Monday, July 16th - and the hot , dry weather continues

It's a cooler 17' at 5:00 am but by midday we should be sitting at 26' with a humidex of 32'. We didn't get any rain on the weekend, as was predicted last week and even into the 14 day forecast, there's virtually none. This is really quite unique for a maritime province, to be this dry.

It's been a very busy few days. Friday night we devoted exclusively to decorating the cake. It would have been a much longer process if Brenda hadn't come over and helped.  We cut out the pieces of fondant to be applied and once they were done we did the shaping and painting. The top layer of cake needed to be covered and the noodles made. My pasta cutter worked perfectly for that job. Carrots and peas had to be painted and little squares with Chinese words needed to be made. Working together made it go much faster and by 10:00 we were finished. All I needed to do was put it all together once we arrived at the wedding.

Brenda using a lightbox to transfer images to fondant with food colour markers

Once that was done, and Brenda was gone home, I killed some time while waiting for the trip to the airport to pick up Patti and the kids. Turns out all three kids came so that was a nice treat for me.  They arrived right on time and we went straight home and off to bed.

Saturday morning everyone took their time getting up as it had been a late night. Brenda popped in for coffee around 9:00 and the kids were pleased to see her, as always.  After some breakfast, Patti, Meghan and Tristen and I headed into town to do some grocery shopping for Tristen's lunches this week at camp. Lloyd and James also went into town to buy a fishing rod for the kids as he only had two. They went in on the motorcycle and James really enjoyed that.

Once we were all back at home, we quickly made some lunch then got ready to go. Meg, Patti and I were getting ready to go to the wedding while the three guys went to Cardigan to go fishing. It was pretty cloudy and grey outside and we were sure it might rain during part of the day, but it never materialized.

We arrived at the location for the wedding the they had done an amazing job. They had virtually transformed a large garage into a lovely site for a wedding. All the walls were covered with white fabric, as was the ceiling. There were twinkly mini lights everywhere. All the tables were covered in white fabric as were the chairs.  We worked quickly to set up the cake as it was almost time for the ceremony.

Everyone gathered outside and down by the river where the ceremony was going to be held. It was a lovely service complete with brides maids and groomsmen.When it was over, everyone went back up to the house and enjoyed some drinks and snacks before dinner.

Patti and Meghan and I spent quite a while walking along the beach. There was all kinds of interesting creatures in the water that totally fascinated Meghan. We saw numerous crabs of various sizes, some hermit crabs, some tiny little things that looked a bit like crayfish, and lots of huge clam shells. She had a great time, all dressed up in  a new dress and good shoes, digging in the sand for clams, that kept squirting liquid into the air from tiny holes in the sand.  

After a delicious meal, we said our good byes as we all had to get up really early in the morning to put people onto the early flight. It was also the last chance to spend any time with the boys. Mike and Willow really liked the cake and there were lots of comments on it so I think it worked. We took a couple of photos of them with the cake before departing. Heat and humidity are not a cakes best friend but i held up not too badly.

When we got home, it was around 7:30 but the boys weren't back yet. So we girls got into our PJ's and watched the video of Meghan's dance recital that she had brought for me to watch.  Around 8:30 the fishermen got back after a somewhat disappointing day but at least James did catch a fish. Once he caught one, he didn't want to leave. He was pretty happy with his catch. 

Unfortunately it had been sitting in the water in the heat too long so it was no longer great for eating as the flesh was all mushy. They didn't expect to be gone quite so long and had no where cold to store it. So we dug out some frozen pizza from the fridge and some other bits and pieces and made a quick supper for them as we all had to get up to catch the 6:00 flight.

More on the weekend tomorrow - I have to go and make a lunch for Tristen to take to camp this morning and get him up and ready to go!