March 2006

22^nd Our first trip of the new year! This time we have a new member of the family traveling with us. Ryan Matthew Teasdale he joined our family in February. Today we left sometime after 1pm to go to Canada. We are making this trip to British Columbia because Davids Grandfather passed away. Frank Martin. ( Davids Mothers Father ) So we trek up for the funeral. Today we drove through northern Utah and into Idaho and Oregon. Which is cool because the kids and myself have never been to these places before. ( 3 states in 2 days! ) We made it all the way to Baker city Oregon which is where we stopped for the night. We are traveling with Paul so we stopped at a Truck Stop to sleep in our RV's. It was okay, Dark but noisy with all of the semi trucks by us :\ Its also late and Ryan has done pretty well for such a long drive ( 500 Miles :) ) but he is hungry.

 23^rd Today we got an early start ( around 8am) and after a quick stop to McDonalds, off we go! Its been a pretty drive. We came into Washington today. Such tall trees in the mountains. Very Pretty. Driving through the mountains in Washington we saw a lot of orchards and in the higher parts there was a lot of snow on the side of the road. Taller than our car! They get a lot of snow. So glad we had nice weather driving through that pass. In Seattle it smelled a lot like pine with all of the pine trees around. Since we are crossing the border we all need our Birth Certificates. Since Ryan isn't very old. I didn't have his, so I had to go and get it at the health Dept ($15) Well, the day before we were planning to leave I couldn’t find it at all. No clue where I put it. I was stressed out! (still am since I haven't found it ) So we had to get another one! ( Another $15) Grrr. This kids are excited to go to Canada. To see their cousins and go see a little of where their Dad grew up. Too bad we won't be going to Vancouver Island. ( that is where he really grew up ) Maybe next time we decide to drive the thousand miles well go there. This trip is going to be a short one.

I never finished writing this trip down so Im not sure what we did on what day! We visited Dave’s Sister Michelle and camped at a cool campground 10 min from her house in the woods. It was neat because it has some trees growing in weird formations it looked like the kids hideout. This kids called it Yoda’s hut. We visited an old time candy store that had candies all the way from England. Candies that Dave grew up with. The kids enjoyed having Turkish Delight. Like in the book the lion the witch and the wardrobe. We went to place called White Rock its a beach. It was so Windy! It was so windy that I got a horrible headache! So pretty there – we went to a giftship and got some patches we also went to Doc's Fish and Chips and had the BEST fish and chips ever! I loved it SO much <3 p="">

We also visited Ken's mushroom farm. Where he works. It was pretty cool. The kids enjoyed it. They all brought some mushrooms back home. We bought a lot of Canadian Candy bars @ Costco. On Sunday the 26^th of march was the Funeral for Dave's Grandfather. It was really nice but really sad too. We visited with Dave;s older brother Mark and his family after the funeral.

It was nice to spend some time with them. I really like his wife Nina and their little boy Carsen is a sweetie.  A rainy day. On Monday we went to IKEA.. I could of stayed there for a long time. It was my first IKEA store. Afterward we went to science world. It was pretty cool the kids really enjoyed it. We left to come back home on the Tuesday the 28^th Long Drive home.