Easter weekend in Calgary

For Easter weekend, we drove to Calgary, AB to visit Roxy! This was Finley's first real road trip... almost 2000 km return. We just allowed for lots of stops, and he did really well!

We hit the road after Ben finished work on Thursday, and drove as far as Kamloops, BC (350 km) that night. We stayed overnight in a motel and were on the road again at 9am on Good Friday. Throughout the drive to Alberta, we saw lots of beautiful scenery...

Wildlife bridge (i.e. for animals to cross the highway!)

...And we even spotted a female moose beside the road! Somehow I managed to get my camera out in time to snap a photo as we drove past.

We also had moose sightings INSIDE the car... :D

We arrived in Calgary at 7pm and were greeted by an enthusiastic Aunty Roxy. She had been excitedly anticipating our visit, and had spent most of the day cleaning/ shopping/ cooking in preparation for it! Finley and Aunty Roxy enjoyed lots of snuggles over the course of the 3 days and 4 nights we spent together...

(Finley and I enjoyed some snuggles too, of course!)

On Saturday, Roxy had organised for us to meet some of her friends for lunch at a Brazilian churrascaria style restaurant. It was great to meet them and stuff ourselves full of various delicious types of meat! Roxy's friend Frank also turned out to be an expert at encouraging babies to nap. :)

L-R: Auri, Roxy, Neil, me, Ben, Frank

After lunch we spent a few hours shopping at the Chinook mall. In the evening, Roxy cooked us yummy stuffed potatoes and we relaxed around the fireplace at her house.

On Sunday, we went to Roxy's meeting, enjoyed a scrumptious roast she prepared for lunch, went to her afternoon gospel meeting, and then had a few of her friends over for a takeout pizza dinner.

That day our gorgeous little man wore this ADORABLE sweater and toque (aka jumper and beanie) that a friend in Vancouver knitted for him...

On Monday, we did some sightseeing. We went to the Peace Bridge and walked alongside the Bow River (taking lots of photos in the process), then did a drive-by tour of Roxy's work.

Photo shoot before leaving Roxy's house...

Bow River and Peace Bridge...

Back at Roxy's house, she snapped this cute pic of Finley and I smiling at each other's reflections in the mirror...

On Tuesday, we drove all the way home. A 10.5 hour drive according to Google Maps, it took us 15 hours!

Stopped for lunch in Golden, BC

Diaper changes took place on my lap in the
back seat of the car!

My view from the back seat during a cuddle stop for Finley :)

Thanks, Roxy, for such a fun and relaxing Easter weekend!