Life with Mona & Brent: Celebrating Canada's 150th Birthday!

Our weekend began with the arrival of two very special friends.

Tomie and Minako from Izu-shi 🎉

Our first evening together was spent with Chris and Carolyne. We really enjoyed getting to know them!

...one of these days I will learn to check my camera before taking pictures! Supposed to have auto focus but my fingers keep playing with the dials 😜 that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Submitted by Minako

Minako did share the cheesecake. It was a struggle on her part. She must have felt the evil looks from Yuna 😜

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Next day was spent shopping and lunch at the Hume.

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This was the dinner plan....Nikujaga and Okonomiyaki

....and then more cooking for the next day!

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Canada Day at Lakeside Park

Maria is from Italy and got a chance to try on a Yukata

So beautiful...

Peek a boo...

....I see you...

Bear...

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The ladies rode the trolley to the Prestige where I picked them up

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After a spaghetti feast cooked by Brent we headed back to the park to watch the fireworks

I'm setting up my camera and snuck in a couple of shots...

Sunday was a low key day and Minako wanted to try mowing the lawn. It was hard she said!

Learning the proper etiquette of Matcha tea

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We dropped Yuna off at the airport as she is attending summer school in Vancouver for six weeks.

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Came home to find more company waiting for us! Brent's good friend from high school and her husband. My niece and her husband were also waiting but didn't stay for very long 😒but I will take every minute I get!