After a year living abroad, it was great to get back home to Canada. Our first stop was at Mom and Dad's place in Toronto where we were greeted by Mark, Paige, Dad and Mom. It was a tearful reunion for a number of reasons, most notably we were able to see Mom for the first time after her long and difficult stay in the hospital following her hip replacement surgery. Mom looked great and we couldn't have been happier to see her.
After spending a couple of days in Toronto, we headed down to St. Thomas. Haylee was excited to see her friends after a year away from home. She wasn't disappointed in the least as she was greeted by a welcome party of her friends who had congregated at the park on Lake Margaret, near our house.
We we then headed to the Chapmans, where we stayed for about a week. It was great to see Michelle, Doug, Brett and Abby and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with them. We were made to feel right at home and had a great time swimming in their pool and spending time socializing with them. What a great family.
During our stay, Haylee spent a day at Elgin Court in Robyn Walker's class. She had a great time seeing her old friends and sharing some of her experiences with the class, like our housebuilding trip to Cambodia.
Our next adventure took us north to our cottage on Ahmic Lake. During our first week, we were joined by Haylee's friends Jessica and Cassia and together with Haylee's cousin Paige, the girls had a great time.
Week two was focused more on family and Haylee had a great time with Paige, Mark, G, Grampa Louchie, Aunt Frances, Uncle Tom, cousins Patrick and Sara and her cousin Frances. After a great two week stay it was time to say goodbye to Ontario and meet up with Lisa in New Brunswick.
