John & Kathy VanDyk, Ottawa and Halloween, October 2009

We were so excited to be going to see our great friends John and Kathy VanDyk in Stittsville (just outside Ottawa)! What should have been a 4-4 1/2 hour drive took us just over 6! There were lots of tears and pee breaks along the way and of course we stopped in a teeny town (don't remember the name) to have dinner at the local Swiss Chalet (seriously nothing else in the town except maybe a gas station and grocery store) at 5:30 and it was PACKED! We finally made it to John and Kathy's place just before 10PM, boy were we happy to see them! We got the kids settled and ready for bed before we sat down to start our visit.

** Before we arrived John and Kathy had asked if there was anything particular we needed/would want - we asked if they could pick up some cranberry juice, yogurt drinks and banana's - and joking Aaron said if they could find a copy of Beauty and the Beast on DVD (Lily's FAVORITE) we had been searching forever to find it but of course once it is back in the vault it is IN the vault....**

Ok so back to the original post, Aaron went into the kitchen to get a drink of water when we hear 'you've got to be kidding' in he came to the living room with the biggest smile on his face holding the Beauty and the beast DVD. John and Kathy had it, unopened and were giving it to Lily. So amazing - Lily was so happy when she woke up the next day to see it & of course we had to watch it right away!

We went into the city to see the Paliament buildings (this was for me!) they were beautiful we went on the guided tour inside to see the house of commons and the senate. The architecture of this building was amazing what a privilage to go and walk through it. We had a nice 'REAL Deli' sandwhich before heading back to John & Kathy's to get ready for Halloween. Lily was a fairy (we brought her wings from home in our suitcase) and Anderson was a Lion. Lily was really excited and couldn't wait to get outside and go trick or treating. At the first house people asked Lily if Anderson  was her brother (& gave an extra chocolate for him) so by the second Lily said (unprompted) and one for my brother...it was really cute and boy did she work this one at every house we went too! Back to John and Kathy's place to check out the candy and have ONE candy before bed. We woke up the next morning and had a nice breakfast with John and Kahty before we headed back to our apartment in Mississauga. We had a great visit with John and Kathy and missed them the minute we drove out the drive way. Hope to see you guys again this summer if you make it out this way again.

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