I know that's it's been forever since I wrote a blog; so I'll give you a quick recap of what we we're doing from the summer til now.
We set up home for the summer out at Trout Haven Park in Strathroy. It's a great park; and conveniently located to a lot of our family and friends.
We have a lot of family/friends in this area; and most of the summer was spent visiting and playing cards. Fortunately for us; lots of our family and friends are card players, and both of us got our fill. We spent a lot of nights at either Ken/Rosie's for pepper; or Tina/Randy for Blak-bone. Lots of fun.
We had a couple of nieces spend a few nights with us in July and both Megan and Jamana had a lot of fun. Mike's brother Ken and his son Calen, headed off on an adventure of a lifetime; and spent 5 weeks driving from London England to Ulaan Bataar Mongolia as part of the Mongol Rally. We had the pleasure of driving the first leg of the rally, by taking them to Pearson International in Toronto; and 5 weeks later, drove the last leg, by picking them up.
We also had a lot of visitors out to the park; and we managed to burn roughly 4 truck loads of wood. All in all, it was a great summer that went by way too fast!
At the end of October, we winterized our rig and moved into my folks apartment, downtown London. We really wanted to be in Canada to watch the upcoming Olympics, and their apartment is empty in the winter. I also had a girls weekend with some old friends from highschool. Reconnected with these girls through Face Book; and it was nice catching up.
December 5th, we got a phone call early in the morning; and our winter plans we're about to quickly change. My Dad was having some health issues; and ended up being medi-vacked home. He's doing great; but his insurance won't let him go back to Florida for the rest of the year. So... that's where this blog is being updated from.
Fortunately for us, we just "happened to be free" and we're more than happy to house sit for them in Florida. We arrived late morning on Sunday (Jan. 24th) to a balmy 78 degrees; and will be here until the end of April. Luckily we'll still be able to watch the olympics.
On December 22nd, my friend Jenn and I took part in the Community Olympic event in St. Thomas. There were 1000's of people who came out to take part in the flame relay. Then a few days later, on December 24th, Mike and I watched the flame come up Wellington Road in London, being carried by... Santa Claus! There was a pass off right in front of us; and it was pretty cool to take place in Olympic history. Can't wait for the Olympics to begin.
And yesterday, our niece Natalie, gave birth to a 7lb 10oz baby boy! Way to go Natalie! Can't wait to see the pictures. According to grandma; mom and baby are both well; and she should be home tonight.
Molly is still with us and doing great. Still a little slow; and completely deaf now; but she's still motoring along and doing just fine.
Well that pretty much catches up the past few months. Will try to do a blog more often.
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