B.C. Trip Days 2 + 3

On Saturday, July 9, we continued our very windy and incredibly beautiful drive through the mountains until we finally arrived at Jared's Aunt's house in Summerland at 8:30 p.m. B.C. time. We stopped at this neat little restaurant for supper in Revelstoke, B.C. My Uncle and Aunt just happen to go to one of our sister churches in Vernon, B.C., so we decided to go the next morning. The only thing was that it was an hour and a half drive, so we had to leave by 8:30 a.m. Thankfully, we had all gotten a decent amount of sleep, so we were able to get up early and make it to church on time. It also just happened to be my Uncle's birthday that day and they were having a family lunch after church (I have 5 cousins, 3 of them are married and I hadn't met one of my cousin's wives and my other cousin's baby), so they invited us to join them and that was wonderful! Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture of all of us together, although I think I have one on my phone that Jared got. This is their house where we ate lunch. The kids got to play with my cousin, Eden, who is a few years older than Kiera. The only ones I got a picture of: my Uncle and Aunt with my cousin, Ezra.

We took a drive up the hill from my Uncle + Aunt's house to check out the view.

This trip was very last minute, as Jared came up with the idea on Tuesday and we left on Friday. On the Wednesday before we left, I called up my sister and let her know that we were going to be heading in her direction. They live 4 hours away from Kelowna (in Washington) and at first we were thinking about meeting halfway in between. It was complicated because Art works evenings/weekends and Jenene works days during the week, so we didn't think we would get to see all 3 of them. Miraculously, they both got time off of work last minute and decided to drive up to Kelowna on the Sunday and stay overnight until Monday!! It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip! It was so short and sweet but totally a gift from the Lord! We met them at their hotel and then went to DQ for a late supper, along with my cousin Beth, her husband, Shawn, and their baby boy. This happens every time the kids see Uncle Art. He pretends that they're bugging him, but you can see that he's actually smiling and secretly loving it! ;p I forgot how beautiful the mountains are and I love being reminded of what we saw when I look back at these pictures! It's also nice to be reminded of warm, sunny days now that the weather is colder. Happy Monday!