There is a list.

Kent and I spent last year wishing and dreaming that we had more opportunity to do more, visit more friends and family, do more to the house etc...

So we started building a list.

The list changed from month to month as priorities changed and life changed--but what was rapidly rising to the top of the list was....we need out of here.

Our house being the hub of activity that it is, is incredibly exhausting at times--but full of joy.  And Kent and I wanted out.

We couldn't remember the last time we had more than 24 hours of just "us" time.  So, that went to the top of the list.

But my cheap kicks in....

During the last year, I hoarded my Save On More Points so that I could turn them into: 2 car and Driver and 2 walk on passes.  I put them lovingly in the glove compartment of the car--with a hope and a prayer.  I want Kent time.

Once Kent confirmed his employment, I went looking for deals and booked us a weekend off--So we decided on a cruise!  A BC Ferry Cruise!

.........with our free ferry tickets:

We arrived Friday night, exhausted and so looking forward to a break.  We went for a walk around Vancouver--looking for a place to have a drink and listen to some live music.  We wandered and wandered and I said to Kent, I bet we are actually heading to that place we always go to....and we did.  We stopped in our usual place in Gastown:

 

 

The following morning we had a breakfast date, which was one of the "to do's" on our list.  We wanted to meet with our "daughter" Jamie and her husband Josh.  We found this nice place on our last trip, highly recommend, Catch 122.  We then went work clothes shopping for our men.  This is completely what I'd expect with being downtown with Jamie, we are both not into shopping....so we went to Army and Navy, (Forever 21 for men....). 

 

 

We drove over the bridge and hung out and had coffee at Josh and Jamie's little place on the North Shore.  Then we went to Mark's for more clothes shopping.  When we got finished there, our date with them was just not over, so Josh suggested we go for Pho.  So off to a Vietnamese Restaurant we went. 

 



 

It was tough to say good bye.  We miss our kids so much.  And just that quickly our weekend away was over.  We boarded the ferry -- last ones on:

 

 



We relaxed, read books, talked, connected--it was everything we needed.  This last year has been a long hard haul, but I wouldn't change a thing, we have been stretched, we've grown...I am more in love with Kent than ever. 

 

The following day, Kent started his new job.  A new chapter of life awaits us and I couldn't imagine life with anyone else.