Tofino

us at cathedral forest
hot choc in the am to warm up
mackenzie beach
being chased by a wave
willow at sunset
sunset
my fave sign right after lost shoe #1 creek

This is last weeks news but better late than never. I finally got my photos on the computer so here you are.
We had THE BEST time camping. We left on Saturday morning and had a wonderful drive. It's a 5 hour drive and we stopped in Coombs for breakfast and had a yummy cinnamon bun, then we stopped at Cathedral Forest and went for a walk amongst the massive trees. We were about an hour from our destination when Ter spotted a Smoky the Bear sign and right behind it ( i'm not kidding) was a huge black bear. It was the first bear any of us had seen since our move here. We didn't get a photo but it was so cool. We stayed at a campgound on Mackenzie Beach. It was so beautiful. When we got there we went for a walk on the beach and explored some islands. Then we set up our camp, made our fire from scratch and roasted some weinies for dinner. Following that we made smores. And not just any smores. Substituting just plain ole chocolate with a peanut butter cup kicks it up to gourmet. It was amazing. Sunday we drove around and checked out the town and some other beaches. Ter and the kids were brave and faced the ocean. BRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! We played on the beach and had a fun time. The nights were cold but I brought along my heater so I was pretty toasty, my heater's name is Sundee. We had on many layers .
Here are some of our favourite things on our trip:
Ter- watching the kids run around, exploring the islands Scott Loewen style
Tam- the campfire, smores and being so near the ocean
Willow- swimming in the ocean
Sundee- the camping - she wanted to stay another week.

Wow

It's been ages since i've written here. Seeing as I was laying on the couch all month you'd think I would have done a lot more.
It is hard to believe that summer is over and school has started.
Today was the second day. So far so good.
According to Willow yesterday was the best day of her life. She is meeting new people every day and continues to introduce me to new girls that are now her friends. It's very exciting.
Sundee has a soso day yesterday but today they got to do crafts so all is well.
They should be in their classrooms by Friday and then things will get back to a schedule.
It's so weird to come home to an empty house. Today was my first full day at home alone (maybe I should make a movie) and it was amazing how much I got done. I missed them though.
I am having trouble downloading photos at the moment so I'll post some as soon as I can.