Friday, December 9, 2011

Mario has arrived!








Murielle and I went to the Cancun airport to pick up Mario, who flew in from Grande Prairie, Alberta yesterday. The airport is all decorated with Christmas trees and snowflake lights....yah, snowflakes......LOL










.....and here he comes out the door.............












....these 2 had grins from ear to ear - they have been apart since Nov. 1st, so it was a joyful reunion. To jog your memory, these are the 2 who house sat for us in Parksville last winter..











We had a glass of wine at our place first and then had a wonderful dinner at Casa del Pescador....and Mario's first whole fish dinner......yummy!











There was a family grouping right below the restaurant attacking a pinata....till the season.......










Our waiter Sebastian did interesting tricks with a napkin...........













....including making a chicken...................











well, after a couple of margaritas, the napkin routine got a little rude......:-)













All in all it was a great night and we are glad Mario has arrived for the next few weeks.
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an amazing night!!

So this is going to be a long blog....about a wonderful evening. Joanne (Victoria) Sue and Ernie (Switzerland) invited us for dinner to their casa, and greeted us by singing a song they had written......!

the front door was decorated.......

...every room in the house had candles and decorations.....

.....the counter in the kitchen was decorated.......

...the table was decorated.......

and just before we ate our homemade squash soup, these lovely senoras appeared to bless and annoint us and the food......

All 3 of them contributed to dinner, but Ernie was the Executive Chef....risotto, beef bourguignonne, steamed veggies..... 

....it was just an incredible meal.......

...then we retired to the patio for pinata bashing......a Santa, yet......

Jo loses the lovely dress and gives it her best......

....go Miki!!!!~!!

Ernie lines up a shot...........

Sue whacked the poor little guy too.......


and yours truly did some serious damage........

by the end of the session, poor Santa was no more, but we had sweet little prezzies inside.....a Canucks hat, amazing tea for me, coffee for Miki, pez toys, and even mosquito repellant from Switzerland........

Then these 3 sang and performed another piece......LOL

Jo is sure loving being back in PM.......

Miki in her sexy new glasses....Elton John, eat your heart out.....

oh, yeah, we all got up there, looked silly, and sang.......

Sue doing percussion with bottle caps.....these 3 really gave us the most incredible night of food, song, fun, presents, LOTS of wine, and memories to treasure! Merci!!!
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