Day four we travelled from
Quesnel to Fort St. John. We started at 8am and reached my sister in
laws house by 3:30pm. At the beginning of this trip I worried about
how our children would travel especially my littlest daughter. They
were amazingly great! Right from our arrival at my sister in laws
house, my children and theirs had a blast together driving quads and
swimming in their pool. My husband's brother looks identical to my
husband. Many of our children came to me expressing that their uncle
looks like their dad! It's uncanny. My sister in law lives in between
Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, basically out in the middle of no
where with no internet service. It's weird for me not to text and
keep in touch with the rest of the world. (The only way I sent this
post was connecting into a wifi area when we were in one of the
cities) On Friday (our fifth day) we went to their local river to
swim. The rivers here aren't like our rivers at home. They're very
muddy. In fact it's a completely different atmosphere but our
children enjoyed themselves with their cousins. At night a mother
fox screams at my sister in laws cat. This fox had babies, and she's
in protection mode screaming throughout the night well into the early
morning. It must be exhausting. It's interesting what changes
fourteen hours makes with land distance. Everything is different.
Today is our tenth day gone. We just left my sister in laws place.
Most of our days have consisted of twenty nine children. Eleven of
mine, thirteen of my sisters and five from my sister's friend. It's
amazing on how well all our children behaved and got a long. It's
like a day that hasn't past since they seen each other last. It's
been five years!. Too long. From daily swimming, endless
playing outdoors, to wiener roasts at night, card games and while
dying all our hair different colours, our children have reconnected.
I successfully delivered the dirt bike to my son and we had great
visits with him. He's very happy living up here, and from his words,
“It's forever” I definitely miss my family up here in the North.
It was a sad departure. There was a reason years ago why we moved up
here......it was for family, for similarities, and support. My sister
in law (known as my sister) and her family is non judgemental, and
unconditionally loving with a open heart and home. I sure do love
them and I hate the fact I'm an Aunty from a far......nonetheless,
our miles between us hasn't separated our connection together, that
has been evident during our stay. Sunday (Our seventh day) My
children and I headed to Dawson Creek to visit a birth Grandpa, his
twin and a birth uncle that we haven't seen in over six years. I
wasn't sure what to expect, but I was hopeful that our visit will be
a positive one, and it was! We cried saying our “Goodbyes” Below
I'm sharing a few pictures of some of us caught on camera! My next
post is coming “tonight!” Even if I haven't slept and drove eight hours today! - dedicated blogger with horrible grammar is back! SERVICE is a wonderful invention we
should not take for granted! I felt like I was Robyn Williams off of
the movie RV wandering around wishing for service (ha ha) .... To conclude, my husband's birthday was on July 6th! Happy
Belated Birthday to my husband Gerald back home! An amazing dedicated
husband and father!
The Northern River
Some of us playing basketball
Enjoying dinner outside
Doing hair! Yes I have a blue patch!
Dinner tables inside
My son living in and loving the North!
Just some of our two families at Charlie Lake! Believe it or not, we are missing MANY of our family members!
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