Monday, May 16, 2011

Family time......









Lucy has a nap on papa Dan on Sunday morning. We have so enjoyed spending these couple of days with the kids, and today moved to Carl and Alice's house.










Carl and Alice's cat, Flooffy, is a huge main coon type cat, very sweet, and likes to hang out with the fam.........











She is so huge she just sits in the corner of the couch, watches TV, and does her grooming at the same time.











She really is a BIG girl and was rescued from the cottage, where she just showed up as a young cat one day and of course had to come home with them.











Today Alice had the day off work so took us to Unionville for the day. It was raining when we started out, but we walked the streets of charming stores and houses, and then stopped at the Unionville Pub for lunch.








After lunch the rain had stopped so we got to walk around some more of the town before heading home.














Alice and Miki at lunch......................














and your trusty blogger enjoyed lunch and being in a small Ontario town again. You will notice we are all in fleeces......it was 10 degrees and raining......sigh. A far cry from 34 and hot and humid.....!
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Family dinner






The night after the big surprise the immediate family got together for dinner at Carolyn and Dan's house. Their main living room is totally converted to a kids playroom. Carl and the 3 kids having fun...............











Alice, Gabby, Dan and Julianna and their son Jack were there, and there is a new baby on the way in that family as well.......










Dan and Miki share a laugh...........................................













Carolyn, Lucy and Carl at dinner.................












Alice, Gabby (4) Carolyn and Lucy (1 1/2) cut some more of the leftover cake.....












Dan, Jack and Julianna enjoy cake......................












Dan and the 2 little ones, Jack (2) and Lucy.........













The kids worked off dinner by dancing after dinner.................













.......one of their favourite activities........................
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The Big Surprise..................

So the big reason for the secrecy around leaving Puerto Morelos and heading to Canada was where we were going.......to Toronto en route to BC in order to attend a surprise 60th Birthday celebration for Miki's brother Carl and sister in law Alice. They were surprised first by the fact of the party, and then we called them and sang to them on a speaker phone as if we were in Mexico.....and then walked through the door.

Here is the happy couple with their amazing cake - Alice on one side and Carl on the other.....!

The whole family and closest friends attended and blew them away.....

Carl points out the fact that his golfer is in a sand trap....a familiar place.......

There is that great Carl laugh that everyone knows and loves.......

A hug shared between them........................

the rest of these pics are of the room full of family and friends, near and dear......






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Adios Puerto Morelos!







Rob and Joanne are on their way to Canada......in their RV! We wish them a safe trip and look forward to following them on Google Maps..............adios, amigos - see you on the west coast this summer!










So we left on separate days, so Miki drove Daf to the bus (behind her) in our little tracker, and the ADO bus took her to the airport in Cancun.











Delta Airlines loaded up and off we went to Atlanta..................










One last look at that lovely Caribbean sea..........















It really is quite amazing from the air......................










and then Daf spent the night in the Atlanta airport (don't ask) and we met up in the Detroit airport. Shuttle took us to Windsor, where we stayed at the Travelodge on the water right across from the City of Detroit.










Walked out for dinner and enjoyed the waterway gardens and views............








And from our hotel room window, there is Detroit.......!! The poor Red Wings lost their game that night, and surprisingly, most of Windsor cheers for Detroit, so there were some sad faces. Had dinner at a nearby pub and enjoyed great views of the water. Next morning we took a cab to the Via Rail station and arrived in Toronto at Union Station where neice Carolyn met us and took us back to her house and on to the surprise party for Carl and Alice.
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Taffy......







Sharon and Les have a new baby......a baby dachsund named Taffy! One of our last nights in PM we went for dinner to La Playita, then headed to their house to meet the baby.











He is the sweetest little muffin and bright as a button.....has already learned to do his business in the right place and has never had an accident in the house.











He is Daddy's boy................













but Mummy loves him too...........................













Altogether they make a lovely family, don't they.....!


Adios, mi amigos............see you in November!!!!!
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Diane's Good Luck Dinner



A group of us got together at L'Oazis restaurant to honour the many years Diane has owned and run Mama's Bakery, now closed, and to wish her well on enhancing the Animal Rescue program in Puerto Morelos and other adventures!








We started outside for drinks, enjoying the breeze off the sea...................










and then moved to this beautifully decorated table which owner Martine set up for us. Martine, Flavio and Victor served us a wonderful 3 course dinner.












Everyone chatted around the tables, talked about how long they had known Diane, and got to know each other.










Unfortunately, Diane had been in bed with a severe sinus infection all week, so was never far from her box of Puffs.......but that nice bottle of wine from Patty and Em might help her feel better!











Patty and Miki chat about life in PM













Mary and Diane discuss the state of the world













And the wonderful chocolate flan even came with candles at the end of the meal! We all wish Diane much success in her new ventures!
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