This past weekend was stuffed full of family, driving, ferries, food, laughter, and quality time with my hubby! I tried to take pictures to share with you but I usually forget about taking pictures in the moment (or let other people take them!)! But Here we go!
My hubby had Thursday and Friday off work and I only had to work on Thursday until mid afternoon so after rapid packing, we headed out for a mini roadtrip/overnighter to a place we had never gone before! I managed to fix an awesome BBQ/tinfoil dinner and breakfast with all the things we had in the house already (woot for NOT grocery shopping).
Yummmmm!
We are slowly building our camping supplies this summer! I think our next big purchase will be a tent...sleeping in the back of our Tahoe was uncomfortable and way too warm!!
Yay for campfires at free camping spots on the side of a gravel roads! This particular spot we found had a fire pit, a picnic table and two outhouses across the road! There were some other sites farther down the road but we couldn't hear or see them so it was just us and the loons!
There were many mosquitoes that night...I had to cover up!
The little train town of Ashcroft where we found our campsite! At this point we were at the gas station filling up before our trip home! This gas station (the only one we could find in town) also offered to take family, passport, and baby pictures; sold helium balloons and homemade sushi; and also did piercings and sold the necessary jewelry to occupancy the new holes! BTW, I read all of this and more on signs outside the store...I can only imagine what it was like inside!!
After a long drive home from Ashcroft, we relaxed at home until it was time to go out for dinner and a movie! This was my husband's idea! So we went to our favorite restaurant, Montana's, right beside the movie theater and we were able to buy our tickets for $4 off each in the restaurant! Woot Woot for not paying full price for anything! We went and saw Madagascar 3, it was funny, crazy and random, but definitely funny!
The next morning (at 4:30am to be exact) we woke up for another adventure! My
sisters, one of their husbands, and both their babies picked us up outside our condo at 6 am and we headed to Vancouver Island for my dad's 50th surprise birthday party! I don't think all three of us sisters have been over to the island together since we lived there 11 years ago but we definitely hadn't seen my dad's side of the family together since then! It was a great reunion. The above image is of the stormy skies in the strait as we traveled on the ferry.
While on the ferry, Joshua and I walked around and spent a lot of nice time together. we went outside into the stormy weather and found a sundeck (protecting us from the wind and rain!) and there was a man with a fantastically calming voice singing and playing his guitar! It was such a special time! I almost got up and danced!!
We returned home late Saturday night and passed out right away! The next morning we woke up and went to the Chilliwack CityWide church service at the big arena! It was great! I love worshiping in a huge crowed, all the voices singing and cheering for Jesus together gets me really pumped!
We then went to a car show in downtown Chilliwack which was huge! We finished off Sunday at my mom's campsite (where she is currently living before moving into her new house!). We swam in the pool and hot tubs and then had a great hot dog roast. It was so nice to have almost the whole family together outdoors!
And now to the last picture! This is a view from part of a hike up Sumas mountain my sisters and I went on! (this was actually our first dead end/wrong turn but it was pretty!) Yes, my sisters strapped their babies into their hiking backpack things (weighing 30 lbs with baby and water bottle attached !!!) They are warriors!!! I was exhausted but so thankful they pushed me to go hiking with them! It was a great adventure!! And a great way to start off the week!!
That is all for today!! I have figured out how to take my pictures from my phone and put them in my computer so expect many more picture posts!!
TTYL <3 <3 <3
Ps. Shania Twain just came on the radio, like 90's Shania! "Whose bed have your boots been under...!" Only my own bed Shania ; D