On Saturday, Karin and I attended our niece’s anniversary party. Angela is the daughter of Karin’s brother Rudy and his wife Gisela (Gizzy), and she has accepted the proposal of her beau, Chris Fielding. Rudy and Gizzy held a gathering for family and friends at their Abbotsford house. Lucky for us, it is just down some side streets from us, and so I was able to work on my taxes right until we left.
Wait… I’m not so sure that is lucky after all…
We were actually a bit late as Karin was not feeling well at all, but we had not disturbed the schedule as dinner was a buffet of barbecued meats, hot appetizers from the kitchen, sandwiches, and other treats. Of course, Rudy had his fridge well stocked with U-Brew as usual. Both sides of the family were able to meet each other, as well as Chris and Angela’s friends.
After a while, gifts were opened. Gifts had not been requested, and no one really knew what they needed; so many opted to wait for the wedding to give gifts, where we should have a better idea of what they need/want. So the unwrapping was not a long session, but everyone gathered to watch.
Next was dessert, consisting of cake, cookies, creme puffs, squares and more. Karin and I knew that we’d better stay away from this portion; we’ve been doing pretty good watching our food intake as of late.
After dessert, the younger crowd pulled out vodka and whiskey for shots. I tried one shot of vodka, and it left quite the taste in my mouth. Now I’m no expert on vodka, but I do know that the amount you can taste it is inversely proportional to it’s quality; that is the good stuff has not taste, so I decided one was enough. Besides, I had almost a 3 block drive down back roads that I was going to have to do later.
This certainly didn’t stop our bride-to-be, but then it was her party.
You can view all of our pictures of the evening in their own Flickr set. You can also save copies while there in any size you want. If you visit them and happen to know the names of anyone we did not know, please leave a comment on that photo identifying them.
