Fridays

I am now back at my old firm in Edmonds and am fortunate to be able to to work 4/10's with Fridays off. So, being that yesterday was my first Friday off, the kiddos and I had a fun day! We met our friends Jana and baby Jack for a walk and coffee, had a dance party, made lunch together, read A LOT of books and ran some errands.

Family trip!

Let the trip begin...
Driving through Mount Vernon...

More Mount Vernon.

Quinn and her 'baby Jane'.

Tired boy on the road.

On the big ferry! They had a great little 'kid zone' to hang out in.

Beautiful ferry ride.

Black Rock Resort, Ucluelet, B.C.

A view looking out one of the hallways.

View looking back at part of the resort.

View from our deck.

Two bugs and a soaking tub... they thought it was so cool.

Jump, jump and jump...

Getting ready to watch the sunset.

Dinner time! Our room had a kitchen, so it was perfect for the long weekend.

Peek a boo! This was the sliding window from the bedroom to the bathroom, which the kids loved.

The shower was awesome, the twins thought so too!

Getting ready to head to the beach!

Family portrait on Long Beach in Ucluelet, B.C. - Pacific Rim National Reserve.

There was small and HUGE driftwood all over the beach.

Quinn all bundled up!

There was an incredible trail right off of our resort and we went for a stroll and came upon this little inlet as the tide was out.

Checking out some sea life.

Ya gotta have a walking stick!
Shane all bundled up, stick in hand and coffee in other hand.

Carter having a bit of a freak out... hard to tell int the picture, but he had so much sand all over him.


Last weekend we hit the road and headed north to Ucluelet, BC. Shane has been fishing up there a few times and swore to me that "one day, we are going to take our family up there when we have kids"... and well, we did. It was amazing, although cold, rainy, snowy and windy still absolutely incredible.

We left on a Friday morning... hit the road, dropped El off at the Bakker's (thank you, H&N!), busted up to the border, then Delta, BC and then Tsawwassen, BC to catch our 2 hour ferry ride to Nanaimo, BC (aka Vancouver Island). We then continued our journey to head through 2 summit passes (Port Alberni Summit and Sutton Summit) to finally arrive in beautiful Ucluelet. We left at 7 am in the morning and walked into our resort room at 4:30... long trip, but super fun and the twins were incredible. Carter couldn't stop saying, "Mommy, Daddy, we on a twip!!?".

We did everything from checking out the local beaches where we saw surfers, yes I said surfers (which hosts the best and most sought after surf in all of Canada... rain or shine), animal tracks (likely cougar or wolves, as they have both had a recent growth in population, so the "alert" signs said everywhere), going on nature walks, searching for eagles (they are everywhere up there... and those of you who know me, know that I LOVE eagles), hanging in our room being silly and enjoying some local fish-n-chip at the local dives.

It was such a great family trip and I can't wait to go back someday... next time we'll try the summer season.