The feast

Here is my artistic shot for the trip. I thought the look of Ivan and Nana making cookies looked so nostalgic and filled with warmth as seen through the mirror on the opposite wall. I figured out in the next shot how to angle it so that I wasn't in it, but they were moving too much and it came out all mush.

Ivan was all excited about the big feast. Who wouldn't? He was sitting at his spot way before guests arrived and wanted to know which was his fork and spoon. He was also very excited to get to have a knife.






In attendance were: Nana (in red) with her son and his family (ahem- Brian, Ivan, Dominique and Angela). Papa Terry and his daughter's family: Alex, Amy, baby Enzo, Christian (in blue) and Andrew (in yellow).


We played darts, which is a tradition. Alex had brought a new dart board that insulted us while we played. It could use real metal tips or plastic ones and kept score. It was very fun to play with. The real bonus though was that it meant there was an extra board for Dominique and Ivan to play on- at their level. They love darts! We need to rearrange our dart playing room and get back into this sport!



After much effort and a failed first attempt outside (Ivan's fault), Nana got her much wished for picture of her and her grandkids. This is the first good picture of them all ever. Ivan cried through years 1 and 2. Andrew wasn't much better. But they both seem to have matured some this year. Christian and Dominique have always been picture taking gems.