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our trip to nanaimo

I have been pretty bad at upkeeping my blog so here are some new photos of our trip to nanaimo, last week. we went to meet my parents and my sis, to spend the week together since we are spending christmas on the island this year. strange I know...but its all good.

we had a nice time. we all stayed in a house we rented for the week, on a lake and it was nice. and comfortable, better than a hotel. I shopped till I dropped, and it snowed soo hard there that we had to shovel the drive way every hour. noah loved the snow. he played outside till his heart was content.

we took the kids to a place called jumping jimminys, they have all sorts of play things there for the kids, big slides, jungle gym, obstacle courses, noah loves it there. and it was maiyas first time there, and she enjoyed it just as much. all the freedom to go where ever and all by herself.

it was a great trip too bad it was so short.

on the way home we hit more snow and had to drive extra slow. when we got to port hardy to catch the ferry home, we got hit by a storm. winds were so fast at least 90 km/h, the wind was so cold it froze our diaper wipes and we couldnt even walk outside it was sooo cold. we were stuck in the truck for 4 hours and the dam ferry workers wouldnt load us until they knew what they were doing. noah and maiya needed to eat and have a diaper change, but the cold wind was too strong for them to get out of the car. the ferry was scheduled to leave at 9pm, we loaded and 930pm and left the dock at 935am.....what crap!!! we had to spend the night on the ferry with nowhere to sleep, except in the eating lounge where the lights were never turned out. so it took me forever to get the kids to sleep, finally they went to bed at 330 am. ughh.

we made it home sunday night at 430pm. and went to bed!!!!!!

now we are home ... im busy wrapping the kids gifts. and preparing for christmas. maiyas 1st and noahs 3rd, he believes in santa now, and is patiently waiting for him to drop off noahs gifts..lol. its too cute, we are using that as much to our advantage as we can.