Road trip to PEI

What an amazing last minute get-a-way to Prince Edward Island!

The daughter of our best friend (who has been through so much in the past couple of years), needed a friend (or so I thought) to be with her as she celebrated her daughters high school graduation.

So OFF we went on our road trip!

First stop, to get some gas we noticed these really cool moths.

They were EVERYWHERE...we found them kinda fascinating!

 

Getting closer to the ISLAND and a view I will NEVER grow tired of:

CONFEDERATION BRIDGE

the bridge that joins New Brunswick and PEI.

Noah, our little photographer took this cute photo of Krista and I!  

 It's always a blessing to have photos of you and your friends! 

Thank you, Noah!

On the way back from Krista's we made a pit stop for some of the
World's BEST Ice Cream (oh, and Canada's BEST too)!

 

And cool enough to find out that we could take a Factory Tour! 

 We had to wear these little hats to show we were on the official tour!

(kinda felt dorky, but what the heck)!

The t-shirt Noah wanted the most was actually in print while we were there:

COW OF DUTY

Black Spots

Noah's favourite game right now!

Now to enjoy some yummy ice cream!

When leaving Krista's on Thursday afternoon, we went to visit my dad. 
That was interesting to say the least.  Nice visit though!

Then we made a pit stop in Moncton to visit Noah's best friend - OWEN. 
It was Owen's last day of school and he had received his 'grading' present that the boys THOROUGHLY enjoyed:  BB Guns

I will never get tired of driving through New Brunswick - beautiful scenery!
Great road trip - yet again!

A special Graduate!

We took a last minute trip to Prince Edward Island, mid week towards the end of June to be with our best friend to share in her daughters graduation!

By the end of the evening, I had taken over 450 photos - so as you see, she was growing tired of me snapping in her face!  TOO BAD, Brit!  You only graduate from high school once!

All in all, during the L-O-N-G ceremony, Noah did pretty good. 

He got up to wonder and as you can see (from a distance),

he was super bored!  lol

But we survived and made it to the "P's" to watch Brittany receive her diploma

and watch her mom cry!

I can't believe how grown up she is...

we've known Brittany since she was around 2 years old!

Now that the ceremony was over, can you tell someone is a happy camper!! 

Some special shots of the proud Mom, graduate and Grandmother. 

Oh and some 'special' shots of my lil' man who was

dancing at this point because the whole event was

O-V-E-R!!!

CONGRATULATIONS BRITTANY!

Another road trip, too much

Mar 23 - Apr 3, 2011

Since finding out about our agencies fundraiser (in Toronto), I wanted to attend.

It seemed kind of impossible, considering we had already planned a trip to Ontario the month before the event.

The more involved I got, the more I wanted to go.

Always supporting me, Jacques said 'go'.

So, I did.

Noah & I packed up (including all his school work) and we headed out on a road trip

(which in the end, I discovered wasn't very well planned by me - or possibly a little too well planned out!)

Our sleeping schedule:

(and quite possibly why we were SO exhausted & sick when we got home)

Day 1 - hotel Belleville

Day 2 - friend's house in Toronto

Day 3 - Auntie Jay's

Day 4 - hotel in Toronto

(by day 4, I had clocked over 1800km's on the van)

Day 5 - Aunt Tricia's in Guelph

Day 6 - Mom's in Guelph

Day 7, 8 & 9 - Auntie Jay's

Day 10 - Aunt Kathy/Aunt Karen

Day 11 - hotel

Day 12 - HOME SWEET HOME

(when I arrived home, the odometer read 3198.9 total km's travelled)

Our trip was cut short and BOY, were Noah & I glad to come home!

This is how we (tried) to do school while we were gone!

In the end, I didn't end up doing much school because of our hectic schedule and Noah being sick!  It worked out in the end because I had messed up my planner (putting 2 weeks in a row of the same lessons)!

So we managed NOT to fall behind in the end!

I am SO proud of Noah's resilience and ability to conform to each set of rules, in each of the houses we were in over our trip!  He is so adaptable!  Way to GO, Noah!

I managed to give away some of my adult hat creations to my cousin and a friend!  Way to GO modelling them girls!

One of my highlights (even though you cant see the sign in the back) was our lunch at Chipotle's on Yonge St in Toronto!  Yumm. 

I introduced my cousin to the yumminess of this place and TRUST ME, when my family gets moved - this is going to be a place we visit as much as we can!

Totally picture worthy (me eating my Chipotle)!

Another highlight to my trip was a lunch date with 2 long time friends of mine!

Thankfully for facebook, we have found each other a few years ago!

Can't wait to move to be closer to them to surround myself with POSITIVE women like this!!

I LOVED our lunch date - in fact, I could have spent all day with them!

I also got to spend a night playing with 5 of the cutest boys I know!

I sent Jackie & Keith on a date and the boys and I stayed home and baked cupcakes!

BOY, is 5 boys ever A LOT busier than 1 boy!

OK...now I just HAD to take a photo of Mr. Iggy (aka Easton) and one of his several creations!!!  This kid LOVES tape MORE than Noah (and I didn't think that was possible).

I brought the boys lots of goodies including 5 pks that had 5 rolls in each pack of scotch tape & a tape dispenser.  Before we left, if I'm not mistaken, ALL THE TAPE WAS GONE!  Heck, half the time he didn't even take the time to put the roll of tape in the dispenser.  He'd just use it right off the roll!!!

What a bundle of creative joy he is!!!

This trip was a memorable trip, considering this will be our LAST time we take a road trip like this to Ontario before we move (aside from the trip we take to find a house)!  So, this will be the LAST time we house hop and have long extended visits with family.  Next time we visit, we will be living there and they can bless us with their company at OUR house!!!  YAHOO!

While driving home, we were NEVER so happy to see the signs: 


NEW BRUNSWICK 25

WELCOME TO NEW BRUNSWICK



Forgetful

Wow...somehow, in the past few weeks I have completely forgot about my blog.

I've taken few photos and had several challenges...

Considering Noah & I are heading to Ontario for a(nother) road trip for couple of weeks.  We leave in the wee hours tomorrow morning (not returning home until April 7), I'm sure it'll be a few weeks before I make another blog post.  So, I wanted to make sure you knew I was still alive and well (just busy)!

Life is going great, the whole purpose of our road trip is to participate in the annual TDH GALA (see more info at the website:  HERE http://www.tdhcharitygala.com/) in Toronto on Mar 26.  TDH is the agency we are using to adopt.  It's a fundraising event to raise money for the orphanage where quite possibly our daughter will come from.   I'm on the committee, and have been helping out in the preparation (only wish I could help more than I have).  I'm really looking forward to the event for many reasons, to network and meet other families in the GTA that are adopting, spending the evening ALONE with my cousin (JUST US), and getting to know more about the process when adopting from Vietnam (through an information session with the agency staff and 8 delegates from Vietnam).

You may ask, 'why so long?' 

Well, Jacques ended up having a business trip from Apr 4-6. By waiting, Jacques can drive home with us and the gas is paid for through his travel expenses!  PLUS, Noah and I get some great time visiting with family while there.

This is another BIG BONUS with home schooling...I have his book bag with all his work and we will continue to do schooling each day and while driving!!!

So that's it....the van is packed (except for our clothes) and we are ready to leave in the morning!

I must run and get to bed...see you in a few weeks!