Love and sun from San Diego!
Friday, April 1, 2011
Pictures of Anna
Ever since I've started this 'photography lifegroup' through our church I have been learning a lot about photography and wishing I had a nicer camera that would let me do more and would take nicer pictures! Just when I was about to give up Mama H came through! She sent me her very nice Nikon camera that she has had for a few years but doesn't really know much about. So I'm going to learn all about how to make her camera sing and then teach her everything I know so she can take even more amazing pictures. I love when things like this work out so well for me! :D Our assignment this week for photography was to take pictures in 'open shade' so a few days ago Anna and I went outside and found some open shade. I gave her a piece of scotch tape to play with so she would sit still and do cute things with her hands. I should have thought about the fact that she had a cold so her nose was constantly running, making it difficult to take a good picture. Also, she loves to put anything and everything in her mouth. The tape went in, but not all the way down. Just far enough to make her gag... and throw up... twice... until it came out. Needless to say we quit taking pictures and headed for the tub. Today we braved the great outdoors again in an effort to capture some cute moments. I put her in one of my favorite outfits so she would look even more cute than she usually does and we started posing. After a great round of pictures we came inside and I uploaded them on my computer... only to find out... they are all BLUE! WHAT?!?!? Apparently I had forgotten that I was using the camera to take pictures of her in the tub a few nights ago and had used the 'incandesant' setting to make the lighting better. Please note: if you use the incandesant setting outdoors on a sunny day your pictures will turn blue. Grrr! I tried to edit some of my favorite ones in an effort to spare them but most of them were un save-able (is that a word?). Then it occured to me. She's still in her cute clothes. I still have the camera out, and the weather is still fine (almost 90 degrees today!). Go take more, silly!! So we did. We went out to the same spots and tried for a few more. Anna's patience and attention span were a little shorter this time but we still got some really cute shots. Hooray!
Love and sun from San Diego!
Love and sun from San Diego!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
A Long Overdue Upddate
So apparently it has been a very long time since I've updated my blog. Combine that with a lot of life changes and here we are. So much to catch up on!
1) 'The Move': Henry and I have known since we met that if he wanted to continue to work his way up in Oak Harbor Freight Lines he/we would need to live somewhere else for at least 2 years so he could work 'outside the umbrella'. This requirement has been hanging over us to a point since we got married but I had a job that I loved at Seattle Christian and we weren't ready to pick up and move. This spring the 'moving' wheel started turning. Anna was due at the end of May and I was hoping to teach part time at SCS. With enrollment being down we learned that that would not be an option. So, I decided that I would sub and possibly tutor to keep myself in the 'teaching' position and financially contribute. We had heard about a position that was opening up in Stockton, California, not far from Ripon. We talked seriously about the idea of moving there but decided it wasn't right for us. Henry learned that Oak Harbor would be opening a terminal just outside of San Diego, CA and that they would be needing a terminal manager. He interviewed with the disctrict manager. The interview went well. We were torn. After much prayer and thought we decided that if the right things fell into place we would go. Just like that things started to happen. Henry got hired at a salary that we could live on. He flew down to Escondido to look for housing with the help of his boss's wife who does real estate. That same day I got a call from a staff member at Seattle Christian asking about possibly renting our condo. The most wonderful family stopped by to check the place out and asked if they could sign a lease. What?! It couldn't be that easy... It was. We're renting our condo to a fabulous Christian family who is sending their 4th grade daughter to SCS. He's a police officer. It could not have worked out better. That same day Henry and Terri took a wrong turn while looking for a rental and found a beautiful house for sale that was significantly underpriced. They called the realtor who was selling the house on a Friday night at 7:30. Miraculously she answered her phone and Henry and Terri were able to go in and check it out. The house was exactly what we were looking for. It's perfect for us. We put in an offer the next day and it was accepted that afternoon. So, within two days we were able to find a renter for our Condo, without even listing it, and buy an ideal house. Amazing!
2) Anna: Anna is now 5 months old. She has grown and changed so much I can hardly believe it! I had to go shopping for a few new clothing items for her yesterday because she is growing out of most of her 0-3 month clothes. Most of her 3-6 and 6-9 month clothes are long sleeved winter clothes which may not work overly well in Southern California. So, off to BabiesRUs to find a few new summery things on clearance that will work for this warm fall. In some ways I did pretty well and in others I failed miserably. I was doing great until I decided to see if I could find any deals at Baby Gap (I LOVE their clothes!). There were some things on sale so I picked out a shirt and a pair of leggings. Then there was a sign that read "Buy 1 pair of jeans, get the second for $10". Ugh oh. So now Anna has two incredibly cute pairs of jeans that were on sale but still a little pricey. Did I mention that they are SO cute?
Anna was a trooper with all of the hubbub of the summer. July 8th she flew with us down to San Diego at the ripe old age of 7 weeks. July 21st she flew with us to Montana. August 10th she flew with me to Milwaukee for best friend Suzanne's wedding. August 28th she flew with us to San Diego where we are now. We should have opened a frequent flyer number for her!
SIDE NOTE: Everything written above was written about 6 weeks ago with a few changes made tonight to keep things correct. I finally sat down to hopefully finish it!
So we've been in Escondido for 6 weeks now. The Lord has TRULY taken care of us! We have been blessed with an amazing church family, which is a huge thing! I joined a Mom's Group that I dearly love and have also started attending a Bible study with some of the same women. It has been wonderful. Anna and I are adjusting to life at home and loving it. However, about 1 1/2 weeks ago my friend's dad, who is the superintendent at the Christian school here approached me about my math teaching experience. The high school math teacher here was recently diagnosed with cancer and needed surgery and will need treatment. He asked if I would be able to sub. It seems crazy to me that God will use me for what He has planned even if I don't seek it out! So last week I subbed for three days at Calvin Christian and thoroughly enjoyed it. This week I will sub two days and next week three more. It has been nice to get back in the classroom and also to have a little extra income! It has been a bit of a struggle, though, finding child care for Anna without having any family down here. God has taken care of that in amazing ways and I'm confident that if He wants me to continue at Calvin he will continue to work that out. At this point I'm hoping to be able to commit to two days a week. I know for the student's sake it's nice to have consistency, but for my and Anna's sake it's nice to be home together a few days a week. :)
So, there's still nothing on our walls and our only painting attempt (the guest bathroom) didn't go at all how we wanted, but our house is beginning to feel more and more like our home. I can honestly say we're doing well and are happy here, which is a wonderful blessing! If you could, pray for us that we would continue to meet new friends and fit into the community. People have been wonderful so far and we are blown away by the community here.
Well, Anna is 'requesting' that I end this and feed her... immediately from the tone of her cries. :) We pray you all are doing well and are healthy and happy!
AUNT JOAN: I tried to put up pictures! There is a banner at the top of the website that reads 'Image uploads will be disabled for two hours due to maintenance at 5:00PM PDT Wednesday, Oct. 20th'. I guess you just aren't meant to get pictures yet! I'll keep working on it :)
Love from California!
1) 'The Move': Henry and I have known since we met that if he wanted to continue to work his way up in Oak Harbor Freight Lines he/we would need to live somewhere else for at least 2 years so he could work 'outside the umbrella'. This requirement has been hanging over us to a point since we got married but I had a job that I loved at Seattle Christian and we weren't ready to pick up and move. This spring the 'moving' wheel started turning. Anna was due at the end of May and I was hoping to teach part time at SCS. With enrollment being down we learned that that would not be an option. So, I decided that I would sub and possibly tutor to keep myself in the 'teaching' position and financially contribute. We had heard about a position that was opening up in Stockton, California, not far from Ripon. We talked seriously about the idea of moving there but decided it wasn't right for us. Henry learned that Oak Harbor would be opening a terminal just outside of San Diego, CA and that they would be needing a terminal manager. He interviewed with the disctrict manager. The interview went well. We were torn. After much prayer and thought we decided that if the right things fell into place we would go. Just like that things started to happen. Henry got hired at a salary that we could live on. He flew down to Escondido to look for housing with the help of his boss's wife who does real estate. That same day I got a call from a staff member at Seattle Christian asking about possibly renting our condo. The most wonderful family stopped by to check the place out and asked if they could sign a lease. What?! It couldn't be that easy... It was. We're renting our condo to a fabulous Christian family who is sending their 4th grade daughter to SCS. He's a police officer. It could not have worked out better. That same day Henry and Terri took a wrong turn while looking for a rental and found a beautiful house for sale that was significantly underpriced. They called the realtor who was selling the house on a Friday night at 7:30. Miraculously she answered her phone and Henry and Terri were able to go in and check it out. The house was exactly what we were looking for. It's perfect for us. We put in an offer the next day and it was accepted that afternoon. So, within two days we were able to find a renter for our Condo, without even listing it, and buy an ideal house. Amazing!
2) Anna: Anna is now 5 months old. She has grown and changed so much I can hardly believe it! I had to go shopping for a few new clothing items for her yesterday because she is growing out of most of her 0-3 month clothes. Most of her 3-6 and 6-9 month clothes are long sleeved winter clothes which may not work overly well in Southern California. So, off to BabiesRUs to find a few new summery things on clearance that will work for this warm fall. In some ways I did pretty well and in others I failed miserably. I was doing great until I decided to see if I could find any deals at Baby Gap (I LOVE their clothes!). There were some things on sale so I picked out a shirt and a pair of leggings. Then there was a sign that read "Buy 1 pair of jeans, get the second for $10". Ugh oh. So now Anna has two incredibly cute pairs of jeans that were on sale but still a little pricey. Did I mention that they are SO cute?
Anna was a trooper with all of the hubbub of the summer. July 8th she flew with us down to San Diego at the ripe old age of 7 weeks. July 21st she flew with us to Montana. August 10th she flew with me to Milwaukee for best friend Suzanne's wedding. August 28th she flew with us to San Diego where we are now. We should have opened a frequent flyer number for her!
SIDE NOTE: Everything written above was written about 6 weeks ago with a few changes made tonight to keep things correct. I finally sat down to hopefully finish it!
So we've been in Escondido for 6 weeks now. The Lord has TRULY taken care of us! We have been blessed with an amazing church family, which is a huge thing! I joined a Mom's Group that I dearly love and have also started attending a Bible study with some of the same women. It has been wonderful. Anna and I are adjusting to life at home and loving it. However, about 1 1/2 weeks ago my friend's dad, who is the superintendent at the Christian school here approached me about my math teaching experience. The high school math teacher here was recently diagnosed with cancer and needed surgery and will need treatment. He asked if I would be able to sub. It seems crazy to me that God will use me for what He has planned even if I don't seek it out! So last week I subbed for three days at Calvin Christian and thoroughly enjoyed it. This week I will sub two days and next week three more. It has been nice to get back in the classroom and also to have a little extra income! It has been a bit of a struggle, though, finding child care for Anna without having any family down here. God has taken care of that in amazing ways and I'm confident that if He wants me to continue at Calvin he will continue to work that out. At this point I'm hoping to be able to commit to two days a week. I know for the student's sake it's nice to have consistency, but for my and Anna's sake it's nice to be home together a few days a week. :)
So, there's still nothing on our walls and our only painting attempt (the guest bathroom) didn't go at all how we wanted, but our house is beginning to feel more and more like our home. I can honestly say we're doing well and are happy here, which is a wonderful blessing! If you could, pray for us that we would continue to meet new friends and fit into the community. People have been wonderful so far and we are blown away by the community here.
Well, Anna is 'requesting' that I end this and feed her... immediately from the tone of her cries. :) We pray you all are doing well and are healthy and happy!
AUNT JOAN: I tried to put up pictures! There is a banner at the top of the website that reads 'Image uploads will be disabled for two hours due to maintenance at 5:00PM PDT Wednesday, Oct. 20th'. I guess you just aren't meant to get pictures yet! I'll keep working on it :)
Love from California!
Friday, June 25, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Last new post: January 2?!?
So I've known for a long time that I haven't posted since January 2. I guess it's been a combination of not really feeling like I have much to post as well as not really having the time to post. At this very moment I don't have either excuse. I have PLENTY of things to blog about and I have some time to post, so, no more excuses.
I don't really remember January so there must not have been too much that happened then. We did have our ultrasound and got to see our baby for the first time. That was pretty amazing. We didn't find out the gender. We had the technician write down the gender in a card and put it in a sealed envelope so that we could find out if we wanted. We never did give into the temptation of opening the envelope. Also had Amber and her friend Erin visit from Iowa. I needed some maternity clothes and Amber knows how well I do shopping alone. They were GREAT help! January was also about month 3 of being sick because of baby.
February is a blur also. I know I was coaching basketball and that was pretty hectic. We also had Mom, Dad and Ashley visit for a weekend. Everyone chipped in to help us turn our spare room into a nursery. Not sure I could have done it without them! Had a great time. Also, more being sick. Pretty sick of being sick by this time.
March: March started with the State Basketball tournament. Thank goodness for the new assistant coach this year! Her name is Mandy and she kept me sane. If you haven't heard my opinion of the head coach and his first assistant, I think he's an awful coach... maybe worse than awful. Mandy and I hung in there together to keep the girls on the team going and worked with them as best we could to help them grow as basketball players but especially as young, Christian women. Our team lost our first game, which was a big disappointment but they rallied and learned much more from that experience than if we would have won the Championship again this year. Very proud of those girls! March was also the beginning of the end of me being sick. I started only feeling nauseous 1 or 2 days a week instead of every day. WooHoo!
April: Can't think of much that happened in April. I'm drawing a blank. Maybe I skipped April this year?
May: Once the calendar page turned to May I had to keep telling myself that the baby would probably be late and be born in June. That way I was hoping I wouldn't get so impatient! I kept teaching and did some last minute things to get ready for baby's arrival. Henry and I finished up our birth classes which we actually really enjoyed! We had a wonderful instructor who has now become a great friend and resource! (Thanks Missy!). I also enjoyed my last few pre-natal water aerobic classes. Made some new friends there as well. On May 14 I had a doctors appointment. The doctor was concerned about how high my blood pressure was getting and told me I couldn't teach anymore. I was frustrated. I was hoping to continue teaching until the 26th because the baby wasn't due until the 28th (and I had convinced myself that it would be late!). But, we had to follow doctors orders so I called in a substitute and stayed home the next week. I had several more doctors appointments that week and my blood pressure stayed higher than what they were comfortable with. They put me on 'modified bed-rest'. I kept myself busy by baking between my times of having to lay on the couch. We had 2 pies, a bunch of bars and coffee cake. My co-workers were thankful as I brought the excess that we couldn't eat in for them to enjoy. We were scheduled to go into the hospital for an ultrasound on Friday, May 21st to make sure my fluid levels were ok and that the baby was not in any sort of distress. We didn't quite make it to Friday. Thursday night, shortly after we went to bed, my water broke. Hmmm... it was a really strange feeling to gather our things and put them in the car knowing that 24 hours later we would have a baby! We got to the hospital at about 12:15am on Friday morning, May 21st. They got us all checked in and then told us to try to get some sleep. What?!?! We tried anyway. Friday morning I wasn't really feeling many contractions anymore and the ones I was feeling were pretty weak. They decided to induce me at about 10am. By 4 pm I was very ready for an epidural. I never could have imagined how wonderful the epidural really was. It was great! Henry can attest... I may have been the happiest person in the hospital at that moment! After that I slept off and on for the next 4-5 hours...
Anna Grace Vander Pol was born at 10:16pm on May 21st, 2010 and was absolutely perfect. She was 7 lbs and 3 oz and 18 3/4 in long.
Since then our days and nights have been a blur. Anna has been a great baby. However, like all babies, she needs to eat every 2 1/2 - 3 hours meaning I haven't slept for more than about 2 hours at a time since May 22nd. I wouldn't go back to the way things were before Anna. Love her to pieces! Even at 2 am :).
We came home from the hospital on Sunday afternoon. Mom arrived from Montana on Monday afternoon. She has been a cooking, cleaning, and laundry doing machine for which I am SO grateful! It's such a blessing not having to worry about making meals and keeping the house and the laundry going. Mom thinks she's leaving this coming Monday... we'll see about that :)
Anna is 12 days old today and had her second Dr. appt. At this point babies should be back at their birth weight. Anna weighed 8 lbs and 1/2 oz. Getting back up to her birth weight was not a problem! The doctor said she's a '10 out of 10' and he couldn't be happier about her health, so that was great to hear! :)
I will post pictures soon, but wanted to attempt to update things since my last post. Life as I know it has changed. I will work on updating the blog more frequently for anyone who is hoping to keep up with us from here on out. No promises, but I'll make an effort! :)
We pray you all are healthy and happy! Wish we could live closer to so many of you. Miss you and love you much!!
- Lindsey, Henry, and Anna Grace
I don't really remember January so there must not have been too much that happened then. We did have our ultrasound and got to see our baby for the first time. That was pretty amazing. We didn't find out the gender. We had the technician write down the gender in a card and put it in a sealed envelope so that we could find out if we wanted. We never did give into the temptation of opening the envelope. Also had Amber and her friend Erin visit from Iowa. I needed some maternity clothes and Amber knows how well I do shopping alone. They were GREAT help! January was also about month 3 of being sick because of baby.
February is a blur also. I know I was coaching basketball and that was pretty hectic. We also had Mom, Dad and Ashley visit for a weekend. Everyone chipped in to help us turn our spare room into a nursery. Not sure I could have done it without them! Had a great time. Also, more being sick. Pretty sick of being sick by this time.
March: March started with the State Basketball tournament. Thank goodness for the new assistant coach this year! Her name is Mandy and she kept me sane. If you haven't heard my opinion of the head coach and his first assistant, I think he's an awful coach... maybe worse than awful. Mandy and I hung in there together to keep the girls on the team going and worked with them as best we could to help them grow as basketball players but especially as young, Christian women. Our team lost our first game, which was a big disappointment but they rallied and learned much more from that experience than if we would have won the Championship again this year. Very proud of those girls! March was also the beginning of the end of me being sick. I started only feeling nauseous 1 or 2 days a week instead of every day. WooHoo!
April: Can't think of much that happened in April. I'm drawing a blank. Maybe I skipped April this year?
May: Once the calendar page turned to May I had to keep telling myself that the baby would probably be late and be born in June. That way I was hoping I wouldn't get so impatient! I kept teaching and did some last minute things to get ready for baby's arrival. Henry and I finished up our birth classes which we actually really enjoyed! We had a wonderful instructor who has now become a great friend and resource! (Thanks Missy!). I also enjoyed my last few pre-natal water aerobic classes. Made some new friends there as well. On May 14 I had a doctors appointment. The doctor was concerned about how high my blood pressure was getting and told me I couldn't teach anymore. I was frustrated. I was hoping to continue teaching until the 26th because the baby wasn't due until the 28th (and I had convinced myself that it would be late!). But, we had to follow doctors orders so I called in a substitute and stayed home the next week. I had several more doctors appointments that week and my blood pressure stayed higher than what they were comfortable with. They put me on 'modified bed-rest'. I kept myself busy by baking between my times of having to lay on the couch. We had 2 pies, a bunch of bars and coffee cake. My co-workers were thankful as I brought the excess that we couldn't eat in for them to enjoy. We were scheduled to go into the hospital for an ultrasound on Friday, May 21st to make sure my fluid levels were ok and that the baby was not in any sort of distress. We didn't quite make it to Friday. Thursday night, shortly after we went to bed, my water broke. Hmmm... it was a really strange feeling to gather our things and put them in the car knowing that 24 hours later we would have a baby! We got to the hospital at about 12:15am on Friday morning, May 21st. They got us all checked in and then told us to try to get some sleep. What?!?! We tried anyway. Friday morning I wasn't really feeling many contractions anymore and the ones I was feeling were pretty weak. They decided to induce me at about 10am. By 4 pm I was very ready for an epidural. I never could have imagined how wonderful the epidural really was. It was great! Henry can attest... I may have been the happiest person in the hospital at that moment! After that I slept off and on for the next 4-5 hours...
Anna Grace Vander Pol was born at 10:16pm on May 21st, 2010 and was absolutely perfect. She was 7 lbs and 3 oz and 18 3/4 in long.
Since then our days and nights have been a blur. Anna has been a great baby. However, like all babies, she needs to eat every 2 1/2 - 3 hours meaning I haven't slept for more than about 2 hours at a time since May 22nd. I wouldn't go back to the way things were before Anna. Love her to pieces! Even at 2 am :).
We came home from the hospital on Sunday afternoon. Mom arrived from Montana on Monday afternoon. She has been a cooking, cleaning, and laundry doing machine for which I am SO grateful! It's such a blessing not having to worry about making meals and keeping the house and the laundry going. Mom thinks she's leaving this coming Monday... we'll see about that :)
Anna is 12 days old today and had her second Dr. appt. At this point babies should be back at their birth weight. Anna weighed 8 lbs and 1/2 oz. Getting back up to her birth weight was not a problem! The doctor said she's a '10 out of 10' and he couldn't be happier about her health, so that was great to hear! :)
I will post pictures soon, but wanted to attempt to update things since my last post. Life as I know it has changed. I will work on updating the blog more frequently for anyone who is hoping to keep up with us from here on out. No promises, but I'll make an effort! :)
We pray you all are healthy and happy! Wish we could live closer to so many of you. Miss you and love you much!!
- Lindsey, Henry, and Anna Grace
Saturday, January 2, 2010
New Pictures
Here are some recent pictures.
The biggest darn potato I've ever purchased... maybe ever seen!
More of the mutant potato
This sucker took up the whole bottom of my biggest pot!
Abbie (Soodsma) Broekhuis and I decided to road trip to Canada in a quest to purchase caffeine free Mountain Dew. I didn't think the boarder patrol would let us in after Abbie asked the guy if he had to ask all of these questions or if he is just a curious person. Then, after he asked what we were shopping for and I said, 'clothes and things' Abbie chimed in with, 'Can we tell you something and you not get us in trouble?' (Oh gosh Abbie... please just don't say whatever you're about to say. One way or another we're going to get arrested) She informed the man that I am pregnant and that we needed to get into Canada to buy a bunch of Caffeine Free Mountain Dew. I think the boarder patrol man let us through just to get rid of us.
We had NO idea where to actually go in Vancouver so we stopped at a Starbucks and asked an employee what we should do with our afternoon. After saying, 'Ooh! You could go to the park! But it's raining... but the flowers would still be pretty! But they're probably dead...' (haha!) she drew us a GREAT map of how to get to downtown Vancouver and how to get to two different big malls. It was a life saver :)
We almost immediately identified ourselves as Americans by asking for the 'Restroom'... then realized when we saw the sign that we obviously should have asked for the 'Washroom' to blend in. Silly us!
At one of the malls we went to we found 'The REAL Canadian Superstore'. Having no idea what this place was all about we were very excited to experience it. And very excited to have our picture taken in front of this wall.
After having shopped for a while we decided it was time to get our Mountain Dew and head home. Abbie was very proud to have found a cart and figured out how to 'pay' for it using a Canadian coin (that we would get back when we returned the cart).
Abbie ready to retrieve our "prize"
We found the Mountain Dew! Good thing they had enough stocked on the shelves!
This lady thought we were nuts. We had several people give us funny looks and a few actually asked us about it. Abbie was quick to tell them that I'm pregnant and love Mountain Dew so we drove all the way from Seattle to get Caffeine Free Mountain Dew because we don't have that in America etc etc etc (if you know Abbie). :)
And we're leaving The REAL Canadian Superstore, "prize" in hand
Our purchases and the mall:
2 Sweatshirts for Abbie to wear when she's teaching PE
2 'Canadian looking' hats that we could NOT leave Canada without!
10 12 Packs of Caffeine Free Mountain Dew
A close up of our sweet hats
Abbie and I, with our hats, in front of the Peace Arch on the way home
The biggest darn potato I've ever purchased... maybe ever seen!
More of the mutant potato
This sucker took up the whole bottom of my biggest pot!
Abbie (Soodsma) Broekhuis and I decided to road trip to Canada in a quest to purchase caffeine free Mountain Dew. I didn't think the boarder patrol would let us in after Abbie asked the guy if he had to ask all of these questions or if he is just a curious person. Then, after he asked what we were shopping for and I said, 'clothes and things' Abbie chimed in with, 'Can we tell you something and you not get us in trouble?' (Oh gosh Abbie... please just don't say whatever you're about to say. One way or another we're going to get arrested) She informed the man that I am pregnant and that we needed to get into Canada to buy a bunch of Caffeine Free Mountain Dew. I think the boarder patrol man let us through just to get rid of us.
We had NO idea where to actually go in Vancouver so we stopped at a Starbucks and asked an employee what we should do with our afternoon. After saying, 'Ooh! You could go to the park! But it's raining... but the flowers would still be pretty! But they're probably dead...' (haha!) she drew us a GREAT map of how to get to downtown Vancouver and how to get to two different big malls. It was a life saver :)
We almost immediately identified ourselves as Americans by asking for the 'Restroom'... then realized when we saw the sign that we obviously should have asked for the 'Washroom' to blend in. Silly us!
At one of the malls we went to we found 'The REAL Canadian Superstore'. Having no idea what this place was all about we were very excited to experience it. And very excited to have our picture taken in front of this wall.
After having shopped for a while we decided it was time to get our Mountain Dew and head home. Abbie was very proud to have found a cart and figured out how to 'pay' for it using a Canadian coin (that we would get back when we returned the cart).
Abbie ready to retrieve our "prize"
We found the Mountain Dew! Good thing they had enough stocked on the shelves!
This lady thought we were nuts. We had several people give us funny looks and a few actually asked us about it. Abbie was quick to tell them that I'm pregnant and love Mountain Dew so we drove all the way from Seattle to get Caffeine Free Mountain Dew because we don't have that in America etc etc etc (if you know Abbie). :)
And we're leaving The REAL Canadian Superstore, "prize" in hand
Our purchases and the mall:
2 Sweatshirts for Abbie to wear when she's teaching PE
2 'Canadian looking' hats that we could NOT leave Canada without!
10 12 Packs of Caffeine Free Mountain Dew
A close up of our sweet hats
Abbie and I, with our hats, in front of the Peace Arch on the way home
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