August, what a busy time....and I'm still behind on the blog

It was a great summer but it went way too fast. I spent a lot of time visiting friends and family. This is Arie, Sarah's cat, relaxing in the bathroom sink. This is his favourite bed. What a crazy cat!!

I went out for supper with Joe and Michael at Kelsey's. It was great seeing them. I taught them six years ago at Bramalea Secondary. Joe is in fourth year at U of T and Michael is in 4th year at Guelph. Way to go guys!!!!

Isn't this guy a cutie. This is Avery, Dawn and Mike's son. We went for a walk with his cousin Evan and Aunt Erin. Dawn and Mike are friends of Sarah and Kate's.

This is cousin Evan. Sarah used to babysit Evan for a half year or so. He just turned two.

We visited with Richard and Mira for a BBQ and look how tall Paul has grown. He's 13 in October and already is six foot tall. We loved the back yard at Richard and Mira's place in Streetsville. They had a huge willow tree and trees with potential for having tree houses in all of them.

What a handsome young man. That's my grandson Paul, Richard's son.

This is Abby. On race nights, Wednesdays, I babysit Abby. She is a liveaboard at our club and both her parents race so I get to spend quality time with her. We have gone to outdoor music concerts with Liz and Bonnie, the water park, another play park and also have stayed at the club and played in the playground there. She's a cutie.

Since I retired in June, Kate has been using my car and I have been using my bicycle to get around as much as I can. My motorcycle was in the shop for most of July and August getting the exhaust fixed and a few other things.

Finally the boat went back in the water for the last time, we hope. We replaced the screws on the casing and are looking forward to many years of motoring and sailing with our new Yanmar motor.

We were still staying at Doris' while she was in Calgary ejudicating for piano and violin exams. My brother-in-law, Norm, had a 14 hour cancer operation and my sisters Joyce and Joan came to visit him in the hospital along with my nephew, Tom, and they all stayed at Doris' with us. We had a lot of fun. I took them down on the streetcar and then we took the subway back home. You should have seen Joan's eyes with the wooosh of the subway happened and then the train came. Norm is home now and doing, OK.

And this is Tom and Sarah, Joyce's boy and my girl, first cousins.

Later in August Michael came with his girls, Charlotte and Hazel.

With Michael and the girls in Toronto it was time to visit Richard and Paul. Paul and Hazel had a great time on the computer. Paul taught Hazel how to create her own characters to game with. They played for hours. It sure was fun to see.

We visited with Auntie Sarah while she was packing to move to her new one bedroom apartment in the same building. This is Sarah and Hazel.

We visited Uncle Richard in Streetsville. And there is more to come, I'm still behind but I have to go.