We were so very proud watching her receive her Bachelor degree in Education. She also earned her Bachelor of Arts(French). A job well done Stacy!
After the ceremony, we went over to her dear friend Julie's and enjoyed a nice supper and a special cake.
Sheila & Art came down from Nackawic, Victoria & Brad came from Fredericton, Grandma came over from Hampton, and of course Jesse and Carrie were here. Stacy & Gilbert stopped in for a bit, and Kara brought her Nanny a present.
Stacy didn't stay long enough for the Mother picture, so we had to search the archives.
And Tanya didn't even come, so we had to search for a good one of her.
And we were happy to have Dan, who brought Katelyn along.
And here is my view from the tractor.
We left here Thursday, April 23rd, and went to a meeting in Sussex, then an open barn in Petitcodiac, then up to Sheila & Arts for supper. Then on to Tanya's for the night. Friday we drove up, stopped near Magog and picked up Mike & Taylor. Had a beer, or 2, with Chris, then on to Ottawa. We might have enjoyed a beer, or 2, again that night. Saturday we met up with Brigitte, checked out her house, and she came over for a beer can chicken, or 2. I think we had a beer then, or 2. Then a bottle of wine, or 2. I know it was 2 chicken.
Sunday was David's birthday..17..yikes..1 year till he is legal in Quebec. No matter, he has a good ID and is legal everywhere now. We went to Kelsey's for a birthday supper Sunday night, and gt a 20% discount because David works there. Cool. Good meal too.
Jim & Mary Anne took Monday off, so we went for a drive. It was 31 degrees that day, so I had to borrow a pair of shorts. We checked out the Rideau Canal, and some other nice places, on the way to Brockville, where we stopped for a beer. We missed the cheese place that Sarah wanted to see, as Jim was 100% sure it was closed. It was open. But we had a good day.
On Tuesday we met up with Kelly at her small animal clinic, then stopped at a number of farm equipment dealers, and after a really nice drive through rural Ontario and Quebec, we got to Greg & April's. We had a great supper with them, and a wonderful visit. No pictures though, because Greg is in such great shape, it would make me look bad. Like worse. I'm gonna start walking around the block again. Soon. Actually, no cameras were out. Your loss. He looks good.
A belated Happy Birthday to Emma, who turned 7 on April 30th. We hope she had a good day.
OK, I was happy with the old tank.
But it died...and we tore the barn apart..
So we got a new one...
of course bigger is better...
And patched the hole for now...Thank you Dad for buying lots of tarps...I inherited a few..
Sarah likes the new one..
I always wanted a tank with a ladder..
Carl tells me the cows will milk more when they see this big new tank...
We were fortunate to have Tanya and her family for Easter. Here are Emma, Madilyn, Sarah, and Carrie waiting patiently to start their Easter egg hunt.
Sarah is happy, she got the whole bowl while everyone else was looking for eggs.
T J is happy too!
Sheila helped a lot with dinner, Sarah ate.
Carrie ate.
Kara is thinking about eating.
Stacy lost her ears.
Grandma avoiding the confusion.
And David made the trip all the way from Ottawa to enjoy our Easter ham. Victoria & Brad, and Brad's father Carl were here too. Carl came all the way from Iqaluit, Nunavit.
And here is Jesse , Gilbert, & Bradford hiding in the back room, making the decisions that will change our lives!
Hey! What's that guy doing up our telephone pole? Oh..It's Brad, Gilbert's Dad, and he is hooking up our high speed internet!!. Yes! And then he came in the house and got it all set up for me. It works great. Thanks Brad!
Today I enjoyed the pleasure of a colonoscopy. Despite all the warnings of how miserable it would be, it went off smoothly. (It helped to be laying next to a fellow waiting to pass a kidney stone). Even the cleaning out went well yesterday, and I did a good job as you can see from the picture. Many thanks to Tanya, who made a special trip down to drive me in and out from the hospital. Now I'm off to gather eggs.
