Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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Some of my fondest memories of Uncle Michael are from the Christmases ( grammar check Bubby) we spent together when we lived in London ON. This photo is from Christmas 2007. The "girls" as we lovingly called Catherine and Victoria had moved to London so it made sense that Michael would come to our house from Toronto and spend the holiday with us.
The best , and now funny, memory was Christmas 2004 the year Sam was born. Sam was due Christmas day and luckily arrived a week early. Michael and Les were on Turkey duty ...... not sure if I need to go any further. Picture this, a 2 year old, an uncle and his two girls, a husband and his parents, a dog and me and our week old baby. It is Christmas Day and might be around mid morning, maybe even lunch time. Michael says " Do you want me to pull the turkey out of the freezer?" to which we said "Oh , is it in the freezer?" .... are we getting the gist of the story yet??
Long story short after much back and forth it came to light that there had been a grave misunderstanding about whose job it was to buy the turkey. With no turkey in hand and Michael frantically phoning all over London to try and get one (I did not know this until later) we decided to pull out some chicken from the freezer and proceeded to BBQ it for dinner.
We had a great dinner, a lot of laughs and memories that will last for the rest of my life time.
Love you Michael .... say hi to Nanny and Grampy for me.
xoxo
Angie
