Cameron and I are off to PEI in 35 days! I can't believe how quickly the time has passed. We arrive in PEI on June 2nd and will be there until around the third week of July...we have yet to book our return flights. Stephanie is getting married on June 12th so I have to be home before then, which reminds me I better finish planning the Bachelorette party! Cory will be joining us in PEI on June 22nd as he will be in his friend Ryan's wedding on July 3rd. Cory will be returning to SK on July 5th though because he can't take any more vacation at that time. I'm planning to stay longer so that I can then go to Krista and Marc's wedding on July 17th. It will be a PEI vacation full of weddings!
We will also be going on a family vacation to Florida in 159 days! It's still pretty far away but we're all excited anyway. Pernell and Chantel and Stephanie and Matthew will also be joining us in Florida. We have our flights booked and we'll be there from October 4-17, so hopefully we'll have lots of time to have lots of fun. We had originally planned to stay in a 3 bedroom hotel room/condo but then we started doing some research and decided we'd try to find a house to rent. After searching for days and viewing many rental homes in the area, we have finally found one that has everything that we want and it's in a great location...and it's a great price! The next step is to book our car rental. We've already starting purchasing our theme park tickets as well. We're planning to go to Disney (The Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios), Universal (Universal Studios and Universal Islands of Adventure), Seaworld and Aquatica. We're also thinking of taking a day and driving to the Gulf coast for a beach day. It's going to be so much fun and we're all very excited!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Surprise Trip to PEI
At Christmas time, myself and a few others, started scheming to plan a surprise for my wonderful aunt Mae's 50th birthday (April 19th). It all started when my mother and Tracey (one of Mae's friends) decided they should plan something for Mae's birthday. They wanted to do something nice for Mae because she's always doing nice things for others. Then my aunt Marian who lives in Calgary decided she wanted in on this surprise and she had already booked vacation time for the week of Mae's 50th birthday. When I heard about all of these plans, I also wanted to take part in the fun! Stephanie, Mae's daughter, was also in the plan and was looking forward to the surprise.
So, I was lucky enough to get an amazing seat sale to go to PEI. We managed to keep the secret for months and the surprise was a success. We showed up at Mae's house early on the Saturday morning before her birthday. She was VERY surprised to see me and Marian! She thought she was going to Moncton for the day with Stephanie but we then informed her to pack a bag because we were taking her to Halifax. She was pretty overwhelmed and it was awesome!
We went to Halifax for the day and night and had a great time. We did a little shopping, went to The Keg for supper, and went to the casino. It was an excellent weekend with many stories and lots of laughs. I am so glad that I go to be there to celebrate Mae's birthday. It was also nice to get away by myself for 5 days, although I did miss Cory and Cameron. The weekend was a whirlwind for me and it took me a few days to get caught up on my sleep.
Now, I'm counting down the days until my next trip with is only 5 weeks and 2 days away. I'm sure the time will fly by and I'll be packing for my next trip to PEI. Cameron and I will be leaving on June 2nd and Cory will join us on June 22nd.
So, I was lucky enough to get an amazing seat sale to go to PEI. We managed to keep the secret for months and the surprise was a success. We showed up at Mae's house early on the Saturday morning before her birthday. She was VERY surprised to see me and Marian! She thought she was going to Moncton for the day with Stephanie but we then informed her to pack a bag because we were taking her to Halifax. She was pretty overwhelmed and it was awesome!
We went to Halifax for the day and night and had a great time. We did a little shopping, went to The Keg for supper, and went to the casino. It was an excellent weekend with many stories and lots of laughs. I am so glad that I go to be there to celebrate Mae's birthday. It was also nice to get away by myself for 5 days, although I did miss Cory and Cameron. The weekend was a whirlwind for me and it took me a few days to get caught up on my sleep.
Now, I'm counting down the days until my next trip with is only 5 weeks and 2 days away. I'm sure the time will fly by and I'll be packing for my next trip to PEI. Cameron and I will be leaving on June 2nd and Cory will join us on June 22nd.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Happy Birthday Cory!
Today we celebrated Cory's birthday! Cameron and I made a quick (2.5 hours) round trip to Yorkton this morning. We had to go to Dairy Queen to get Cory's birthday cake...a Skor Blizzard ice cream cake. The day was pretty quiet overall but we did have a few friends over to share the cake and it was super yummy.
I had asked Cory what he wanted for his birthday a while ago and he said he didn't want anything. For those of you who know Cory well, that was quite a surprise for me because he can always think of a variety of things that he wants. He was quite logical though and said that because we are planning a trip to Florida in October, that we should just try to save our money. So, today I bought our tickets to Universal in Orlando and gave them to Cory as his birthday gift. It's really for all of us but he was still happy because now that we have made our first purchase of theme park tickets, it makes it seem more real that we will be going on a fun vacation in the fall.
I had asked Cory what he wanted for his birthday a while ago and he said he didn't want anything. For those of you who know Cory well, that was quite a surprise for me because he can always think of a variety of things that he wants. He was quite logical though and said that because we are planning a trip to Florida in October, that we should just try to save our money. So, today I bought our tickets to Universal in Orlando and gave them to Cory as his birthday gift. It's really for all of us but he was still happy because now that we have made our first purchase of theme park tickets, it makes it seem more real that we will be going on a fun vacation in the fall.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter
Today is Easter Sunday and the Easter Bunny managed to find time on his/hers busy route to stop by and leave some treats for Cameron.
Cameron was surprised to find a trail of chocolate eggs leading from his bedroom door this morning. There was a trail of eggs leading into the bathroom where Cameron found a Scooby-Doo basket to collect his eggs and a mini basketball net to play with in the bathtub. There was another trail of eggs that led into the living room where he found Cars and Toy Story tattoos and some bubble gum. The nest trail of eggs led him to a pair of Toy Story swim trunks and another trail took him the toy Big Chill from Ben 10 Alien Force. He then followed a trail of eggs to the back door where he found a big bag of Mega blocks. The final trail of eggs led him to discover the biggest surprise of all in the kitchen, which was a Bumblebee helmet!
Overall, I think Cameron was pretty pleased with the Easter Bunny this year. He received a lot of chocolate so I put the majority of it away and only left him with a little for the day. He has enough chocolate eggs to last him for months I'm sure but I'm also sure he may have a little help with eating all of that chocolate ;)
We didn't have a special Easter dinner today...we had KD, hot dogs and mixed veggies though :P However, we were invited to supper at Ryan and Amie's last night and it was very yummy. Ryan's mom, Lucille, and his step-dad, Herb, are visiting from ON and Rylee (aka Baby Rylee, as Cameron calls her) was there too, of course. We had a very yummy supper of ham and scalloped potatoes. I made a Skor trifle for dessert and it was a big hit too! I was smart though and made the dessert in a bowl that Amie had left at our house and therefore they got to keep the leftovers so Cory and I weren't forced to eat it all!
The weekend is coming to an end but we'll start off the new week by celebrating Cory's birthday tomorrow. Cameron and I will be making a trip into Yorkton tomorrow morning to get Cory his birthday cake from Dairy Queen! Yummy!
Cameron was surprised to find a trail of chocolate eggs leading from his bedroom door this morning. There was a trail of eggs leading into the bathroom where Cameron found a Scooby-Doo basket to collect his eggs and a mini basketball net to play with in the bathtub. There was another trail of eggs that led into the living room where he found Cars and Toy Story tattoos and some bubble gum. The nest trail of eggs led him to a pair of Toy Story swim trunks and another trail took him the toy Big Chill from Ben 10 Alien Force. He then followed a trail of eggs to the back door where he found a big bag of Mega blocks. The final trail of eggs led him to discover the biggest surprise of all in the kitchen, which was a Bumblebee helmet!
Overall, I think Cameron was pretty pleased with the Easter Bunny this year. He received a lot of chocolate so I put the majority of it away and only left him with a little for the day. He has enough chocolate eggs to last him for months I'm sure but I'm also sure he may have a little help with eating all of that chocolate ;)
We didn't have a special Easter dinner today...we had KD, hot dogs and mixed veggies though :P However, we were invited to supper at Ryan and Amie's last night and it was very yummy. Ryan's mom, Lucille, and his step-dad, Herb, are visiting from ON and Rylee (aka Baby Rylee, as Cameron calls her) was there too, of course. We had a very yummy supper of ham and scalloped potatoes. I made a Skor trifle for dessert and it was a big hit too! I was smart though and made the dessert in a bowl that Amie had left at our house and therefore they got to keep the leftovers so Cory and I weren't forced to eat it all!
The weekend is coming to an end but we'll start off the new week by celebrating Cory's birthday tomorrow. Cameron and I will be making a trip into Yorkton tomorrow morning to get Cory his birthday cake from Dairy Queen! Yummy!
We're planning a family vacation...and not to PEI
Yes, we are in the midst of planning a family vacation. Although we are going to PEI again this summer, we are also planning to go to Florida in October. Cameron and I will be going to PEI on June 2nd and we don't know the exact date we will be returning but it will likely be around July 23rd. The nature of our trip is to attend three weddings. Cory will be joining us in PEI for a week or so near the end of June as well.
We love going back home to visit with our families and friends but we have decided that it is time to go on a "real" family vacation. Our original plan was to go to Las Vegas this fall but after a lot of consideration, I decided we should just spend the extra money and go where we really want to go. So, we are planning to go to Orlando, FL for 2 weeks in October! The three of us are very excited and can't wait! We're planning to go to Disney World, Universal and SeaWorld while we are there. We figure we might as well do everything we want to do while we're there because we don't know when we might get to go back. As of now, we have two other couples who are planning to join us in Florida so it is going to lots of fun! Our trip is not officially booked but it's only a matter a time...I'm just waiting to confirm the dates that Cory can get off of work. Cameron is very excited about going to meet Mickey Mouse and he's been talking about it every day since we told him about it and showed him pictures of the theme parks online.
So, needless to say this vacation is going to force us to make some changes in our daily lives and make us be much more frugal. I don't think this will hurt any of us though ;) We're off to a great start though and I can't wait to start booking things and buying our theme park tickets! Disney World is just so much fun...no matter how old you are!
We love going back home to visit with our families and friends but we have decided that it is time to go on a "real" family vacation. Our original plan was to go to Las Vegas this fall but after a lot of consideration, I decided we should just spend the extra money and go where we really want to go. So, we are planning to go to Orlando, FL for 2 weeks in October! The three of us are very excited and can't wait! We're planning to go to Disney World, Universal and SeaWorld while we are there. We figure we might as well do everything we want to do while we're there because we don't know when we might get to go back. As of now, we have two other couples who are planning to join us in Florida so it is going to lots of fun! Our trip is not officially booked but it's only a matter a time...I'm just waiting to confirm the dates that Cory can get off of work. Cameron is very excited about going to meet Mickey Mouse and he's been talking about it every day since we told him about it and showed him pictures of the theme parks online.
So, needless to say this vacation is going to force us to make some changes in our daily lives and make us be much more frugal. I don't think this will hurt any of us though ;) We're off to a great start though and I can't wait to start booking things and buying our theme park tickets! Disney World is just so much fun...no matter how old you are!
March...
So, it seems that I completely missed updating my blog throughout the month of March. I thought about blogging many times but just never seemed to get around to it. March was a pretty busy month for a variety of reasons so I'll use that as my excuse for slacking once again.
The month actually got off to a pretty scary start when Cory's mother had a heart attack. Cory had to fly to Halifax, NS and he was gone for 5 days. Shirley spent 3 weeks in the hospital in Halifax before finally getting to go home. She is doing pretty good but she's on a very slow road to recovery.
I had 3 round trips to Regina within 7 days so that pretty much wiped out a week in March. The first trip was when Cory was going to NS. Cory, Cameron and I drove to Regina on a Thursday afternoon, spent the night, Cory flew out Friday morning and Cameron and I drove back to Sturgis. Saturday afternoon, Cameron and I drove back to Regina as my mom was arriving for a visit late Saturday night. We spent the night and the three of us drove back to Sturgis on Sunday. Then on Wednesday, Mom, Cameron and I went back to Regina to pick Cory up and we drove back to Sturgis the same day. It honestly took me a few days to get caught up from all the extra driving that I was so not used to.
My mom was here in Sturgis for 3 weeks and we had a great visit with her. We didn't really do much exciting but it was nice to have her company just the same. Mom and I got the chance to get out by ourselves a couple of times which was nice and Cory and I got the opportunity to go out a couple of times and Mom babysat Cameron. I had my fourth and final trip to Regina for the month of March on the 26th/27th. Mom left very early on the morning of the 27th so Cameron and I took her to Regina the day before and spent the night. Cameron loved all the overnight trips to Regina because he got to go swimming at the hotel.
Even though we had such a busy March, we still managed to spend time with friends as well. We all went for supper at Ryan and Amie's one night and we had people over for supper a couple of times. So, overall things have been going pretty well here in Sturgis.
The month actually got off to a pretty scary start when Cory's mother had a heart attack. Cory had to fly to Halifax, NS and he was gone for 5 days. Shirley spent 3 weeks in the hospital in Halifax before finally getting to go home. She is doing pretty good but she's on a very slow road to recovery.
I had 3 round trips to Regina within 7 days so that pretty much wiped out a week in March. The first trip was when Cory was going to NS. Cory, Cameron and I drove to Regina on a Thursday afternoon, spent the night, Cory flew out Friday morning and Cameron and I drove back to Sturgis. Saturday afternoon, Cameron and I drove back to Regina as my mom was arriving for a visit late Saturday night. We spent the night and the three of us drove back to Sturgis on Sunday. Then on Wednesday, Mom, Cameron and I went back to Regina to pick Cory up and we drove back to Sturgis the same day. It honestly took me a few days to get caught up from all the extra driving that I was so not used to.
My mom was here in Sturgis for 3 weeks and we had a great visit with her. We didn't really do much exciting but it was nice to have her company just the same. Mom and I got the chance to get out by ourselves a couple of times which was nice and Cory and I got the opportunity to go out a couple of times and Mom babysat Cameron. I had my fourth and final trip to Regina for the month of March on the 26th/27th. Mom left very early on the morning of the 27th so Cameron and I took her to Regina the day before and spent the night. Cameron loved all the overnight trips to Regina because he got to go swimming at the hotel.
Even though we had such a busy March, we still managed to spend time with friends as well. We all went for supper at Ryan and Amie's one night and we had people over for supper a couple of times. So, overall things have been going pretty well here in Sturgis.
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