Monday, April 1, 2013

A Last-Minute Visit from Grammy and Gramps

Grammy and Gramps took advantage of some down time in their schedules and made a last-minute trip to Saskatoon for a long overdue visit.  They arrived on March 25th, in time for Mom to accompany me to my appointment with the Cardiologist.  I now have a confirmed diagnosis of RVOT-VT and surgery is booked for April 24th... gulp.  I don't have a great deal of exciting adventures to relay from the week -- due in part to a delayed start to Spring this year, but mostly a result of orders from my doc to limit my activities for the next month.  Sigh.  Fortunately, some down time was well-received by everyone and we had fun reconnecting, playing games, planning scavenger hunts, going for walks, and having daily Sudoku and Kenken competitions.  Ethan even made a minigolf course in the backyard around all the snow Pete had to shovel away from the house on to the rink (his aspirations of designing world-renowned minigolf courses have apparently not waned over the winter months!).

Grammy and Gramps had the pleasure of seeing Leah dance Tuesday night.

We planned a fun scavenger hunt at the park one day.  The teams were Ethan, Josh and their friend Josh against Grammy, Gramps and Leah.  It was a race to see who could find the most hidden eggs (which were each assigned a certain number of points) based on clues I had written.  It was made especially tough by the ridiculous amount of snow that was up to our waists in certain spots.

Gramps, Grammy and Leah figuring out a clue.  Leah surprised us by figuring out more than a couple of them!

The winning team by a slim margin (Grammy and Leah redeemed themselves the following day when Ethan planned a hunt around the house - it was Grammy, Mom and Leah versus Pete, Gramps and Josh and the girls were victorious!)

Grammy and Leah making Rice Krispies squares

Jen and Leah at the park



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