we had fun, but man, am I happy to be home again! lol
We left here Friday morning at 4am, and we got to Russell {Manitoba} about 3:30pm. Yes, it took us approx. 11 hours driving!!! Thank goodness, my children love travelling and are super in the vehicle. Quinten only got really cranky about the last 30 minutes or so, which is pretty darn good!
Friday, we just kinda hung around the hotel, went swimming, had dinner, and Des went to visit a friend while the boys and I just kinda relaxed. Saturday, we went down to St. Lazare to visit Des' aunts, uncles and cousins. It was fun! Then, we headed up to the Lake of the Prairies {Asessippi Park area} to visit more of his cousins, at their cabin. The boys had so much fun, there was a little guy Quin's age there, as well as a whole slew of older kids. That's where we are aiming to go next summer with all the kids ... swimming, boating, camping ... all fun!! While we were there, we got to meet former NHLer Pat Falloon, such a weird thing for us {yeah, we are Canadian, and we really aren't into hockey - go figure!! lol}. Too bad we didn't think to snag his autograph for Cody, aka Hockey Nut.
Sunday, we took the boys swimming again in the pool, had breakfast with Des' best friend {Mark, the best man at our wedding}, then we headed down to Frobisher {Saskatchewan} to visit with more friends. We used to live about 20 minutes from there {when Xander was a baby}, and I drove over to see the house we used to live in {it was built in 1897, and was up for sale while we were renting it, it sold shortly after we moved}, and stopped to see our friend's daughter at work {she used to babysit our kids for us, and come with us on road trips to boot!!!}. After dinner with Rob & Mona, we visited a while longer, then headed on our way home. We only made it to Weyburn before Des and I decided to stop for the night, we were both just too tired to drive any further. So we did the rest of the trip on Monday. INSANE!!! Everyone else was on the roads! And it was the hottest day of the entire weekend!!! Ugh! We made it home around 6pm, which really sucked, cause Des had to work that night at 11 {although he ended up calling in, he was just too tired}.
Next year, we are definitely going back that way. We are just torn between renting a cabin for a week {luxury!!!} or renting a tent trailer for two weeks {about half the cost of the cabin, for twice the time!} and just exploring our way to Winnipeg {Manitoba} and back home again. We'll have to see what happens.
Anyways, I am feeling blah today, and want to do some scrapping, so I'm outta here!
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