Update Mania

I have updated the blog like a madwoman. I had so many photos from our drive and wanted to get them on here. Well, I have finally done it and am proud to say that I am all caught up. I think the posts go back a page or two. Anyway, I will have to be better in the future at putting things up as they happen.

Fourth of July is coming up and we are planning on heading down to my brother Jeff and his wife Emily's house. They have three adorable children. We are so excited and can't wait to see them. It is nice to be able to be this close to them. Hopefully, I will have lots of fun pictures.

As for the the Star Spangled layout of our blog, I was just in a patriotic mood, with the Fourth of July coming up and all. I love America and feel so grateful to be able to be a citizen and partake in the rights and blessings bestowed on our great land and country. We are truly blessed.

Morgan's Lobster

The last couple times we have gone to the grocery store, Morgan has wanted to buy some lobster. This last time, I couldn't resist. The lobster was 3.99 and he promised me he would cook it outside. Fish smell does not bode well with me.



Here he is about to put the two little guys on the grill. Bon Appetite!

The Parliament

The following pictures are of the Parliament building in downtown Ottawa. The Parliament covered a lot of area and it actually took us quite a while just to walk around some of it. There is a free tour, however, it is about 45 minutes long. One of these days we will go back and go on the tour.





In this last picture you see the Ottawa River and on the right is Quebec. Quebec and Ontario are just separated by this river. It is beautiful!

Ribfest and the Vegetarian Nightmare

We have been hearing a lot about this ribfest and everyone was saying we had to go. It was Saturday and we were already planning on heading downtown, so we thought we would stop and see what all the excitement was about.
The smell was intoxicating and we were still in the parking garage, on the 3rd level UNDERGROUND. When we got to the street where all the vendors were lined up, we decided we had to try some.
We stood in line and got the combo they called "Vegetarian's Nightmare". I had to laugh. We were able to try some ribs, chicken, and my personal favorite, a pulled pork sandwich.

The vendor we decided to try was actually from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They won this contest last year and supposedly were the best this year too. And after eating their food, I would have to agree, they win.


Morgan was in heaven. I haven't met a guy who doesn't love some good ribs every now and then!


And here is the pulled pork sandwich. The amount of food we got was insane. We were definitely both full.

Ottawa!

Well, we finally made it to Ottawa. We actually came in about a week ago, but I am a slacker and haven't updated the blog. We had a very good 36 hour drive and some wonderful adventures along that way. And even though we have only been here a week, we have had some crazy and wonderful experiences in our short time here. Those stories might have to wait for another day.

We are so grateful to be up here and for the wonderful people we have met so far. We will have a wonderful summer! I can't wait to be able to share all our neat experiences with all of you. I don't know if I will be able to do my stories justice, but hopefully they will be somewhat entertaining.

The Parkway!

We decided to go on a picnic on Sunday afternoon (our first official day in Ottawa) and we found this beautiful park. This is actually part of a massive set of biking/jogging trails. They have nature trails all over, but supposedly this one is the most impressive. Needless to say we had a wonderful picnic.

What a sign for a store!

So this was a real store. We pulled off for a quick fill-up and to stretch our legs a bit and after a minute or two of sitting there, we finally looked up and noticed the sign on this building. We laughed!