Pros and Cons of BC

Ethan pushed this shopping cart up and down the driveway all day long, every day!

Wyatt has mastered sitting!

He is saying 'Cheese' but he is not smiling!

In the car on the way to Campbell River.

Nymph Falls

Beautiful wedding! Congratulations Danika and Darren!

Caleb and Ethan are finally reunited after 6 days apart. The entire time we were away Ethan kept saying 'Tia (Caleb) Hug'. This is Ethan pointing at Caleb's car when they showed up at the park!

After a wonderful trip to BC, our plane landed on the rainy Edmonton runway. The entire time I was away I had so many emotions about where I want to live. There are SO many pros and cons to both places.

What I love about BC:

- It is GREEN, GREEEEEEN and beautiful! Cherry blossoms everywhere, it smelt like SPRING, Ethan could play outside everyday all day, pretty much 365 days a year. Ethan was outside the entire trip. LOVED every minute of it!

-Granny and Grandad! Ethan is in love with his Granny and the same goes for Granny in love with Ethan. I don't think Ethan asked for me once the entire trip. Granny was the star of the show! I had the best break ever. Between Kell, my Mom and Dad I hardly did a thing all week. It was great! That being said I really like that seeing the Grandparents is a 'treat' for the kids. If they saw them everyday they may not be as excited about it.

-SO many things to do. The options are endless... beaches, hikes, shopping, day-trips. I mean you really can do everything in Courtenay.

-I could be 'fit' again. I mean I can be active here but it is more like work here. What I miss MOST about highschool is the team sports. I played women's soccer for years after I graduated but once I moved here I was not able to (with the kids, no babysitter and the fact that the team in Spruce Grove is a Div one teamm... I am not a Div one player). I ran into some ladies at the park while we were in Courtenay. They were both very active and it reall yjust made me want to move back and join the soccer and field hockey teams in the valley.

**HST stinks**

What I love about Alberta:

-Our Friends. I have so many amazing friends in BC, this does not discount you, because I love you! The friends I've met in Alberta have become my support system! I don't know what I would do without them!

-Ethan's friends. Ethan has so many little friends out here, just the thought of leaving and Ethan leaving his friends makes me sad.

-Our house. We just built a wonderful house, already so many memories have been made in this house and I want to continue to build them.

-Living here makes trips to BC more special. It is always so nice to visit BC but I always look forward to coming home.

-I like living in our own little Alberta world, it is kind of nice being a little further away, starting our own life out here.

-The hospital - Both my boys were born in Edmonton. I want one more baby and I want that baby to be born here as well. I am probably crazy but I feel safer having a C-section in Edmonton than i do in Courtenay :)

**I will not miss the mosquitos in this darn town. Was almost eaten alive this afternoon at the park.

I've looked at a few houses online in Courtenay. I had found one that I loved but it was sold. I think that once our yard is complete this place will be more desirerable. For right now I feel like our home is in Alberta. Eventually we may end up back in BC but for right now we will enjoy Alberta. I think I just most of all love being around my family and just love the beauty of BC. The daily rain I could probably do without :)