New Year's 2010 at the Sutherlands
News ·Friday January 1, 2010 @ 23:08 EST (link)
I'm very late in writing this up; I do apologize, since I'd promised pictures.
John and Sharon invited us and other family to their condo in Abbotsford for New Year's; we arrived at about 1300 and I think were the first to arrive. They had planned on ending the evening early because Chris and Vanessa would need to get their kids to bed and we'd need to drive back. Drive took about 2½ hours, as expected; border crossing (Lynden/Aldergrove) didn't take long at all (nor going back, via Abbotsford/Sumas). Chris and Vanessa and their kids (Daniel and Joshua), and their parents Graham and Wendy arrived soon after, and Murray, who was in from Toronto and staying in the building's guest suite.
There was a great spread set before us—tortiere, ham, lasagna, cabbage rolls, and more; and then a variety of baked goods which I had so missed from Christmas at home, such as Nanaimo bars; I think Wendy brought those. We were encouraged to take some home; in fact, they doubled and redoubled what I took at first, and gave us some tiramisu besides. I made them last as long as I could in the days that followed and we really appreciated their kindness to usward. While there we taught Euchre to Graham and Murray (when you explain it, the rules, e.g., about the bowers, do seem a bit baroque).
Books finished: Billions and Billions, Capitalism.DVDs finished: Meet Joe Black.
