Vancouver

Our friends won two free night stays in Vancouver and gave one of them to us.  So, this past weekend, we ran away from the chaos of carpet install and messy houses and kids and fled the country to have a much needed 24 hour get-away.  

 We enjoyed walking around the city to find sushi

 And ended back at the restaurant in the hotel for some massive and incredibly delicious desserts.  We shared both and gave our best effort, but couldn't finish them.

 We spent the morning shopping at the designer outlets in Vancouver.  It was so much fun.  Todd was such a good sport just following me around from one shop to the next while I oohed and ahed at everything.

 And he even smiled as I bought a little thing of beauty.  I love Kate Spade!

It really was so nice to get away for a minute.  We needed a break from our messy lives and pretend for a minute that Todd's truck isn't broken AGAIN, or that we aren't all getting attacked by colds, or that every room in my house has stuff from others rooms in it while we get new carpet.  I think leaving for one day made it easier to think about tackling all of that again.  And at least for the home repairs, we are on the home stretch now.  So that's good too.