Trip to Victoria

I was invited to a conference for work that was in Victoria. Now normally I would say, "um No-ooo Mister, Ms. Jen does not fly!" (cause I'm crazy that way),,, but I really felt that it was a good work opportunity and one that I would really enjoy as taking on to be part of my workload. Anywho.. I asked *if I did go, could I drive? And the answer was "YES - crazy lady that would rather a 16+hour drive, you may!"

So with the kids and my mom in tow.. off we headed to greener pastures. And boy were they greener.. we left the hoof with -31 and arrived to a balmy, no jackets atmosphere where the kids froliked in the yard and raked grass. *sigh (remind me again why I live in the North?)

The trip was great - besides a small flu bug on day 2, we had a great time. My Auntie Margaret and Uncle David allowed us to invade their home with flu bugs, teddy bears, strange food requests and math problems. We had a lovely bunch of visits with cousins and family that we rarely get too see, and the kids had an immensely enjoyable time siteseeing. They went to Craigderroch Castle, tonnes of parks, the Marina, rowed with Shane to MaryTodd Island, went beachcombing, fed the seals (a lot - there is a seal somewhere right now, calling Jenny Craig because of us!), they played at parks, did crafts, etc, etc. It was a great holiday. The only thing missing was Collin. We sure missed him. We were also lucky enough to stay with Oma & Opa on the way there and the way back. It's great to see them too, hard not to have them in Vanderhoof anymore

Anyway, here's a small slideshow to give you an idea of all the thing we did!