Adventure #4 - A Ferry and a Wedding

Adventure #4 began on Sunday afternoon. After our fun morning at Ambleside, we found ourselves needing a breakfast #2 (after all, our wheaties had been eaten at 6am that morning!). So, what better place than our old favourite, Ikea! If you've ever had breakfast at Ikea anywhere else in the country than Vancouver, than you've never had breakfast at Ikea. In Vancouver, you'd swear the entire lower mainland was there at the same time. I've seriously never seen so many people lined up for $1 breakfasts. It always used to be like that, and it still is (except that now they charge .30 for the buns that used to be free.. go figure!).

We arrived back close to noon, which sent us into a bit of a panic because we have learned that with a 1 year old, you do not do things as quickly as you think you're going to. And we were right. Although we thought we'd leave the hotel at 1pm, it was more like 1:20. No biggy, except that we needed to be at the ferry terminal by 1:45 to keep our reservation.

As we headed onto the #1, we soon realized that wasn't going to happen! We had forgotten that the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) was in town last week and of course, when you have 1.5 million people trying to use a 2 lane highway, things back up quickly. But, of course, with Daddy's expert driving skills, we made it there with time to spare.

The wedding we were attending was in Gibsons (where they used to film Beachcombers for those of you who remember!). It was another first for Matthew! His first time seeing big boats and his first time going across on a ferry! It actually was much less eventful than I though it might be. We didn't get to go outside because we were wearing our fancy clothes and I was too worried we'd all get dirty!

We attended the wedding of our friends Shelley and Jonathan. It was a beautiful wedding in a little place on the coast. The ceremony was held in a garden behind the facility. The bride and groom made their grand entrances in an old fire truck. The bride's husband is a volunteer fire fighter. What a neat idea!! Definitely something everyone will remember.



This was also Matthew's first wedding! He behaved quite well considering again, the only nap he would take was in the truck. Mommy brought along an old wallet filled with a bunch of construction paper squares with letters and numbers on them. Matthew sat for most of the ceremony pulling one out at a time and handing them to Mommy. What a lifesaver those were!



This is my favourite photo of the groom. Everyone always watches the bride when they come down the aisle. I like to see the expression on the groom's face when he sees his bride!



Our friends Darryn and Amanda brought their little girl, Sienna to the wedding. Although Sienna is a bit older than Matthew, the two of them had fun swinging on a wooden swing on the property!



As far as Matthew was concerned... weddings weren't for standing around and visiting, they were for running around!



Like I said, it was a beautiful wedding and in a great location that left lots of room for us parents with little kids to let them run around outside without disturbing the party inside. Although we had to eat our suppers in shifts, Darren and I also enjoyed ourselves a lot and had a great time catching up with old friends!