A trip to remember.

This summer my mom, my daughters Carliegh and Peyton and myself drove to Nelson, BC to have a visit with family. My children had never actually met most of my mothers side of the family, so it was far overdue!

It was a LOOONG drive , almost 1000km from where I live, not too sure if my mom will travel with me again ( She thinks I drive too fast!) But I assure you I am SAFE. The drive was beautiful, Carliegh listened to her i-pod and Peyton watched some DVD's and we were training her to say "Potlicker" (a name my uncle had used most of my childhood instead of my name!) My mom and I had plenty of time to talk which was nice.

We arrive in Nelson the first day and my dad had reserved the room for us to stay in for 5 nights... well it was a roof over our heads and it was clean but I should have clued in when my mom had said before we left " Your dad has reserved a room for us and it is the same hotel that we had our honeymoon in!"

My Grandfather had just moved into an assisted living complex and we went up the hill (my Aunt gave us wrong directions so we went up and down ALOT of hills) to see him. To my surprise he had not changed a bit! He was a little hard to understand (thick Polish accent) but other than that he looked really good and was super happy about his new living arrangements... Even befriending the local squirrels!

We spent the next few days visiting with my auntie and Uncles . The weather was horrible- rained most of the trip, but we managed to keep busy... Yes I did manage to shop!

On the second to last day we were invited to my Uncle's farm outside of Nelson and WOW- we had a blast... First off , my Uncle is a little..well shall we say CRAZY! As a child I remember him being the fun one, the one that would let us do almost anything and let me tell you he hasn't changed! Although he may have settled somewhat as he FINALLY got married to a wonderful gal last summer, he is still Uncle Chuck the "Pot Licker!" We had a blast feeding his pet cow "Jamie" apples, guessing how many piglets the neighbors sow would have, trying to pet his Lama and just good times had by all!

While I was there my cousin Diana had a birthday and asked if I wanted to cross the border to the States for some shopping- well I couldn't pass up on that, so my mom graciously offered to take the girls for the day and off we went. Although before we left my mom had warned my cousin that I LOVE to shop....

So she picks me up in this "little" car, and I am thinkin "how am I going to get my loot home?" I guess I would have to pace myself and not shop till I drop. So we stop at Target and she meets me at the till- the look on her face was priceless!! I had a cart that was overflowing!!! She is freakin "How are you going to get that in my car??" let me tell ya it is not the first time I have had to cram my purchases into a tight spot!

We went on to have a nice lunch at the "purple onion?" I think it was, all I remember is the onion rings were the size of my head!

I must say thanks to Diana for a great day and for letting me share in her day and draggin all my loot into the hotel room!

We had an amazing trip, spent time with loved ones and reminisced about old times! I am looking forward to another visit next year!