catching up

We're home again from our wonderful holiday to the interior to see the kids and kidlets.

What a wonderful time we had with lots of excitement each day from the choking incident on soy nuts which thankfully turned out okay, to the farmer's market, bbq and movie night and finally on Sunday the forest fire too close to home. We're all well and below you'll find a few photos and tidbits from the past long weekend.

1 We pack up and even though we thought we'd given ourselves plenty of time we just make our ferry. Thankfully there's been an extra sailing added to the schedule. Fridays are always a busy travel day on BC Ferries.

2 We stop at a 'regular' diner on our way. We share a home cooked meatloaf dinner but add an extra helping of mashed potatoes and gravy.

3 Traffic is steady but nothing out of the ordinary except perhaps the decked out hearse that passes us. Really, there were no words worthy of describing that hot mess.

4 Our grandson is still a wee lad who had a medical scare and needed a quick trip to the emergency room! It all started with some soy nuts we'd brought with us. Izzy being a typical 2 yr old ate some then threw them over his way but not that close...or so we thought! What a scare we realized what was happening; he was choking! So grateful he is okay now. Grateful to the nurse who was holding him and was kind even when he puked on her ... face, hair, the works!

5 We still go for our run while we're away and I'm so proud I actually did!

6 Izzy loves princesses and everything about them, so when her mom got her a tiara she was totally overwhelmed and excited. She even shared with Grandpa! 

7  New neutral, minimalist running shoes. Lots of flexibility and super comfortable for running. 

8 We find ourselves on the front grass playing. Izzy likes to chase and kick the balls and Kes is happy enough to have a little ball to pick up and try to put in his mouth! Everything goes in there!

9 After some coffee time with my son Chris we head home but are distracted by the big clouds of smoke in behind the mountain. We check it out and see instantly it's a forest fire not far from where we are. No one was hurt in this 100 hectare fire but some homes were lost.

10 He tells us that Hunger Games is a great movie and so we settle in to watch it. And he's right! It was a very gripping movie and Jennifer Lawrence was amazing.

11 She loves playing with her markers. Lots of drawing and creativity. I think Izzy's favourite is making footprints.

12 Kesler is such a happy guy. He plays with his toys and is trying so hard to crawl, he can feed himself (sorta) and has a smile to melt even the blackest heart.