James!

For those of you who do not know James (well, if that's even possible), he's like an older brother who adopted our family when we all lived in NDG. James and his family used to live right down the street from my parents, a few minutes away. He used to drop by all the time to say hi and have a coffee, or play with Matisse.

A few years before I moved to Vancouver, James moved to Ontario to finish his studies at the military college in Kingston. He's been living in Ontario since, now in Hamilton with his wife Sarah. We don't get to see each other very often.

However, a month or so ago, I received a phone call from James who was in Victoria, training at the navy facility over there. Since then, we promised that we would try to see each other. He knew that mom and Annie were in town this week and took advantage of a training exercise in the waters around Vancouver to hang around with us. It felt like a real family reunion.

Today, James brought two of his military buddies to Granville Island for an afternoon of visiting, eating, and beer tasting. We took the beer tour at the Granville Island Brewery. This was not the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, but we had fun!


Annie and James tasting beer