Today Marie and I are sitting in our favourite little restaurant and boulangerie in Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Chez Mamie, enjoying coffee and a sweet. They now have free wifi and it is great we now don't
have to drive all the way to McDonalds in Lac Megantic to get on the internet! Phil, Fernanda and Amy dropped in for a night at the cabin after spending a week of relaxation camping and enjoying the various cuisine of Maine, NJ and NY. Amy turned six months at the end of July and has certainly won over my heart! We all went swimming with her at our small lake and she just loved it, paddling around furiously in her floatee we picked up in Florida - the idea we got from Shawn and Lauren who have one just like it for Brenna. The kids left the next day for Montreal to spend the rest of Phil's time off remodeling their bedroom, including the installing of a new air conditioner. We will see them on the 11th as we have to babysit! Meanwhile both Marie and I are very happy to hear how well Dad is doing, attending to his and Moms affairs there and in Canada and making a real effort to bond with his kids again. Thanks to Lyn and Don and Dee and Dave who try to see him as often as possible I think he realizes how much his family still loves him and wants him to be happy even without Mom around. She will forever be on his mind and being in the same house without her will always be difficult. I think he has realized now after almost a month since we lost her that life really must go on. He has even starting planning a train trip north to see us next year and what an adventure that would be for him at 90! He had the opportunity to meet the newest member of the family this past week as well when Richard and Rose dropped by from their trip to West Palm. So things are looking up and as we get into the dog days of summer I will be updating on the s l o w progress of things up here on the mountain! Stay cool! And happy birthday today Fernanda!!! gws
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| Me and Amy |
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| Proud papa! |
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| Marie, Fer, Amy and Phil at the swimming hole |
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| Amy in her new floatee |
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| view of our new house from a kilometer away |
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| A happy swinger! |
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| Two cuties |
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| Amy wearing my hat |
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| Two more cuties! |
