Ingram Family

Ok so we left off making cookies ....


Quick review of Christmas .. we lost power, for HOURS, so we packed up everything and had Christmas at mom's because atleast she had a generator .. something we will be buying for next winter .. everything turned out great, lots of food, lots of drinks, lots of family and lots of presents ... it was a wonderful Christmas (early Christmas that is)


Then came Christmas Eve, the packing, the airports, the planes, the airports, uhh the airplane food .. we survived it, the kids did better than I expected, however I suspect it will be a while before any of smokers that that many kids through Heathrow again. All good though.


Then we arrived to Dads, where I thought the heat the first day was going to kill us. Joshy's poor little face was so red I didn't know what to do, except throw him in the pool. I have posted a bunch of pics on facebook, also Caitlynn and Kelsey have theirs up as well.


Overall of the trip, Dad provided for us quite well, a chef, maids/nannies on staff. It was so nice to not have to do laundry for three weeks, that was a huge gift in itself. Arthur was an amazing Chef and really opened our eyes to cooking and eating more healthy. Since coming home we've been more organized with our shopping list and the weekly menu is created on Sunday. We have managed to make some good changes to our eating since being back. Ok enough about the cooking .. you have to understand though it was the kids favourite part of the day. They would look for Arthur all morning to find out what was for breakfast/brunch and then bug him about what was for supper. Another plus is he made Kelsey a seperate vegetarian meal every day. Totally spoiling her.


The heat was great, a nice change from our winter. The bars were fun. Sun City was amazing and requires a whole post in itself. It was so nice to be able to spend time with my Dad, but it was touching to be able to see him spend some time with the kids.


This trip requires personal conversation one on one to be able to story tell right.


A few pics for those who don't check into facebook so much.


I must get going though, I'm preparing for an audit on Monday (yay) and a cross country ski trip with Mike, Derek and JJ this weekend. We are skiing in 20 kms to a cabin in the woods, staying over night and skiing back out 20 more kms. I'm sure I'll make it .. but I doubt the last 5kms in either direction will be graceful .. actually maybe 7. Wish me luck!


See how fresh we look at the Halifax airport getting ready to take off .. we have no idea what is to come .. HAHA

Lots of pool time .. we all appreciated having the pool on the grounds for those intense heat days

Our chef making us some flambe pasta at dusk with some a beautiful view to eat and enjoy with

Another litte chef in the making. Each of the kids took their turn cooking with Arthur!




Dad begging me for another shot of Tequila in one of the outside bars we visited. In fact all the bars were open-air .. well that we went to anyway.