Washington Adventure Day 6 + 7

Yesterday, we went grocery shopping and I found a Kiera-sized cart (which said not to put children in it, but she was totally fine)























and they had a HUGE candy section, but I refrained myself and didn't buy any!



































These are some of the huge houses on the coast that we saw the other day. There were some bigger ones, but I couldn't get any proper pictures of them due to bushes, trees, and fences.




















































Then we drove to White Rock, B.C., which is about half an hour away. This is the pier that we walked all the way down to the end


















This is the white rock that was there before the city was built (hence the name)


















White Rock


















A really cool-looking Italian restaurant


















Many houses are on hills, so they make their front yards into beautiful gardens


















Today, we went to Vancouver and met up with my cousin, Kristie, and our 3rd cousin, Carmela, who both live there. I went to high school with both of them and haven't hung out with Carmela since we graduated, so it was a really cool little reunion!























We went to La Casa Gelato where they have 218 flavors of gelati and after trying at least 10 of them and walking around and looking at them all for 20 minutes, I finally decided on strawberry fudge. Amazing! Then, we went to Granville Island where they have lots of shops and a big market. We looked around, ate supper there and walked around outside for a bit.
Lots of boats


















Downtown Vancouver
















Tomorrow we go back home. If I had more family and friends here and a ton of money to buy a house, I think I would move to the west coast in a heartbeat. I just don't want to raise a family in a big city and I don't think this is where we're called to be, at least for now and maybe never. Hopefully we'll have many more opportunities to come visit! Tonight, Art and Jenene threw Kiera a little surprise birthday party (it was a surprise for both me and Kiera) along with my mom and Art's sister, Mary! I will post pictures at a later date. Art bought a chocolate ice cream cake, so Kiera enjoyed the whipping cream and a tiny bit of chocolate. They bought her Corduroy teddy bear along with the book, which I LOVE! I will be doing her birthday post tomorrow on her actual birthday. Right now, I'm going to sleep!