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| My cousins kids Grace and Ben with my 2 🙂 |
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| Hey, whatcha got there? |
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| Fruit Loops? Can I have some? |
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| Back off little girl, these are MY Loops! LOL HILARIOUS!!!! |
We had a great time! The only bad thing was I left my shampoo, conditioner and face wash in the shower :(… not that big of a deal, right? WRONG LOL *story to come*
The next day we gave big hugs and great big thank you’s for the hospitality of my Aunt and Uncle and we were off to the big city…
TO PICK UP NINJA FROM THE AIRPORT!!!!!!!
Honestly, I almost cried in relief when I finally saw him.
I felt like a weight had been lifted. I felt like things would be somewhat sane agian, I felt like I had to pee… but this time I didn’t have to park and drag in 2 kids. Nope I could just go pee!!!! It’s the small things 🙂
We drove into Edmonton and picked up our Niece Cass 🙂 We gave our SIL a free day! We hadn’t been to Edmonton since Aaron’s Celebration of Life and wanted to give her a day to herself 🙂
We took the train to the Street Performer Festival downtown! It was the girl’s first train ride! Of course I used a train all by myself in Seoul so I thought it would be a breeze. 1 train? No problem. OMG. First we missed the train because we didn’t realize we were at the end of the line and that both tracks went the same way!!! LOL Duh! Everybody must have thought we were crazy when we didn’t board LOL Of course I asked a lady how we should validate our tickets and she showed me.
Yeah so we bought a round trip pass. The 1st ticket had the validation already on it so we of course stamped the other one LOL meaning that when security came on to check our tickets on the way back… ours were invalid and expired! Seriously? I blamed the fact that we are from a small city. *Groan*
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| The cranes working on the new arena!!!!!! |
When we got downtown the first tent taught circus tricks 🙂
Then we headed to the food trucks! I was kind of disappointed 🙁 There weren’t food trucks as much as hotdog vendors and fried foods carts. I couldn’t find 1 type of sandwich, pita, wrap, or salad. It was a hot day and I really wanted an iced cap but had to settle for disgustingly sweet Dr Pepper 🙁
From there we saw a Pirate Show and played in the kids area!
I had never been downtown and I thought it was awesome! City Hall has a free pool! Seriously? It was a great day 🙂
We watched a funny PogoStick performance,
and a hiphop/native culture infused dance!
We went back to my BIL and SIL’s around dinner. She made an amazing Standing Rib Roast, Kale Salad, Potatoes and Roasted Asparagus. MMMMMMmmmmmmmm!
We had a fabulous visit with them 🙂 It has only been 4 months since Aaron passed but they seem to be doing some “healthy” healing. It was so nice to talk to them and have them actually laugh… it was the easiest I have ever seen them. Or at least in the past 5 years. They bought motorcycles. My BIL said “We have been locked in hospital rooms for the past 5 years and now we just want to be free!”
I can only hope that they find the freedom they are looking for 🙂
HBear and Cass had a sleepover 🙂 They didn’t actually sleep until after midnight but they stayed in the room and were quiet. They get along so well. HBear is a HUGE fan of her big cousin. She pretty much idolizes her lol. When we first arrived she ran right past Auntie T and right to Cass LOL.
For 12, she is an amazingly creative girl. She draws very well and expresses so much through her doodles. She mentioned art school to me a few times… perhaps in the future she will expand her knowledge and her talent will blossom even further 🙂
The next morning we were up early for the long drive home. Someone was VERY sad to leave 🙁
We saw lots of wildlife through Jasper. We saw a moose swimming in a crystal clear mountain lake. Or I should say, we saw the antlers of a moose swimming in a lake LOL Man are they HUGE! The ridiculous part was people were getting out of their cars and standing 1 foot away from him!!! Seriously? Do you think he is too big to move fast? Do you think he couldn’t get out of the lake fast enough to get you? Silly people! We also saw many deer and a black bear!
We stopped a few times but the drive is already around 13 hours so we just tried to keep on going 🙂
On the border between Alberta and BC HBear stood in 2 places at once 🙂
Alas… our journey has come to an end. I took a selfie to show you, I made it! I came out the other side… in 1 piece! It was a tough one but I got over the fear, spanked my anxieties and somewhat handled the children LOL Well, I didn’t do any physical harm to either of them 🙂 so THAT should count for something… right? LOL 🙂
But don’t think my story ends there… oh no! Over the next few days I will share the FUN of coming home from a… difficult vacation to this…
