Fun in the...er...snow!?

So thought I'd post some pics of my trip home and our GBS adventure...yay! Lets just start out with some pics from home...

The day I got there my family met me at the airport...so sweet! It was such a surreal experience. I never thought I'd be the member of the family that everyone came to meet at the airport. How I did I become Lil' C's Auntie that when he's older maybe he'll remember me as the auntie they always went and met at the airport. I remember that from when I was younger and we'd go meet my Dad at the airport...and moreso when we'd go meet my Grandma when she came home from England or my Aunt Mare who would come visit from Toronto. How did I become that Aunt that my nephew will have memories from way back when of going to meet at the airport? I haven't decided if I like it or not yet. None the less...it was so awesome coming down the escalator and looking in the crowd for them and finally spotting my little dude being held by my Mom. I thought I was going to cry, but I didn't...manage to hold it together (just barely.) I was afraid he was going to freak out when he saw me, but he didn't, he actuallly giggled and smiled.

After a quick stop off at my Aunt's and a change, I met up with Di and our friends to see Great Big Sea! Suweeet. What a great show...











They did two sets this show, almost like it was a pub show and I LOVED it. They just released an all traditional album called The Hard and The Easy back in the fall...so they did the first set where it was all traditional Newfoundland folk songs and then the second set was more like a 'regular' GBS show where they sing "all the hit", as Alan would say...it was really great and I loved the little break. The only that sorta sucked, was that all the shows on this tour basically were seated venues and they were basically all theatres. It sucked in a way because we're all used to jumping around like hooligans at GBS shows...but at the same time it was SO nice not to have to line up 5 hours ahead of time for the show or to have to battle idiots trying to get to the front row. They were pretty big photo nazis at all the shows (except Seattle...where I got the best shots)...so there aren't many pics and not many GOOD pics from most of the shows. I'll just post a few from each though. But the show was awesome and I was SO excited that I got to fly home to be with Di and my Mom and everyone for the first GBS show since I'd left. I was so torn as to what was going to happen after I left and a GBS show came up...since Di and I met we'd always gone to GBS shows together and they are what brought us closer together as friends...it was totalllllly going to suck if we now had to spend that apart. I don't know that it's always going to work out so well when the b'ys come to town, but it certainly was amazing this time around!

After the show we met up with my other good friend from back home, Reanne, and Di, Reanne and I went out for a drink and dessert at one of our favorite pubs! Then I crashed at D's and woke up the next morning (bright and early as far as I'm concerned, haha) to hang out with her and her cute little dude and her hubby. All of whom I've missed so much! Then I went over and chilled with my bro, sis-in-law and my cutie patootie little nephew, did some errands and off we were to the farm! Yay!

My little nephew in his winter gear in the car...



Ahh...it may have been freakin cold...but at least there was sun!



It was so great to visit my goatees!!! I miss them so much...they were rather disgruntled with the coldness though...as was I.

Lola




And her Mommy, Harriet..



Mmmm...bread....



And my puppies....

Maverick...who could've sworn I left yesterday...but was pretty damn excited I'd decided to return...


And Cruise...who could've cared less when I left, and seemed only slightly amused that I was back...


The older cats were happy to see me...even if I was greeted with a raspberry...


And the ones who were kittens weren't too sure, but they sure were cute!

Mittens...


...and his mittens...


And Tigger...


...and Weasel...


...lacked opinion on the whole thing.

Got to visit my beautiful horses too. Capri was in her winter whites and well hidden amongst the snowbanks...


Back to my little nephew though...


He's just to frickin cute...


Couldn't get enough of the little bugger...my little rockstar...


I spent the rest of the few short days I was home hanging out on the farm with my whole family and playing with my animals. I wish I could've played with them more but it was just too cold and I've become such a wimp already when it comes to the cold apparently. I wish I didn't have to live so far away from them all now, it's not fair to be so torn between my two lives. I wish I could afford to fly home at least once a month. One day I will be able too...maybe when I'm a pilot...



But alas, after a far too short visit...my kind bro drove me too the airport at far too early in the morning and I met up with Di to begin our adventure out West...



WestJet and Westward, ho'! Haha...

...til Vancouver...