Alissa took a drive with me over to Lori's to see her jewellery and stained glass sidewalk sale and to visit with Jami and Josh and to meet Lynn for lunch... Might as well pack it all into one day!
We left at 10;30 and rolled into Lori and Lawrence's around noon... and it was the gathering of the clan at their house. Lynn also met us there, so it was a fun afternoon as we admired all the jewellery by Lori and Jami ,deciding which ones we needed most!
Here is pic of Jami and Josh
Another rush trip up from the states for Jami and Josh...it was a short but nice visit... always great to see Jami again
also it was good to see the whole dang family...Lawrence and Lori and Phoebe and Ron and we got to meet Jami's dad and stepmom...so it was a houseful...not to mention, Nick from Italy...Well, we really didn't meet him, but he was there too to jam with the band . Unfortunately, we didn't get to hear them... but thank-you Lawrence for the cd athat you helped produce... nice stuff!
Emil having a visit with Chunk... Cait's surragate dog!
Lynn and Alissa and I all went for lunch to the Black Cock..ooops Black rooster restaurant in Castlegar...and that was tasty... Alissa had the beef dip, Lynn the steak sandwich and I ,the calamari... then it was off to Extra foods to snap up a few groceries. The store was in a state of being rebuilt...quite a mess but the produce section was in top form...Kudos to Chad, Deb's son for being an excellent Produce manager there.
By the time I gassed up and we headed home, I was on my way to a bad case of the yawns... a long day when more than the usual travelling is involved. Meanwhile, the guys were in the Thanksgiving fishing derby so they never pulled in until nearly dark... but that was ok...as Stan had caught two beautiful rainbows...8 and 10 pounds... they are in the freezer now and Ali will be having trout when Stan gets it home!
We munched on some potstickers and Edamame beans for an appie, then Ashley and Cait came over with Chunk, Cait's x's big huge Bull dog... he was a chunk alright, but better behaved than in his puppie days a year ago. Silky gave him a yelp and then took refuge, but soon Chunk ignored her and just lay there doing pretty darn good.
After they left, emil threw the steaks on the Barby and we sat down to a yummy dinner with caeser salad, roasted potatoes and cauliflower with cheese sauce on it... No desert tonight. i will try to get pies made tomorrow for whe we have our turkey.
"The Creator"
