there are arrow keys at the bottom right if you want to speed things up.  Enjoy the smiles ! !