08/23/2026
This weekend, my brother-in-law, Ron, turns 70! So all his family and some close friends have been celebrating in the beautiful Eastern Townships, at a fabulous chalet his sister leased for a week. Maman and I drove over yesterday for lunch, where the pièce de résistance was unveiled - a buttery vanilla cake with a rich vanilla buttercream icing, decorated by a longtime friend and master cake decorator, Susan Potter, and what a masterpiece 🎂👌🎉 Decorated with many things he's done, including founding his own engineering company [and so his company car, the exact model with working lights, complete with his company logo on the side, was there!].
Yes, Ron has hunted bears and moose 🐻🫎, done deep-sea salmon fishing 🛥, worked in a mine when he was very young, panned for gold 🪙🪙🪙 in rivers (and yes, he did get lucky), and he still runs his perma-frost specialized engineering company based in Alaska!
And for the kids [big and small 😋☺️] that were present, all of the rocks and boulders seen on the cake were pure dark chocolate wrapped in a candy coating, so were edible and joyously devoured!
Slide images left to see a few more photos!
Once again, a very Happy Birthday, Ron 🎉 ❤️