Well, the next moring we were off at around 9am to head to Banff. The drive was so nice. Fresh air and beautiful mountains. Just what I wanted. We were there too early for check in, but just in time for lunch. St.James Gate, a regular stopping place for Chris and I. Callym ever remembered being there from the last time we were there with Isabel and my sister. Delisious food and a pint. Just the way to start a vacation..... Then we went for a stroll. Banff is under a lot of construction right now, it is going to look really nice when done. All the same shops..... and guess what, the candy store is still there (duh). The boys were so so good (many people actually commented on that, as well as them being beautiful - again duh!) So they were allowed 6 candies each. Callym had them all picked out within 4 steps into the shop, but continued to 'trade up' when he found something better to get. Oscar on the other hand needed to be convinced to pick something. We were there forever with him. I would see something I thought he would love and he would say no. After a long time, he found his 6 items. I found a few things too, so did Chris. Our bill was only 40$ so I think we did pretty well. It was still to early for our 4pm check in, so we headed to the hot springs. Ah, so nice and relaxing. Not the place for kids to run around and splash. Sadly they did get in a bit of trouble. Not their fault but ours. After around 30 minutes we were gone and now it was time for the RimRock. The drive up was nice. Situated on the side of the mountain, the views were very nice. The room was very nice too. We had a 25$ room credit, we would use this the next morning for breakfast! We hung out jumping on the beds for a while.... the boys got very good at jumping from one bed to the other. Now it was time for dinner. Oh but wait..... where was my wallet! Ah, the things girls do. Lose their wallet. I looked everywhere. Then I ran back to the hot springs. Thank goodness it was there. I think secretly Chris was wishing that I didn't ever carry a wallet. Dinner was fantastic. Very delish, but as you will see in the pictures.... the Lasagna that Callym and I shared was a little small. Good thing it was filling! We headed back to the hotel, and fell asleep fast. Actually, Chris and I stayed up later and watched the funniest guy on 'just for laughs'... a funny oversized guy talking about eating. SO FUNNY!

The next day we woke up before 9am.... a feat for a holiday. Oscar of course was up after we finished half of the room service breakfast. Yum, I even had a croisant. We started the day with a trip up




Sulfur Mountain on the gondola. This was a wicked wicked trip. The boys loved being on the top of the world. There was snow, and fresh air. The views were better than amazing. We were only there for a little over an hour, but well worth the 50$ ticket! We had a bit of lunch and walked around so more. There is only so much you can do in Banff when you aren't a big hiker or snow sporter. Anyways, we left and decided to come home and see how the open house went. Such a long drive. Many many rest stops were needed, but the boys slept from just outside of Banff to just before Red Deer. That is when we got the call for our awesome realtor Jason. We needed to get home by 730 because an offer was going to be presented to us. Wow, the best way to end our vacation was for this to happen. Actually, there may be 2 offer's for us to consider..... Hum, was this my secret 11;11 wish? Well, if we drove 130 the entire way, we would just make it! On our way home........................................

The weekend contines... #2

After the Zoo we headed to Gina, Paul and Sophia's house for the night. It was too too fantastic to see them. Gina is looking so great, and Sophia is growing like all kids do. She is walking around, talking.... She introduced me to all her little toys, and fed them all her gold-fish snacks. She is absolutly the most gorgeous little princess I have ever seen! I love her, and secretly hope she marries Oscar!

Gina made us the most fabulous dinner, belated birthday cake included! We had a great time hanging out and catching up. I love her so much. We have actually been friends since the age of about 2..... I think we met on Haloween? Correct me if I'm wrong.... Ah, Woodcroft. Paul worked late, a shame really, They are the greatest couple. They have a beautiful relationship and family. I hope all the best of the best for the three of them, and I will miss them so so much when we leave!

Our weekend Trip!

Well, I was right. Chris was sick on Friday. What a way to start our trip..... :) Anyways, Callym had a little time at Nursery School before we left, and while Chris and I finished cleaning for the Open House, and packing. We picked him up early, and he loved that! We left at exactly 11;11, a time in which we made our secret wishes.... Mine was to come home to 2 offers for our home. We'll see.

Anyways, the boys fell asleep between Red Deer and Calgary. That was nice. As soon as we got to Calgary, we headed straight to the Zoo, the weather was looking like it wasn't going to co-operate with an outdoor adventure, but it stayed nice enough. No rain, but our sweaters and jackets came in handy. The tiger had a new cub, and the boys loved that! We saw everything but Chris' favourite.... the Canadian Exibit. Sad, (not really!)




Tigers, Red Pandas, Butterflies, the Tropical Plant area (very interesting, it was all the plants we would see in the rainforest), Elephants, Monkeys, Gorillas, Snakes, Turtles, Bats, Lizards, Pigs, Hogs, Giraffes, Hippos (Callym was 2 feet away.... very cool!), Lions, Zebras, Ostrich, Wort Hogs, Meer Cat eating a swallow, Flamingos, Peacok, Parrots, Flowers, etc. Fantastic! We loved it so so much, and have too many picutres to prove it.