Friends are a Blessing

What seemed like a long time coming, finally happened. My friends from Maryland, Katherine and Rodney, flew up to explore the beauty of the Cabot Trail. Katherine said that ever since she saw the photos from our trip around the Trail last year that I posted on our blog that she had the desire to check it out for herself. This weekend they flew in and stayed at the Sea Parrot; the incredible ocean view manor that Steve and I discovered and stayed at. Yesterday they did their trip around the Cabot Trail and this afternoon we met them at Tim Horton's to welcome them to the Island. It was such a pleasure to see Katherine and Rodney again! They are more than friends, they are part of our Maryland family. Steve, Tyler, and I care a great deal for them and we were ecstatic that they were coming up here to see our part of the world. Of course, Steve called to say hello. Afterward, we talked and talked. It was absolutely wonderful catching up on what's going on back home and hearing all about their trip around the Cabot Trail. They are always so good to us, especially to Tyler. They gave Tyler his very first camera! That's right, now he can be just like Mom and Dad and he already proved to us during their visit that he has Dad's genes. He was going around taking photos and talking to everyone at the donut shop. Katherine joked that we may see Tyler as a journalist on CNN when he grows up. They not only gave Tyler a camera, but also a Mr. Potato Head Ghost! They picked the ghost because there always seems to be one appearing in some of the photos we take while out caching. We could have stayed for hours and I really wanted to. Katherine and Rodney had to get on the road as they were driving to Halifax and perhaps stopping to see beautiful Peggy's Cove. It was so sad to see Katherine and Rodney walking away knowing that I won't see them for at least another 5 months. However we had a very special birthday party to attend. Today Cameron was celebrating his first birthday! And what a celebration it was! They got him the coolest cake, it had his picture done in icing on it! There was tons of food that Charmaine and Kelley both cooked and it was sooo good! When the party ended, Charmaine gave Tyler two balloons to take home. One popped in the driveway and the other one he let go of . So she gave him 3 more, on the way home, one flew out of the car window. Tyler wasn't having much luck with his balloons today. Other than that, it was a terrific day spent with some really good friends! We thoroughly enjoyed every minute!!!