The package arrived just before 1 on Saturday afternoon. Inside were two pretty elaborate Viking costumes. John immediately announced that he wasn't going (Halloween has never really been our thing) but I urged him to try it on and I really think he enjoys being a Viking! After all my speculation about the costumes being politically correct, mine came with fake bra armor - glad they weren't my co-workers! I posted some pictures rather than describing the whole get up.

John's parents arrived mid afternoon and we were all ready to go when Security called up to say that our driver had arrived. Thankfully no one got in the elevator with us! The limo dropped us off at Liberty Grand and we were both a bit relieved to see John's co-workers looking similarly ridiculous. There were about 40 people and nobody had the same outfit. I quickly noted that I wasn't the only one with the chest armor!

The evening was a lot of fun. They served appetizers and drinks in the lobby and there was tight security on the door to the main room. When the doors finally opened, you could tell that a lot of hard work had been put into making it special. The room was enormous. There was dry ice all over the floor and candles everywhere. At the end of the room there were two long tables complete with ice sculptures and candles. The tables reminded me of Harry Potter.

Dinner was buffet style and I don't think I have ever seen so many types of meat/fish/poultry in one room - John was in heaven. There was beef, ham, lamb, duck, chicken, salmon, oysters and a seafood risotto. The food was delicious and thanks once again to my breastfeeding excuse I thoroughly enjoyed it!

After dinner they opened up the dance floor. The bar was pretty much on the dance floor so everyone was up either dancing or drinking. The limos were on call all evening so nobody had to drive home.

After John and I got engaged, we suffered through one (and only one) wedding show. Coby and Carrie came with us and the whole day was a disaster - until the boys saw the chocolate fountain. I don't think in John's wildest dreams had it occurred to him that such a thing existed. We all stood in line for our chance to dip some under ripe piece of melon in the chocolate. He still remembers that the thing cost $500! So back to Saturday, you can imagine the joy on his face when out came the chocolate fountain! I can't say that I wasn't pretty excited to see it as well - especially knowing that odds are it had been done right. And it was. It was delicious.

All in all it was a good night. Everyone was asking me about the babies and you can tell that John is a proud dad at work. The girls behaved for Nana and Papa. We showed John's mom how to use our camera and by the time we got home the battery was dead! She got some good pics though.

Yesterday we took John's parents to the house site and I think we can safely say that we don't have a green box. Afterwards, we went to the design centre to show them what we had picked. We're done - no more going back until our appointment on Dec 22. I made my Auntie Margaret's famous ribs for dinner then John's parents left for Oshawa. It was a very busy weekend and we were both quite happy to get to bed.

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Blue eyed Emma

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