I'm back! We had a wonderful two weeks spent in beautiful British Columbia with our #2 son and his family and although we're glad to be home, we also miss them horribly. Spending a couple of weeks of time with our 3 year old grandson (lots of stories and Grandma playing with building blocks on the floor and Grandpa baking with him) was a complete joy. We celebrated the 3rd birthday of our grandson and our 40th wedding anniversary while we were there. Now we face having to get back into our regular lives, punctuated with having to take our car in the first day we were back for a brake job. Not exactly the homecoming welcome we had hoped for!
Quite obviously there has been absolutely nothing creative happening here at Chez Magpie (altho' I did a little bit of knitting while we were away, but nothing ready to show), so alas there are no pictures to share. Instead, I will show you a picture of something that happened a lot while we were there - Resident Chef Grandpa and his sidekick - in this photo they're making cookies.
Today's quote..."I am not a hoarder. I just need a bigger craft room" (wonder how many of us can identify with that?)
Welcome home! Glad the trip went well.
ReplyDeleteGlad to be home - but also sorry to leave our family. Sort of a no-win situation. Now to get over the jet lag and get back into the groove of life.
DeleteWelcome back !!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Just trying to sort ourselves out and get caught up on sleep now.
DeleteWelcome back! Looks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Barbara xx
Thank you! We definitely did have a good time - and it passed all too quickly.
DeleteI'm glad to see your blogreaders cone ahead of sleep etc. Priorities always right.
ReplyDeleteOf course - blogging is important!! Sleep can happen anytime. We've actually been home since late Tuesday night and Wednesday was a zombie day (punctuated by new brakes on the car). Starting to feel more human now.
DeleteWelcome Home. Always a JOY to travel and especially visit famly...however it is always so good to be back home! Love the Chef and his sidekick sous chef. Happy 40th Anniversary Dear. XO
ReplyDeleteThank you Sherry. We haven't really 'celebrated' our 40th, but plan on a nice supper out tomorrow night. We loved our trip and seriously didn't want to leave them, but home was calling too.
DeleteYey you're back and you had a wonderful visit! Grandchildren are so fun.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a stash but that's a good idea to keep track of inventory. I also noticed some wrist warmer patterns on that link, fall is official tomorrow.
Time to start thinking about how to stay warm.
Grandkids are indeed fun! Three is a perfect age to play with and I must say he has a very vivid imagination. I'm refusing to succumb to tomorrow being the first day of fall. Maybe if I ignore it, summer will last longer.
DeleteHi Maryanne so glad you had a lovely time with your family,love the pic of your hubby and grandson baking together xx
ReplyDeleteBaking is one of those things that memories are made of. Maybe Theo might be old enough to remember it for a long while, and if not the pictures will serve as a good reminder.
DeleteI am not a hoarder, either. =) Just look at that sweet photo of grandpa and his sweet, little sidekick cooking up a storm. How fabulous you enjoyed such a wonderful time with your son and his family. 'Tis lovely to have you back, lovely Mary Anne.
ReplyDeleteI don't have enough yarn stash to warrant that sort of inventory system either but I know a lot of people might benefit. We're happy to be home, but left huge pieces of our hearts with our family. Now we start saving so we can go back!
DeleteI'm so happy you got to visit your family. We would love to go out to California to see my grands/great grands. Can't take the dogs with us and too expensive to board them. Hopefully they are coming here soon.
ReplyDeletexx, Carol
It's so hard to have family living so far away. Thank goodness for Skype but it's just not the same as being able to give them real live hugs.
DeleteWhat a precious picture! Welcome back!
ReplyDeleteThanks Cathy - glad to be back, even though we miss our family!
DeleteSuper photo!
ReplyDeleteNot the best photo, quality wise, but the subject matter is rather fun. Resident Chef and Theo spent lots of time baking together.
Deletewelcome back! I was thinking about you all the time you were gone and I had big plans for comments but sadly failed miserably. (a self inflicted injury scuppered me a little too) I can only imagine how much you are now missing this little man and I'm betting he misses you just as much xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen. Glad to be home, but sad to leave our family at the same time. I guess our little guy keeps asking for us when he gets up in the morning and we're not there. Sorry you hurted yourself - hopefully nothing too serious!
DeleteSo glad you have had such a wonderful time Mary Anne. I haven't been on blogger for a while as I have had an extremely busy Summer but, it is nice to catch up and I am thrilled you had such a wonderful trip! Christine xx
ReplyDeleteYes, we had a great trip. We didn't do anything 'tourist-y' but that's the way we like it. Spending time with our family was the most important thing.
DeleteWhat a sweet picture of Resident Chef Grandpa and his little sous chef in training. You're probably all settled in by now.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed your trip and celebrations with family.
Just wish we lived closer so Resident Chef could bake regularly with him! Yes we had a lovely trip, but it was far too short.
DeleteWelcome back. Spending time with family is precious.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed precious, particularly when the family lives clear across our country.
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