The In-Laws Are Coming!

About six weeks ago, we received a very unexpected phone call from John's oldest brother. He and his wife were coming to visit, and bringing John's parents with them!

You have to understand why this was a huge shock to both of us...we moved to this area from California four years ago. With the move, we placed ourselves within a five hour DRIVE of both our families in Canada. Since that time, only two of John's seven siblings have visited us, and his parents have only been here twice - the last time 3 and a half years ago!

What would prompt this sudden desire to cross the border? Sidney Crosby.

For those of you not familiar with hockey - Sidney Crosby is the biggest export from
Canada since Wayne Gretzky. Tonight his team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, are playing the Toronto Maple Leafs - and the Canadians will see it live!

Now it all makes sense - Canadians and hockey. The one thing enticing enough to bring John's family over the border...Not all the Canadians will be attending however; at $90 per ticket and a sell-out the day they went on sale, only John, his brother and his Dad can go.

I will stay home and catch up on eight months of family news (the last time we were together) - seven siblings, nineteen grandchildren and a great-grandchild on the way. That last bit of news came to us last weekend from the expectant grandmother; John's oldest sister. She had actually called to tell us her other son was getting married and I made a joke about the news being a new baby - she said "oh that too". That news was already a month old in the family circle...

There's another bonus to this visit, at least for Cameron. When my parents visit, Cameron loses his bedroom to Grandma and Grandpa. However, John's family have chosen the Holiday Inn as their home away from home for the next three days and it has an indoor swimming pool...good for the boys... great for Mum! :)

BTW - The Maple Leafs won 5-2...Very happy Canadians...