Oh, Canada

This was our trip to British Columbia for the Wedding of Morgan and Clare.

Day 1, we drove from Sandy, Utah to Issaquah, Washington. I don't think I ever want to do that again. However, the kids did manage to survive without killing one another. We made stops in Snowville, a rest stop just outside Boise and Pendleton, Oregon for dinner.

Day 2, we only had to drive a couple of hours to Aldergrove, which is just a few miles over the border. We spent the remainder of the day in the hotel room, minus a quick trip out into the frigid cold to let the kids get their wiggles out.

Day 3, is Morgan and Clare's wedding day. It was a very beautiful ceremony. Carrie played the violin with a piano accompaniment. The reception was very fun and we all had a good time eating, visiting and dancing. Now for those who don't know, Morgan is Carrie's cousin. Carrie has an aunt that lives in Logan, Utah and an Uncle named Mike who live in Surrey, British Columbia. Mike is married to Becky and they have three children, Marissa, Morgan and David. We went up to Canada for Marissa's wedding and Aubrey was the flower girl. Now we are up here again for Morgan. David lives in Bellevue, Washington.

Day 4, is Sunday. Not much going on today. We had a late breakfast and then went over to Clare's parents home. The renovated an old fire station and have a little coffee shop and store on the first floor and an apartment on the second floor. We spent a good portion of the day there while they opened wedding gifts. It was pretty casual and they had left over food from the reception. We went home and ordered pizza, then received call from Mike, Carrie's uncle, inviting us over for burgers and to see their cats.

Afterward we headed home, while driving on an on-ramp from one freeway to another we ran over something that ripped a hole in our tire. We had just bought four new tires the day before we left. I quickly got out and replaced the flat tire with the spare. I should give thanks to Rachael for showing us how to access the spare. After changing the tire we were quickly pulled over by the highway patrol. There were two police cars and one under cover car. After telling the officer we were chaning the tire, he let us go. But we all think there was something else going on. Hmmm. We did arrive home safely that night.

Day 5, Luckily they have Big O Tires in British Columbia. However, the store in Aldergrove did not have the size we needed. So I ended up going to Langley. They had the right size tire, but not the same tred. But I had them put it on anyway. We eventually got on our way back to Utah. We made it to Caldwell, Idaho with stops in Bellingham, WA for lunch, Marysville, WA for gas, and Richland, WA for dinner and gas.

Day 6, Today was just more driving. We stopped in Mountain Home for gas and then in Snowville, UT for lunch.

Not sure how bad I want to do that again.