The Cottage

This has been such a busy month that I have not had a lot of chances to get away and blog.  This one will come in two parts, hopefully that way it'll be easier.

This year our family booked a cottage in Sechelt for our family vacation.  I asked my husband to do something low key but still fun for the kids, as I really wanted to get away together as a family, even with a newborn.  We searched the internet and found this amazing cottage, and what a beauty it was.  It was very quaint... about 80 years old, and well maintained.  Depak is used to a few more modern amenities, but I thought it was so charming.  Chelsea and Stephanie were dreaming up their future in a cottage like that one.  It just so happened that the cottage was for sale, so we were all dreaming what it would be like to live there (the price-tag made it a bit unrealistic, but fun none the less).

So, here is the little cottage... it had two rooms plus a loft, a full kitchen (minus the dishwasher), a bath with a shower and claw foot tup, and a laundry room.  The furnishings were old, the bedding was purposefully mismatched (in a very matching sort of way), the kitchen sink was old style ceramic... just lovely.

Then there was the view... the most amazing part of the trip was being able to look out the window and see that view... to be able to walk out the back yard and onto the beach below.  It was great for the kids to be right on the beach and be able to enjoy the sea life anytime they wanted.  Although the beach is public, there weren't that many people out in front of where we were staying, mainly as it was a little cold for sun bathing, and we had a lot of rocks.  This is why the pricetag of this little place was soooo high!

Chelsea had the priveledge of bringing her BFF with us for the weekend.  It is such a treat spending time with Stephanie, she's like another daughter for us, we truely love her.  It was also very nice for Chelsea to have a friend, as the remaining time we were there, Nat was on her heels.  Thanks for joining us Steph.

My adopted parents also came to visit us at the cottage for a night.  It was great to spend some time with Harold and Lois, play games, get to talk as we haven't in a long time.  Nat really warmed up to Grandpa, and Grandma got to get her baby snuggles in.  Thanks for the visit!