We arrived late wednesday night at a quaint little hotel near the waterfront right downtown. Lots of old friends were in the lobby! Such a fun reception :)
Travel worn we entered our hotel room. Let me remind you that all five of us were there. We opened the door to the smallest room I've ever encountered!!! We called down to reception for some more blankets to make a bed on the floor for the kids. There was only one queen bed. After about 1 hour our blankets or rather bed mattresses and fitted sheets arrived. I made up a bed for the kids which started at the side of the bed and ended at the door to the hallway. Just barely enough room for the three of them. No big deal... we didn't plan to spend a lot of time there.
In the morning, Ryan headed off to his courses and I packed up the kids and drove to Langley. We were able to go through the new temple!!! It's absolutely gorgeous!
Joseph loved the baptistry and Edwin's favorite place was the "recestial room".
Greta on the other hand really like it too but wanted to run around and explore. At one point she was hiding behind the door to the celestial room playing peek-a-boo and squealing at the top of her lung whenever I tried to pull her out. Another time I picked her up and she almost clawed my eye out. I had several scabs to prove it! Later I was trying to keep her quiet by pointing out pictures and asking "who is that, Greta?" She would respond, "Jesus". Then she yelled at the top of her lungs "I LOVE YOU JESUS!!!!!" I couldn't be mad at that.
We spent another squished night in the hotel enjoying the view of a cement wall that we could touch if we opened up the window.
The next day I drove out to Langley again as my parents were gracious enough to have the kids sleep over so Ryan and I could have a night to ourselves. We went to the most amazing restaurant, Lumiere. We ordered their 7 course meal! Then Ryan added on the fois gras and the cheese course. It was sumptuous and delightfully gluttonous. It also cost a fortune!
Saturday morning I headed out to pick up the kids as Mom was invited to speak at a Singles Conference at 8:30am. Ryan wasn't feeling great so ended up not golfing with his buddies. Joseph had had a fever the night before and it was pouring rain. I realized I would go mad if I had to spend the day in our hotel room with two sickos. We decided to head home.
It proved to be the best idea as Edwin threw up 4 times that night. Then Ryan was sick all the next night. Since then the virus has run it's course and we can now look back on our adventure in Vancouver with fondness.
I was rather disappointed that I didn't have a chance to spend any time with my girl friends. Thankfully this course occurs every year and we have big plans to have a girls get away. Right ladies!?!
Anyway... we have another big weekend ahead. I'll blog about it next week and post some pics.
5 comments:
Ohhhhhhhh, Lumiere! I've always wanted to go. They're owned by the same company as the Wick Inn. I'm sorry you guys got sick - our open house trip was cut short, too. I hope the dedication is amazing!!!
What a weekend! I hope you have a much nicer room when you go to the temple dedication. Looking forward to seeing you!
Your kids are darling. I wish we could have seen you guys in vancouver too. Sounds like a crazy busy weekend. Have a great weekend at the temple dedication!
Sharon!!
so glad to hear what happened to you - i was left wondering! but not so happy to hear what happened to you:( good thing you had the foresight to leave early. edwin puking in the miniscule hotel room with everyone else for company would've been something else! i would be much more sad if we didn't have our seattle weekend in june!!
love jen
I was glad that I got to see you, for even just a minute.
Hopefully a forest fire won't keep us away from Kelowna this summer and we can get together again there.
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