My great uncle Fred "Bub" Gaudet passed away on Saturday. I have such fond memories of talking to him when we stayed at Parlee Beach every summer growing up. He was a smart funny man and always had jet black hair even into his 80's. He would have been 92 on Monday.
The above picture is Dan beating Bub at crib when he was about 10 years old. Bub would have been over 80 here and he was not happy about losing :)
Thinking about Bub has made me feel nostalgic and I got thinking about some of my favourite moments over the years with the kids. I have lots of great memories, but some of my favourites are when I have one-on-one time with the kids. Being able to focus 100% attention instead of having to multi-task with lots of kids.
Victoria - Some of my favourite moments over the years were our father/daughter birthday picnic lunches. For several years we took the last week of August and rented a cottage with Mark & Cathy. This coincided with Vicki's birthday and we typically had father/daughter picnic lunches. My favourite lunch was when we floated our lunch out to a raft in Baddeck, NS and ate lunch on the raft. The other great story from that raft is when we had a crew of us on the raft and we all went to one side and the raft started to tip. I realized I was going into the water and I threw my beer in air and said somebody catch this. When I emerged from the water, Vicki had caught the beer without spilling a drop.
Daniel - My favourite trip was our camping trip when you were about 12 or 13 and we had such great chats about life and family and expectations. You were wise beyond your years even at an early age. We camped, had a bonfire and then took a spin on a sea-doo on our way back home.
Andrew - I remember our bike trips from Charlottetown to Wellington. We had such great chats and great lunches at Frosty Treat. The scenery along the trail was spectacular. 90km is quite an accomplishment on a bike.
