Saturday Lunch at Robbie's!

This past Saturday, Gerry and I went out for lunch at Robbie's with his sister Shirley and her husband Jacques. We don't see them often because they work weekends in a hospital. I ordered Robbie's Special and it's the best spaghetti I've ever had in a restaurant. Lots of sauce, green peppers, mushrooms, pepperoni, and meatballs....mmmmmmmmmm! Gerry had the combination plate which consists of spaghetti, lasagna and veal parmiagian. The food was excellent and we had a wonderful time. Afterwards, they came over to the condo and spent some more time with us. What a beautiful afternoon!



Shirley is Gerry's real sister whom he was separated from at the age of 3 years old when she was given up for adoption at the age of 2 and he was taken in by his grandfather. They found each other again through research by his half sister. They've been reunited for about 10 years.

Michael's Graduation!

Today I went to Greater Gatineau School, St. Aloysius Campus, to attend my grandson Michael's Graduation Ceremonies. Michael will be leaving St. Aloysius and heading off to Hadley Campus next school year. I really enjoyed attending and am very proud of Michael for all his efforts at school. I wish him the best in his future studies.



Here is Michael accepting his Graduation Diploma and posing with Mrs. Millar, the school principal. And below is a picture of the graduate!



I couldn't help but add this picture that I took of Merrick....Mr. Gorgeous!



Michael did very well today and I'm proud of him. I like the song that the Grade 6's sang for us.



Good Luck Michael! I love you xx/oo

My Growing Garden

It's been a month since I planted my garden and here is what it looks like now. It's really thriving. I have tomato plants, cucumbers, onions, green and wax beans, spinach and carrots. The only thing that isn't growing well are the carrots. I'm not sure why. Maybe the seeds weren't good.



I went out last night to weed and water my garden. My friend Mahmoud who has the garden plot next to mine took my picture. He also gave me some radishes from his garden. There are so many nice people who are gardening here.



This is my garden mascot. I stuck this in my garden right from the beginning and everyone thinks it's cute and they know which plot is mine....lol

This is dedicated to the man who holds that special place in my heart....Gerry

Sadly, due to the fact that this took so much bandwidth, I had to remove it.

Coming Home! Thursday, June 10th

On our last day in Niagara Falls, we went out for supper at The Love Boat. It was a gorgeous restaurant decorated like an old ship. It was so clean and the food and service were excellent. Gerry had a steak and lobster supper and I had a veal parmiagani. Wow!







On Thursday morning, we were up and ready to leave at 11:00 am. Here's Gerry wheeling our suitcases out to the car.





We took a last picture in the parking lot. What a beautiful vacation we had!



Thanks to our GPS, we were able to have a well guided trip!



Here is my handsome chauffeur! :-)



And we're off, heading for home!

Robert Wadlow - World's tallest man ever

Day 4 Clifton Hill Amusements

Clifton Hill is the street where all the amusements are. The Wax Museums, the Horror Houses, Guiness Book of World Records, Ripley's Believe It Or Not and on and on. There are so many places to see and visit. Gerry and I decided on The Movieland Wax Museum of Stars and The Guiness Book of World Records Museum. Honestly, it would take a few days to visit everything! Below is a view of Clifton Street coming up from the Falls.



The first place we visited was Movieland and it was really cool! We were able to take our pictures with the Obamas, Forrest Gump and the Simpsons! A camera is a must when visiting these museums.










When I got to this area I knew I had to take a picture for Nat. Twilight in it's glory in wax!




Here's Marilyn Munroe. And her dress did actually blow upwards! It was so cute!





Now on we went to the Guiness World Records Museum!



Here I am beside a statue of the world smallest living adult female. She is 24 inches tall and weights 22 pounds!



Outside of the building was a chair which had belonged to Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man. Gerry and I look like little kids beside him. Believe me, this was so much fun!





Here's Gerry who is 6 feet tall beside a statue of Robert Wadlow. Wow, isn't that amazing?



After visiting those two museums, we decided to go down to the Falls to visit one last time before coming home. We went to the park along the Falls. Such a gorgeous park and so well maintained.







The birds in Niagara Falls are so tame. They will eat right out of your hand. They're not at all afraid of Gerry


On the way back up Clifton Hill, Gerry asked me if I wanted to go on the Sky Wheel! Oh my goodness!!! That Wheel is 155 feet up off the ground at the highest point! I am afraid of heights and the only reason why I went was because I would be up there with Gerry and I knew he would keep me safe. It was a beautiful experience and I'm so glad that we were able to share it together. I love you so much Gerry!





On the way back to our hotel, we passed by Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum and there was this wax guy with bulging eyes sitting on a bench on display for people to have their photos taken with him. I thought it would be fun to make his eyes bulge from a kiss.....lol

Day 3 Gerry's Birthday!

Tuesday was Gerry's 55th birthday! Here he is up and ready to start the day! We went to our favorite breakfast place here in Niagara Falls called Scoops. Gerry ordered steak and eggs as his birthday breakfast.



We went shopping after breakfast at the Outlet Mall. We got some great deals! Gerry got some new Tommy Hilfiger workout shorts. I found a new winter leather jacket at Danier Leather and some Reebok running shoes and some cute little outfits from La Vie En Rose. I took such a long time shopping but Gerry was very patient...believe me, he is very patient. When we got back to our room, this is what we saw on our bed. Our housekeeper had made swans with our towels and placed them on our bed. Isn't that so so cute? :-)



Gerry had a little rest while I blogged and then I suggested that we go to the Skylon Tower for his birthday supper. We took an glass elevator to the top of the tower and ate at the Summit Buffet Restaurant which is 775 feet above the Falls. It was spectacular and the food was awesome!




We made reservations for 6:30pm and when we got there, we were happy to see that we had a window table and this is the first thing that we saw....a full view of the Canadian horseshoe falls....wow!



And also the American Falls along with the Bridal Veil Falls next to them. What a beautiful sight!



Our waitress took our picture with the falls behind us. What an experience! Being 775 feet up in the air is awesome!



The restaurant was so nice and the buffet was delicious!





Here`s the gorgeous 55 year old birthday boy!



After our meal, we went up to the Observation Deck above the restaurant.




Here is the Courtyard Marriot, our hotel, from the Observation Deck. We can even see our car. :-)



This is the Sky Wheel which we can see from our hotel balcony, seen from the Observation Deck.