Dad's 60th - The Feast

Amy made linguini noodles from scratch & put together a lovely garlic-wine shrimp pasta dish

Herbed Sole with bacon, lemon & leeks

Mark struggling to crack open some mussels.


Dono making twice-baked potatoes & cheese biscuits

Lime fizzy drink with Ceaser salad.

Live lobster fresh from Superstore

"Scary" says Luke

Sweet juicy lobster. Mark's first attempt tasted superb!

Peanut butter cheescake

One thing most of us in the Loewen family share is a love of food. Dad remembers locations he has travelled to based on which food made an impact on him. We were supposed to fly to Florida on my dad's b-day, but Grandma had a heart-attack so we stayed home. We decided last minute to whip up a feast for our much derserving father.

If there is one word I would use to describe my dad it would be faithful. He is faithful in the ordinary-small things & faithful in the extraordinary-big things. I have been a very lucky daughter in having him attend every sports & music event along with daily play rituals of the after-supper-wrestling-match to the bedtime routines of playing "KGB" "Rodney & Wilma" (These were the names of tickling worms that visited us from Gretna) "The Hotdog" & many more. All of us kids live to witness my dad during a laugh-attack (namely during movies), nothing is sweeter than seeing tears roll down his face as he gasps for air. And on the flip side, he has such a sensitive heart, especially for kids...in his retirement he finds himself volunteering at Roseau school.

Ode to my father, I love you!