Family Vacation

So we’re back… and all in one piece too! We had a most relaxing enjoyable trip. Maybe a little too much family together time, but nonetheless we are refreshed, tanned and smiling to be back in our own beds! (In fact we checked out last night instead of this morning because Mr. Man and I – the epitomes of discomfort – refused to sleep another night on “those” beds!)

Since we planned our little getaway a bit last minute, there weren’t any cabins available for the whole week and so they arranged for us to split our time between two different cabins – the “Optimum Cedar Cabin” and the “A-Frame Chalet”. Let’s just say that our first three days in the optimum were absolutely divine! Hosting a hot tub and jacuzzi, a fireplace and plenty of space and beds for all! It was super clean, sported a great kitchen with a full-size fridge and stove and was off on its own turf hidden from all the other cabins. We were spoiled. We never would have picked this cabin on our own, but we would choose no other again! Mr. T was heard to say, “Can we stay here forever?!” When we moved to the dark and scary A-Frame, we basically felt like we were camping. Enough said.



We spent most of our time outside at the resort’s pool, the local beach and the kids and Mr. Man taking hikes and walks to the lake. We had campfires, smores, and lots and lots of ice cream! I didn’t wear my watch all week (and for those of you who know me, this is an anomaly) and we weren’t on any schedule of any sort. On a couple of rainy afternoons we watched some fun new (to us) kid movies, and then there was the time Mr. Man won the beach battle and we stayed under a covering for over a half hour waiting for the downpoor that was “sure to blow over without us getting a drop”! We went through a whole bottle of sunscreen for how much we were outside in the beautiful summer sun! This was our first family vacation (besides camping) that we’ve taken on our own – not visiting other family! We will definitely be doing this kind of thing again – yeah for family vacations. However, after five days we were all pretty much ready to come home, so we may make it a day or two shorter! We were a bit limited with what we could do around the area, mostly because of Mr. Man’s need for recovery and my need to keep my leg up, so after a while our “relaxing” activities became a bit monotonous for the kids, and I think they all started to miss their toys, beds and space. While we were away our van has been repaired, Mr. Man's bike is being repaired as are his wounds slowly healing. We only had one bee sting, one sunburn, one pulled muscle, one fever and stomach bug and one grossly enflamed ear from a allergy to a bug bite - so not bad for a family of almost six in a weeks time!!! Still, absolutely no regrets (let’s not talk about the scary A-frame), and a second hurray for fun relaxing family vacations!


Today in primary the kids had to draw a picture of something their family does to follow Jesus Christ in faith. Mr. T's picture was shared with the group, and his teacher quoted him as saying that one way to do this was to "go on vacation and sit in the hot tub with your family". So apparently we made some memories too!