End of June (better late than never) Holiday

See, I was there. Where my computer is...I am. Not a one photo taken of me on this holiday.

Here are 5/6 kids Catie was with Nonna. Forever washing off sand from the bottom of their feet.

Catie loved the sand!

Cameron swam out to the dock and back on his own! He sure is growing up! 

Caroline kept a perma-smile on the whole weekend. Can you see the beautiful desert landscape of Osoyoos, BC. It is AMAZING there!

Cameron

Claire

Carly

Catie

Caroline

Coco

At the end of June all 9 of us (yes Mom-in-Law included) headed to Osoyoos for the weekend. It was to honour/remember the one year of dear Dad's passing (June 27th, 2008) so we had a great weekend. I finally got around to working on the files. Today! Doing this has made me decide I need a wee little point and shoot camera for family events. I don't feel like taking photos with my camera on holidays. I just want snap shots that I do not have to edit. No perfection. Just our family photos. 

Anyways, here are a few. I took maybe 40 photos total. That has got to change. So, for our week there August I will change my ways :D

Today, was my birthday and I woke up in Victoria!

At a really lovely beach on the coast, driving back to the ferry terminal. The sun came out for a bit which was lovely and warm!

The largest piece of seaweed we have ever seen! Crazy long!

Another self photo. We never get photos together! But look at the beautiful back ground! Lovely.

On the ferry ride home. I was caught mid bite of a shared egg sandwich from the cafeteria. Look at how sunny it was! It was gorgeous today! Perfect day for a birthday!

Almost home, but what a lovely two days together. It definitely did not feel like groundhog day for the two past days. It was nice to spend time with Cliff and just 'Husband and Wife'. And not as 'Mom and Dad.' It was much needed this get away. We will always remember this weekend as a great time to re-connect. That is a good thing! I can tell you though. I cannot lie. I really missed the kids. We both did. And we were really glad to come home. We look forward to a thanksgiving dinner tomorrow, and to be woken by the kids! We cannot wait to find out how their weekend was!

A little get away to Bitoria!

A self photo taken on the ferry boat on Friday night!

Well, we just got back from a 2 night get away (sans kids) well, except for the baby in my belly. To go for a 'baby moon' slash my birthday get away. Last chance get away before baby arrives. Whatever you want to call it. We called it, a great 2 night vacation. Thank you to my in-laws and parents who took care of the kids whilst we slept in, ate out at restaurants with out kids. And walked hand in hand through the streets of Victoria (named Bitoria by Carly!)

Here is me on the Spirit of Vancouver, on Friday night. This is the first time I have been on a ferry boat to Victoria since 1992. It was just as fun as I remembered! But way more fun to go with my husband, than with a friend!

Here are the Parliament buildings!

I have been wanting to see this exhibit for MONTHS, and really I have been fascinated by the Titanic for YEARS. So, going to Victoria to see countless (well about 280 artifacts) was priceless! It was worth the wait, and I was so moved by the whole exhibit. We even caught an IMAX film on the Titanic too.