First Day of Vacation!

Yesterday was our first day of vacation together (although poor Maxx had been scheduled to work Saturday, so he got off work at 7:00am).

We managed to get the bags, doggy stuff, and dog carrier into the car and made the 8:30am ferry to Horseshoe Bay quite easily ... and although it seemed fairly busy, we didn't have much of a wait in the cafeteria line up to get our breakfast.  I love the scrambled eggs on the ferry.  They take me back to my university days eating scrambled eggs at the cafeteria for breakfast almost every day.  After four years, it left me with a "thing" for what I call "institutionalized scrambed eggs"!

Walked the dogs around on the ferry and up the ramp to the next level of car parking, so they got a bit of a leg stretch, then when we docked we headed directly to Richmond to descend on Holly and Todd, Noni, and the kids.

After a while, Imp calmed down a bit around the big dogs, so he's not barking his fool head off any time they are near him.  Angel gave my littl nephew some kisses (such a huge step for her, as she doesn't like little children..... I think both a sign of her being more socialized and the little fellow growing up!).

When were trying to inflate the air mattress, it wouldn't turn on (battery powered pump built-in), and when we tried another set of batteries from Noni nothing happened ...but luckily third time was the charm and Todd had some batteries of the right size which actually did have juice. At home we realized we don't have sleeping bags any more (although we aren't quite sure if it's because we washed them and they fell apart, or if we loaned them out to friends and they have not yet been returned -- which would be pretty much on-par for items we loan out, they NEVER seem to be returned and I keep saying that we won't loan anything else!).  Luckily, Canadian Tire was having a sale on sleeping bags, so we got two new ones which are rated good for downto -10 degrees celsius, and they are also very light, and each have their own storage bag ... so all's well that ends well on that front!

Holly made a truly delicious chili for dinner, and we had gone out to Cobs bakery during the day to pick up a nice loaf of bread, so Maxx made some cheesy garlic bread to go with it, which was also very toothsome!

Right now I think I'm the only one up, other than Todd who has had to leave for work.  My poor little nephew was sick (throwing up) most of the night, so Holly and my neice are pretty tired, and I hope Noni's been able to go back to bed for some more sleep as well, as it was a very long night for them upstairs.  Maxx is fast asleep on the livingroom floor as we're camping out in the house due to lack of dry soil in the back yard ... and Hobgoblin is curled up under the covers with him,Imp and Elf are curled up on top of the covers with him, and Angel is curled up at my feet as I type this.

So relaxed!  Gosh, I love vacation!