Busy Weekend!

We have had an extremely busy Thanksgiving long weekend.

Friday October 9th, was our 5 year anniversary!! I can't believe it has been 5 years since our wedding day! I love thinking back to our wedding day - it was such a fabulous day!!! Words can't even describe it! The whole 24 hours were amazing! Well, actually the whole 72 hours were amazing! A lot has happened in 5 years and I wonder what the next 5 years will bring?! Friday night we went out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. It was nice to be by ourselves for awhile (outside of the house) :) Thanks to Lindsay for babysitting!! I understand it wasn't too tough of a job as Blake and Em were both sleeping!!

Friday morning Cal and I took the kids swimming. We had lots of fun!! Blake has a blast at the pool and Emerson enjoys herself too. She kicks and splashes like crazy! It was nice to go swimming as a family!

Saturday Cal went hunting with my Dad and Dion. He left the house around 5:30 am and got home around 9 pm. I'm not a big fan of wild meat, but do enjoy the jerky!! I wasn't quite sure how to explain hunting to Blake, but thankfully when he asked where Dad was and I told him Dad went hunting with Grandpa and Dion, he didn't ask too many questions!! Not sure I wanted to get into the whole gun/shooting thing with him quite yet! My Mom and Lindsay came over Saturday morning, and took Blake to the mall. The mall near us, Londonderry Mall, has a Thomas the Train ride and a bus ride that Blake loves going on!

Saturday evening Cal's parents, his sister Kathy and niece Katie came to stay for a few nights. Cal's Uncle Glen passed away suddenly last week and his funeral was on Sunday. We haven't seen Uncle Glen in a few years. He was living in the middle east with his wife Madelyn, instructing telecommunications at a University there. We were very surprised to hear of his passing. He was a great man and always reminded me of a giant teddy bear! There was a funeral and reception on Sunday and the burial was today, followed by a Thanksgiving dinner. We took Emerson to the funeral and then my Mom brought Blake to the reception. Cal attended the burial and dinner today. All of Glen's nephews were pall bearers. It was great to see many of Cal's relatives from the Cameron side yesterday. We missed the last family wedding last summer, so it has been awhile since we've seen his extended family. It is unfortunate that it takes a funeral to bring everyone together.

This afternoon my family came over for Thanksgiving dinner. Lindsay and Jeremy headed back to Fort Mac afterwards, so we ate around 4:30. The dinner was great and even Emerson enjoyed it!! She tried mashed potatoes, dressing, and turkey and seemed to love it all!! I was thinking that if she had an allergic reaction I wouldn't know what it was to! But she didn't ... so it's all good!! Blake was quite funny. I was saying grace and right in the middle of it he said, "All done!" Apparently he was hungry and ready to dig in?!? It was very funny!!! Then he loaded his plate up and wanted gravy on everything. Looked kinda yucky, but he ate quite a bit. Must be taking after his Grandpa Bruce, who puts odd condiments on pretty much everything he eats!!!!

The snow has been falling off and on for a few days now. We normally take a few fall pictures on Thanksgiving long weekend, but not this year :( And I didn't really want to venture out for pictures in the snow! It is apparently going to warm up, so hopefully this snow is not here to stay.

Happy thanksgiving everyone! Have a great week - glad it's a short one :)

xoxox Cal, Tracy, Blake and Emerson