March 2008

Ah March! In March we went out to Kingston to visit Sean and Libby and the kids. We had a great trip. The kids were a little frustrated because we were supposed to fly and at the last minute we had to drive. The good thing was that Aymie could share some of the driving. We made it there in record time and only one speeding ticket when we hit the Ontario border! We left Thursday night and were there Sunday evening! We stopped in Beaverton to go to church with Bea and Bill Warren and had lunch and a little visit. Then we piled back in the truck and Aymie drove the 401 to Kingston! She did great. It was so nice to be there we really didn't do a whole lot because we only had a few days, but we did manage to drive up to Ottawa for a couple of days. It was supposed to just be for the afternoon but we got there just a bit too late for the Parliment tours and decided to stay over so we could take the tour. We got rooms at the Marriot which was sooo fun for the kids there was a play room with a climber and a pool. Aymie and Meshach were great about taking Liam along. We also got to go to Chucky Cheese which was fun cuz we don't have one in Calgary. Aymie went to young womans and doubled their numbers! We ended up leaving on Friday and decided it would be faster to go through the states. However...when we were driving through Chicago I got distracted by all the tall shiny buildings and we eneded up at the Sears tower for a tour! I just thought...when is the next time we are all going to be here? So that blew a day! Then we stopped somewhere for petro and the kids saw a CiCi's Pizza and that was it we had to stop for dinner there! It was good fun though. Quite the experience for the kids. Then we stopped over night in Wisconsin and the next day had breakfast with an old Friend of mine, Sandy Plank...she is one of the nicest people I know and she was so excited to see the kids! The rest of the trip was pretty quick. Zach got a little frustrated being in the carseat but he did pretty good I thought considering. And in this little small town called Minot in North Dakota there is the best hotel with the coolest water park! Sean told us about it so we just had to stop there. We got in a little late to swim but the next day the kids went and had a blast! We finally got back to Calgary on Monday night, tired and needing a vacation from the vacation!