The 3rd Visit from England

People,

How are we today? We hope you are all well!

Anyway, we had ANOTHER visit from the Emery's (no...not us, sort of related....this is hard to explain) Ricky and Karen to be exact (and their kids, Rob and Hannah)

They visited us for two weeks back in June / July and we had a blast with them! They certainly left an impression on our neighbours, who have continually asked when are they coming back.

Again, the usual tourist traps were visited, such as Toronto, Niagara Falls, etc.....

Well, the strange thing is, we only took one picture with all of us together, which is a real shame.

Looks like they will have to come back after all....

Signing off once again folks, until the next time!

EMERYNO2.....

Well....it had to happen!!!

Hello again folks!

We have bought another car as the car sharing was impacting us like crazy! Elaine would have to take Brian to work every morning and pick him up from work when he was finished. Not good....especially when Elaine had meetings to attend after work, which made Brian late as well as Elaine.

'Have no fear! A new car is here!'

We bought a 2009 Toyota Corolla LE, which is nothing really fancy, just a basic car to get from A to B. See for yourselves the car and.....well...you'll work it out!!






See you all soon......

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!