The first one we've celebrated since my brother reunited with us last year. (There's no simple way to say this, for people who missed my post about it -- essentially he was adopted at birth and found us last year.) His wife's family has this cottage up in a very chic area of the province, and it's an incredibly nice place so just going up there elevated the experience. She got to hang out in a hammock reading all day, and be served.
The cottage is also... I honestly love my new brother. He's the best. We are so happy he came and found us. But man. The cottage (limited) access is sure a big bonus. Now we just gotta get my sister (also adopted out, but reconnected for literal decades now) down from the east to join us.
NEXT weekend my nephew will be in Toronto for the first time in a minute, but he's only there for a few days, so we've had to negotiate having both of my parents at the family party. It's going to be weird. They haven't been in a room together since my high school graduation.
