Almost Ready for a Real Vacation

Yesterday was one of those rare Saturdays when Jason wasn't working and we didn't have anything on the calendar that we had to do.

Being the fun-loving dad that he is, Jason suggested we take the kids out for ice cream.

I, however, had bigger things in mind :)

 

So, we ended up going to Manning Park. Janae cried during most of the almost two-hour drive, saying she wanted to go home. Once we got there, though, she loved the park so much she said she wanted to live there! She is definitely one for extremes.

It was easy to see why she loved being there, though. We spent the day hiking

 

(we didn't know the path would be SNOWY),

 

feeding the chipmunks,

 

picking wildflowers,

 

enjoying the scenery,

 

 

and just generally having fun.

 

As you can see, I took a few pictures, too!

After that it was more squirrels: we found out they really like crackers and nuts

 

and that they are REALLY comfortable with people.

 

We ended the day at Lightning Lake . . . and when I say "ended the day" I really mean it. Some of us were DONE.

 

But it was fun to get away, especially to somewhere so peaceful and beautiful. It made us think we are almost ready to go on a real family vacation. Almost.