We're Home

We arrived "home" on Thursday night; and the first of many surprises began. Even though we had told everybody that we wouldn't be home until the end of May early June, nobody seemed to believe us. A few of the family had suspected that we might be home by the weekend, but nobody was expecting us on Thursday night. We showed up at Ken and Rosie's at 9:00 PM and totally surprised their son Calen. Rosie arrived shortly after and was also quite surprised to see us.

We spent the night at their place; and showed up at my folks on Friday afternoon. It felt good to get hugs from my folks again, as it had been a while. Saturday, the surprises continued; and we caught Dave and Anne off guard. It's not too often that we are able to pull off a good surprise; and we managed to pull this one off perfectly.

One of the reasons that we wanted to be back by the weekend, was a big family party in Blenheim. Mike's Uncle Leo and Aunt Marie were celebrating milestone birthdays; his cousin Ed is off to Quebec for the summer for naval training; and his brother Ken and nephew Calen are off to do the Mongol Rally this summer. It was nice to be able to see so many family and relatives all in one shot.

This last week has been spent dropping in on more friends and family. We have barely stopped since arriving; and by Wednesday, I was pooped! I also don't have much of a voice right now; and sound like I've swallowed a few frogs. We were back in Port Stanley late afternoon, where were staying with goods friends Sally and John; and went right to bed, slept right through til 9:00 the next morning. Guess I needed it!

Molly is doing much better and has improved a whole bunch! We are still giving her 2 glucosamines everyday and have added a shark cartilage to that. She still needs help going up stairs, but overall is much better! Thanks for all the good wishes being sent her way.

We are still looking for a place to call home for the summer; and will let you know where we are once we get set up.

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