Vancouver...Here we Come!

Yesterday, some new dear friends from church took our whole gang to Vancouver and gave us the big tour! It poured in the beginning...but we had so much fun. It was the opening of the Paralympics so there was a bit of Olympic fever and that made it extra special...we still felt apart of things without all the crowds!:)

The Baergs took us to Granville Island where we enjoyed coffee and hot chocolate on the water.


From there we headed over to Stanley Park...it's big and beautiful...can't wait to come back on a nice day and explore. Then we headed into downtown Vancouver, parked and walked and walked and walked!:) The rain had stopped and the sun even poked out a bit and the kids were such troopers! We went to Robson Square, the Cauldron (which, I might add, looks much cooler on TV!) as well as the Canada Pavilion.


The kids got to hold a REAL torch although the highlight for Micah was getting to stand by "Mounties" and get his picture taken!(Uncle Andrew, he couldn't wait for you to see this picture!)

We ended up in Gastown for lunch/dinner (which the kids renamed "dirch")at the Old Spaghetti Factory. The trip home was full of beautiful views of the snow covered mountains as well as several sightings of bald eagles!!!

Thank you Baerg Family for being wonderful tour guides and even more wonderful company! It was a great day we will not soon forget!