Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Quick Weekend Getaway!




This past weekend Sam and I finally got out of Vancouver for a fun trip to a Bed & Breakfast in Chilliwack, BC. It was about 2 hours east of Vancouver and such a beautiful place!! I was a bit unsure about not being close to town but I'm so glad Sam found this place. It was in the mountains and right on the water and the owners were just Amazing! They had a dog that Marley hung out with...Marls also got to roam free everywhere, we really trust him to not be leashed now which is great. Everyone else staying there was really fun too, we stayed up pretty late the first night with the owners drinking and everyone played the piano and guitar! The next day we went on a boat ride (Marley's first!) from the Fraser River to Harrison Hot Springs. Stopped to have a bbq on a private little island and of course many beers were had! That night we hung out with some of the other guests and owners again and drank a good amount of wine ;) Sunday everyone was pretty busy and out of the house so they let us just hang around by ourselves all afternoon before heading back to Vancouver so we got to have some quiet time and enjoy the view. Such an unexpectedly fun weekend. We'll definitely be back there...after we hit some of the other places on our list first though. Next might be Seattle or Vancouver Island...or possibly a quick camping trip somewhere up near Whistler. It's great living in a town with so much only an hour or 2 away. Hope everyone is well, life is pretty good for us right now! Oh, here is a quick video of us on the boat, Marley was finally getting his "sea legs" here:

Monday, July 13, 2009

My Family's Visit to Vancouver!








Over the July Fourth weekend my parents, sister, brother-in-law and baby nephew came to visit me and Sam in Vancouver! It was Harrison's first flight and he came all the way to Canada, with his cute passport. We had such a good time, I miss them soo much! We went whale watching, had a couple bbqs on the beach, went to the top of Grouse Mountain and saw bears and eagles, Sam with salmon fishing with my Dad and Austin, us girls went shopping, my nephew saw Beluga whales at the aquarium, we visited the botanical gardens and most importantly we just hung out and had a great time! Being around my nephew so much was great, I loved waking up in the morning and seeing his happy little face and having my family around! Hopefully they come back to visit us soon!!