Well the Beasties (Lynne, John and their two sons Micheal and David) arrived in Canada and stayed with us for the weekend. Strange really we had never met and yet we all got along really well. Friday night we all went out toKingswood to participate in that age old sport of tin pin skittles. We had to put the kids on their own lane so they wouldnt be too embarrassed by our amazing scores  . A great night out for $30 for 8 people

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Saturday was our combined birthday party, Kathryn was 21 on Thursday, Gemma was 18 (March 1st) and I was 50 (March 16th). So this was the yearly celebration of us hitting special birthdays. Julie invited about 60 people and I think we had about 40 (not bad seeing as it is the height of holiday season).  Potluck contributions added to the Joints of Beef, Pork and a 15lb Turkey that Jules cooked (plus about 5lb of steamed baby potatoes). We finished about 2am Sunday morning  Good night had by all.

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Sunday was more subdued event all together, BBQ dinner of some stupendous ribs, amazing tasty chicken kebabs with Kathyrn's grillable cheese (some sort of mozzerella) and the ever popular hotdogs. Sunday evening we all trouped out to Under the Stars to watch Steve McQueen and Faye Dunway in the original Thomas Crowne Affair. I must admit I preferred the Pierce Brosnan version, but hey it was a free night out. On our return we spotted a Skunk next door, and while sitting out having a coffee our friendly neighbourhood Racoon(Bandit) decided to come onto the deck and check us all out

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I am in Montreal all week and looking forward to a rest this coming weekend!