Adventures with the Youngs

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I didn't blog yesterday b/c, well we were having such a great family day! We ventured out to another new church yesterday morning (after poor D was up on-call until 3:30am) but this one started at 11:30am so he was able to sleep in :) It was really good. We enjoyed it, the kids enjoyed it so hopefully we've found a home church for the time we are here. Later we discoverd a great splash park downtown and just hung out all evening outside. So nice. Yesterday, I also got to go for a run, have a nap and have pizza for dinner(mmmm) and end with watching a little planet Earth with D. That is my idea of a perfect sunday. I am a true believer that along with church sundays should be spent with the ones you love just chill'in. Or enjoying nature, Soaking up the beauty of this world and the things you value in life.

Today has already proven to be an adventureous day for me. I managed to crawl out of bed before 7am yup, I said 7. I'd like to take all the credit for taking that inititive but D is so loud in the mornings, or the layout of this house is so bad, that I might as well get up by the time he leaves for work anyway CAUSE I'M AWAKE ANYWAY ;) So it was all good b/c Ella was starting a mini-camp today at 9am. We've been so excited about this b/c she is totally needing more stimulation and a few friends these days. It was great and she loved it. My adventure began after I dropped her off. With my handy GPS and new found confidence in a strange city, I decided that I would just head to the nearest Goodlife fitness. I punch it in and it takes me a few monutes down the road to the one that is downtown and in a shopping mall where you have to park in a garage. Now Darryl has been going to this one so he has briefed me on where to park, how to get your ticket paid for in Goodlife etc. But for those of you who have small kids you know that anything new is a huge under taking and takes quite a bit more figuring out, reading signs, asking for help, organizing etc. I am not the most adventureous person when it comes to certain things that may lead me to get lost but for whatever reason (I blame the false confidence the GPS gives me)I decided to tackle this gym this morning, with Zaiah. Let's just say that by the time I got out of the garage, through the shopping center, crossed the street to the other shopping centre, found the gym asked for help to get down the esculator to the gym (b/c the escalatior was broken, I had a stroller and there was no elevator in sight) and was able to finally get her settled in the child minding I was POOPED! In the end, I made it out and back to pick up Ella without getting lost, had a great workout but am pretty much finished for the rest of today :) In the end, i'm pretty proud of myself, lol.

Hope your weekend went well and have a happy monday!