September seven was the fifth annual Grandparents day at Menno Place, when children and grand-children honoured their forebears by visiting, having fun, and sharing food. The courtyard featured bouncy castles, bubble stations, a dunk tank, a high striker among many other things to keep the kids busy, a photo boot was for lack of room located in the chapel.

Then there were kids, there were kids everywhere having the time of their life! Fun followed them wherever they landed, their fun only interrupted when a single (I asked her), lady towered by on stilts, or they stopped a moment by a centenarian entertaining them with his personalized comical sketches, and then there was this lady with a children's baby carriage that instead of a baby held a beautiful rabbit. Petting was encouraged. O, there were pony rides as well.

Whenever there is a Menno party there is food, good food and plenty of it - ice cream bars offered by young women, for free, and so were the delicious Menno hot dogs of which we had our fill as well. I was accompanied by my daughter Debbi and her husband Allan from Tuscan Arizona, their daughter Megan and husband Justin, and their five year old Georgia.

The courtyard was for a few hours filled with happy people, the happy hours enjoying my family and the friendly crowd around us quickly spend, but for a short while the woes of the world was forgotten. How refreshing.