Miguel and Aby

Earlier this week we had the pleasure of meeting Aby and Miguel who hail from Guayabitos, on Mexico's Pacific coast. They are friends of Glen and Risa Norton. Glen and I play golf together.
Aby and Miguel were guests of Glen and Risa. I had mentioned that we would like to visit Guayabitos one day, so when he knew Aby and Miguel were coming to visit him and Risa in Comox, he arranged for us to meet at our home. We really enjoyed hearing about Guayabitos, learning about Miguel and Aby, but best of all we made two new friends.
Aby and Miguel own a restaurant, La Terraza, in Guayabitos, and it was there that Glen and Risa first met them. In fact, the Nortons were the first 'gringo' guests in La Terraza. Their friendship has been a long and good one since.
In La Terraza, Aby has completed a very complex piece of beadwork design based on an Aztec calendar. It is very large and is being evaluated by the people of the Guiness Book of World Records. It is composed of over 700 000 beads, each of which was glued on by Aby using a set of tweezers.
Miguel is also the editor of a local tourism paper so you can imagine they are both high energy people.
We thank Glen and Risa for introducing us, and we hope it will not be too long before we meet Miguel and Aby again. 

Story Time With Grandma

Charlotte and Tim came over this evening. Andi dropped them off at the house and went on to an activity class. Tim and Charlotte stayed for dinner and then went in the hot tub following the meal. After playing in the tub it was time for them to leave, but before they went, Cynthia got Charlotte into her p.j.s and read her a story. This was a magical time for all of us as we sat and watched the interaction between the two of them. Charlotte loves her stories and Cynthia loves Charlotte.
 

Dinner at Ben and Josée's Place

Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of going to dinner at Ben and Josée's home. What made it extra special was that Tim, Andi and Charlotte were there too. Unfortunately, Cynthia couldn't be there as she was attending a meeting in Vancouver. Chef Ben cooked up some lovely Mexican food for us, we had a glass of wine together and Tegan and Charlotte loved playing in the garden. Thanks Ben and Josée for having us over.