Vancouver/San Jaun Islands Day 2 April 17th, 2014

We loved our hotel this night, woke up happy, had a delicious breakfast, and headed to the boarder. Our first stop in Canada was the Vancouver Temple. I had mapped it all out, but unfortunately we ran into a slight problem...my map stopped short of the temple and led us to a church meeting house instead, but after lots of prayer (I knew Seth would never let me live this down if we didn't get there) we were told the temple was just a minute drive down the road, we stopped too early. We found it! Then we headed to Stanley Park, downtown Vancouver and then to the ferry terminal. We took the ferry to Victoria, Vancouver Island. We went to the Butchart Gardens, drove around the island, checked into our very misleading hotel, went to Costco and bought Kinder Eggs, had dinner and went to bed.  

 

this was how the pool looked online

 

this is how it looked in person

yummy poutine fries

Vancouver/San Jaun Islands Day 1 April 16th, 2014

Seth is so great, he always takes us in little mini-vacations and this year he took us to Vancouver, BC/San Juan Islands. It was so much fun. I love these little getaways with my sweet little family!

Seth started a new job and had orientation the day we were leaving, so I dropped him off and packed the car while he was at work. I was also in charge of mapping out our trip...something that would be very important since we did not have cell phone access in Canada...and made for a very funny story:) Once Kimmie got home from school we picked Seth up and hit the road. The first day we drove up to the Washington/Canada boarder.

 



April 2014

April was filled with a trip tot he San Juan Islands (a separate post coming soon about that), Seth starting a new job, Kate starting solid foods and Chrissy passing a kidney stone...and many things in between!

first time trying baby oatmeal

bought a new vacuum and this is what came off my "clean" carpet

field trip to the fire station

Kimmie doesn't like long sleeves/pants, so I made her favorite pajama's into capris/short sleeves. This is the before

after

sister snuggles

singing while watching General Conference

naps

ducks on our walk

Kimmie reading to Kate

My kidney stone from January still hadn't passed, so I was drinking lots of this

laundry room before

laundry room after I laid tile

taking a "selfie"

cousin bath time was not a success

loving on baby Kate

silly kids

makin smores

David & Kate

Joshua packed his backpack for our trip, it's almost bigger than him!

the Easter baskets I made for the kids

Happy Easter

 

Missing his Uncle Scott, so he "called" him on his toy phone and was sitting there talking to him.

big girl seat

Look, sometimes I do shower and put make-up on

first time in the jumper

loving it

Somebody wants to go to Disney World

Loving her new scarf Aunt Cyndy brought back from Paris

outside fun

Joshua fell asleep under the coffee table

sweet baby Kate

Loving my scarf from Cyndy

our 5th baby, I finally passed my HUGE kidney stone.

Field trip

Last Friday David had a field trip to the park for bike safety. The park was beautiful & had a huge path for the kids to bike. His teacher set up stations along the way for washing their car & getting gas. She had little spray bottles & towels & the kids loved washing their bikes. After about 2 laps they were all done & spent the rest of the time playing on the playground. Joshua loved playing with all the big kids. David watched over him & really included him. When we first got there he ran off to be with his school friends, but then turned back, ran up to Joshua, grabbed him by the hand and took him with him to play with his friends. It was so sweet. It makes me so proud that my kids have a great relationship & are always looking out for each other. I just hope that lasts :-)

Kate 6 month check-up

 

Weight: 17 lbs 6.5 oz (70th percentile)

Height: 26 7/8 inches (90th percentile)

Head Circumference: 17 5/8 inches (98th percentile)

 

I can't believe our baby girl is already 6 months old. She is talking so much more, even making her "M" sounds saying "Mama" when she babbles. She loves to move all over the floor. She isn't crawling yet, but I know that's not far away. Her to front bottom teeth are ready to come through any day. She is growing and changing so fast.

She is loved by everyone around her. Kimmie is such a helpful big sister. She holds her all the time. David gets her anything she needs and Joshua can't stand to be away from her for longer than a few seconds. Lots of love in our house!!!

I took her our of the infant carrier car seat and moved her into the permanent rear facing seat. She loves it:)

first time in the jumper...having a blast!

 



Lord Stanley

Saturday morning Seth found out the Stanley Cup was in town. I have always wanted to see it, so we packed up the kids and headed downtown. I have to admit, it took some convincing to get me to go. I knew the line would be long & the thought of waiting with 4 kids stressed me out. But Seth, being the amazing man he is, asked me "would you go if we didn't have to take the kids?" I said I would without a doubt. Then he said, "we can't let having 4 kids stop us from doing the things we want to do" That really hit me hard, there was no reason we shouldn't go. My kids are very well behaved...most of the time :-) Plus what a great chance for the kids to see it too. When we arrived at the museum, the line was long, 30-40 minute wait. We were buying our tickets when a security guard approached me & said, "as soon as he finishes buying your tickets, come with me & I'll take you straight in the back way so you don't have to wait in line" What a blessing! So we went with him to the elevator straight up to the room where the cup was. It was so fun to see it in person. I didn't touch it, but loved seeing it up close. I am so glad I listened to Seth, he's the best. One more thing I can cross off my bucket list :-)