Marathon Driving!!!

First thing in the morning I looked out the window.  Talk about a surprise when I saw this:

When the website said this was "close to the airport" they weren't kidding!!  Surprisingly the noise wasn't bad and we slept really well.

We packed up the Pilot

Had a photoBOMB

Stopped by Salt and Straw again for some breakfast muffins and snacks for the road.  And don't forget to have a yummy one of these

And on the road we go!

We crashed at our friends place on Saturday night.  All the way fro Portland to Sandy, UT.

 

First thing Sunday we headed out for downtown Salt Lake City to see the TV broadcast Music and the Spoken Word. 

Then it was off to see this little one!!

Who was just a little too busy drawing pictures ;)  We spent the rest of the day just relaxing

Playing

Getting our hair done

Drawing pictures

 Snuggling



And seeing long lost friends - Arielle and Tabitha

Just a perfect day!

Such a Whirlwind August...

...and September is half-way over already.  Well let's back up to our trip to Utah.

We started out on a Friday just a little after noon and headed to Portland. 

Yikes! What should have been a 5.5 hour trip turned into a 7.5 hours.  Boy were ready to see this sign.

And reach the hotel.  All Tabitha and Rob wanted to do was do some hotel bed bouncing.

We headed out to dinner and then to introduce the kids to the BEST, most AMAZING ice cream EVER!!!

Yes we waited in line for 30 minutes.  It was THAT good.

How can you not be with artwork like this? 

 

Then back tot he hotel where we literally crashed for the night!

Where were you 11 years ago?

I think those of us old enough to remember, we will NEVER forget where we were or what we were doing when we learned of this atrocious attack on America.

We must NEVER forget or let people diminish the memory of those that died or gave their lives to help save others.

http://www.911memorial.org/

Just to tide you over...

...until we return from the wedding.

Can you tell we both were happy?

Here's Proof!

Yup!  The middle of nowhere!  It really exists!  Need more proof?  What about this?

Somewhere in Idaho or Eastern Oregon.  Yup!  A 16 hour drive.  I will post about our trip to Utah after we have a wedding of this girl.

Getting ready with a pedicure

Wonderful Friends!

At the beginning of May I was starting to feel good.  And the Dr. said I could go, so we met Danny and Elise (I've known Danny since high school).  They were on a repositioning cruise that had a port in Nanaimo, BC.  And since we haven't been to that side of "the Island" we thought we should go meet them.

We started our journey by driving to our ferry for a 2 hour ride.

It was a perfect day for being a tourist and a ferry ride.

We both reached port pretty close to the same time but different docks.  So we drove over to meet them at their cruise ship.

Then we had fun walking and seeing the sites.

Their friend Mike came along too.  LOVE meeting new friends.

Yes, David was along for the ride.  It is always fun to introduce your kids to people you've known since you were their age.  Gives them perspective or just makes you sound old! 

Packing the cannon to shoot it off.

Ran into the RCMP at the Farmer's Market.

The area they have to recognize the amazing jazz singer, Diana Krall.

After being tourists and just enjoying being together, all too soon it was time to say goodbye and get them back to their cruise ship.

And us back to the ferry to enjoy our sweeties.

And waving goodbyes as we both departed at the same time.

To enjoy our time together on the way home.

It was such a fabulous day!



UGH! Really?

Heading into the dealership tomorrow.  I hope they can reuse the key and just give us a new fob and reprogram it (and the other fob and spare key have to be programmed - they tell us).  Programming costs $45 EAH but a whole new key will be almost $200.  Not looking forward to this appointment.

A Long Extended Break

WOW!!  I can't believe it has been 3 months since I blogged  Sorry for the unexcused absence.

I won't try to catch up on the past 3 months in one post.  But let's just say that summer has finally arrived and we are enjoying every single warm moment!

And we are getting ready for a whirlwind (but fun) 3 weeks!  We need a summer to recouperate from our summer.

Also just a quick update on my bladder procedure.  It was a complete success!  I didn't really realize the severity until the problem was fixed.  Would I do it again?  Ummmm, it would have to be pretty bad to do that again.  The recovery time was crazy long!  Mood swings I did NOT expet.  It is very humbling to have people doing things for you that you are used to doing for yourself.  (But it's good for others).  The pain was nothing that I had experienced before - especially the first 3 days.  Yes, I would have to think long and hard about it if ever needed it again.  But right now the verdict - it was worth it!!!  Now to play a game of volleyball to truly put it to the test ;)

Our Body Talks to Us?

Do we listen?  I certainly try to!  My body told me yesterday that putting away light weight groceries (cereal) in the pantry was NOT a good idea.  But these guys are great helpers!