The Second Family Visit......

Well hello again folks!!!

We have another update for you from the wonderful world of the Emery's!!

Elaine's Mum and Dad, Jeanette and Keith, have finally visited us from England. This was an emotional visit just as Clive's visit (See the First Family Visit update for details on that!) was.

Keith and Jeanette are here for two weeks, and they are well into their second week here, and so far they have done the following:

Met all our neighbours and friends at Elaine's BBQ (Check the blog for previous updates on that as well).
Visited St Jacob's market and village
Visited the CN Tower
Complete a bus tour of Toronto
Visited Niagara Falls
Visited Niagara On The Lake

And there are still more things to do before they leave!

Keith and Jeanette have had a fantastic time so far here, and here are some pictures to prove it below that we threw together into a video montage. Enjoy!

Elaine's BBQ

Another Post!!! Two in one day!! How can you all cope???

Elaine held a birthday party at our new house and invited approximately 50-60 people! Kindness knows no bounds here, as neighbours arrived with cakes, sweets, food and their good nature!!!!

Here is a picture of a cake below that our good neighbour Margret made for Elaine:

YUM!!!!

The BBQ in full swing, with our beautiful friend, Lorie stealing the limelight:

All the kids and neighbours tucking into the feast....more foooooooddddd!!

All of our friends and neighbours really thought we put on a good feast, and our good friend Bob provided some great music as well. A great day with great people and great food!! What else can we say but......

GREAT!!!

The Surprise

Well,

Another update for the Emery blog, and this time, it is not all about us (Brian & Elaine).

We surprised a good friend of ours, Bob, to a surprise makeover for his basement. Brian & Bob went to Niagara Falls for a boys weekend, while unknown to Bob, his whole family and lots of friends were fixing his basement and installing flat screen TVs, hardwood flooring, etc.

Checkout some of the pictures from Niagara below:

A shot of the Maid of the Mist, with a rainbow in the distance.......







Brian & Bob by the falls......











Brian the 'mad cyclist' in Niagara.......







All in all, a fantastic weekend and the look on Bob's face when we returned to his house when the makeover was completed was fantastic!!! We love ya Bob and you deserve it!!!

Spark Up The BBQ!!!

Well,

It's about that time here in Canada that BBQ season is here (we are lying)...it is BBQ season all year round!!!

We bought our first Canadian BBQ which cost about $800 CAD (about GBP 370). We have never BBQ'd (sorry about the grammar...just lazy!) before, but we got through the first one without any problems....

We have just finished our 3rd BBQ and check out the food...we mean....photos below:

Brian cooking up a storm....well...some meat anyway! Notice the beer in his hand...customary when cooking a BBQ!

'The Man' in action....careful Brian!!! Don't burn your sausage!

Gotta go...food to eat!

Stay tuned for more updates.

Good & Bad....

Folks,

This is a non-picture update (hoorah!!) as we thought we would share our thoughts since we have been here in Canada for just over a year.

Well, we cannot lie, we both love it here and would not trade it for the world...we have the house of our dreams, Elaine has changed careers and loving every minute of it, Brian has been prompted to a team leader position with his employer, we have both made fantastic friends....life is great!!!

But.....

Friends and family back in the UK (and some spread around the globe) we miss very much!
As much as Canada is our home now, we have not forgotten our friends and family back over 'the pond. We don't really miss anything from England apart from friends and family......

So, until the next time.....bye bye!

Brian's Birthday

Folks,

Well, as the title of this post states, Brian's birthday was on Sunday (12th April) and he had a really good time chilling out with very close friends.

Elaine and Brian were invited to their good friends, Bob & Lorie's home, for birthday celebrations and of course......FFFFFOOOOOOODDDDDD!!!!!!!!

After the big feast, we all decided to go on a walking trail, near Bob & Lorie's home...we also took some frisbees with us, and had an awesome time running around fields and acting like kids again....(Brian has never really grown up!!)

The gang is here below:

A bit arty here...a black and white picture next....

A picture of Elaine by the waters edge....

Happy birthday Brian!!

The Harlem Globetrotters

Hiya folks!

Well...it has been a long time for an update...nothing much to report....but the Emery's went to see the Harlem Globetrotters at the Kitchener Aud.

You know the drill....family fun....silly basketball stunts.....crazy antics....that's what the Harlem Globetrotters are about.

Well....as always, we have some photos to share with you, but they are not very good as neither of us are good photographers, and we do not own a good camera. As we do not have any good photos to show you all, we will keep this update brief.....

Here are the Globtrotters on the court:

Here they are perfoming some tricks.....

We'll be back soon!!!