A Days Work

Today we worked on planting trees on our new acreage just behind us. We dug over twenty holes and then went around the open field digging up the tiny spruce trees and transplanting them. Pretty well all of the kids helped out at one point or another. The big boys were a huge help lifting the trees in and out of the side by side. 

Oliver and Fin filled a lot of buckets with nice topsoil to help mud the trees in. They also enjoyed playing with Cooper on the dirt hill! It was fun to work all together at something.

At days end, we took Lily out for a ride on her new big girl bike! She caught on super fast and can totally balance all on her own. Peddling is new to her though and she's not sure she likes it. She won't ride yet unless Mike and I are at either side to "release" and "catch". Hopefully she gets the hang of it all on her own soon!

 

On the Road Again

This morning we were up bright and early to say goodbye to the park and all of the fun things we've discovered! We decided to do the drive home in one day instead of two, and knew it would be tricky (Cooper hates the car). We got all loaded up mid morning and headed out.

Cooper liked to shriek to get out of his carseat, so Daddy used his noise cancelling head phones so that he could concentrate on driving through the mountain construction. It was a long haul! Sawyer and Lily slept on and off and played really well. I may or may not have gotten sick on one of the winding roads around a lake and ended up needing a barf bag.

Tonight we were welcomed home by each of the children as they ran out to greet us after a great week away with the littles! Even the sky went above and beyond to make the night special. The view from my front porch (both looking in and looking out) will never get old!

Lake Life

Today was another day of exploring! We went for a drive in the morning and then spent the afternoon hanging out at the beach again. There aren't many people here yet as the season is just beginning, and the pool hasn't even opened, so our dreams of afternoons swimming in the pool haven't become a reality. It's ok though, because Sawyer, Lily, and Cooper are quite happy to play at the lake and build sandcastles with Daddy. Whenever he has work calls, we just head to the park for a bit and swing. It's been fun to vacation with just the little ones and soak all of their goodness in!!

 

Lake Day

Today started out much like every day at home....

 

With Cooper climbing across the table!

We took advantage of the sunshine and headed to the beach for a few hours!

When we got home, we made up some macaroni. Cooper couldn't wait for nap time and literally fell asleep while shoveling food sleepily in his mouth (I got the funniest video). 

Daddy grilled us up some yummy steak for dinner!

And we spent the evening taking in the sunset and quiet.

 

Osoyoos

This morning the little ones were up with the sun of course. This Base Camp resort had such beautiful views to wake up to (that we didn't see last night after dark). We watched some bluey, had a few granola bars and then got ready to head out. 

We stopped at the Denny's near by for breakfast. Sawyer and Lily got birthday cake pancakes and Cooper shared whatever we all had. Keeping him entertained was a job all in itself. Near the end, when Mike had finished his food, he ended up taking him out for a walk while I finished my crepe and grabbed the bill.

The drive through BC was beautiful and I loved all of the orchards and vineyards. 

When we got to town, we stopped at a park to let everyone burn off some energy and then hit up a grocery store for food to get us through the rest of the week. 

Then we pulled up directions to our next air bnb and headed there! It was in this nice little community on the lake with beautiful views and beautiful homes.

We unloaded the car, checked out the house, and went exploring around the neighborhood.

In the late afternoon, Daddy caught up on some work with his sidekick before we checked out the lake.

We finished off the evening with Dinner and the playoffs on the ipad!

Go Oilers go!