Hoosiers in the City!

My sister and her fiance Cole were up last week for their first visit to our house since we moved to Canada! I was so excited to have them visit, because life here is so completely different than life where we grew up. They came into town on Saturday early evening, and we took them out to a very "exclusive" bar....ha. That was an experience, but I won't elaborate. On Sunday, we treated them to a Raptors/Pacers game at the ACC with our friends Mat and Emma. We rode the subway downtown, which was a new experience for them as well. The Raptors wore their green jerseys in honor of St. Patrick's Day and they blew the Pacers out of the water! I've found a new favorite Raptor since Jermaine O'Neal was traded---his name is Pops Mensah-Bonsu. He is AWESOME! A great rebounder, good at the free throw line, and he can throw down a monster dunk! He had a career high 22 points the day we went, it was awesome!

After the game, we had a meal at Jack Astor's downtown, then we walked past the CN Tower and down to Harbourfront. We got some great pictures because it was a sunny and beautiful weekend! They had great weather for their whole trip, actually. On Monday, I took them for lunch at Wegz and to the mall shopping, and we made a nice dinner on the grill--first BBQ'ed meal of 2009! YAHOO! Tuesday was their last full day in town, so we brought them to work and Gary gave them a quick tour (they were very impressed with how big and professional he is at work....ha ha) and then I took them to Niagara Falls. I had never seen it by day and my sister and Cole had never seen it, so it was a great trip for us since the temperature was in the 50's and the sun was shining brightly! Enjoy the pictures! We had a wonderful time...it was really the first time that Gary and I have had to spend more than a day with just Laura and Cole by ourselves since they've been together. I really enjoyed it, and I am pretty sure that they did, too!




We went back to Ohio this past weekend to visit Gary's aunt, who was in town from South Carolina. It was the first time we had seen her in a couple years, so that was really fun to catch up with her and show her pictures from our wedding and what's been going on with us lately. She brought her daughter-in-law and her new grandson with her....he is just two months old and has already made his first plane trip! He was such a good baby, too! 5 of my 7 nieces and nephews came to visit as well, and they had a great time playing outside with Delilah on Sunday!




Spring is finally here, and I am so happy about that! Well, at least the grass is getting green and flowers are starting to bloom in Ohio.....it will still be a few weeks for us up here in "igloo country," as it's known by many of my fellow "Amurricans." :)