CHHA Weekend

This past weekend was the annual get-together weekend for all the families that have hard-of-hearing/deaf children. It was held at Timberline Ranch out in Maple Ridge, not too far away although it is a long way to go without a vehicle and we almost didn't have one. I am still very disappointed in my van...that it let me down. How can you tell that I really love my van, anyways the van was moved out of the garage to make the rest of packing easier and there was a huge puddle on the garage floor...something was broken and Gerard was not going to drive it full of kids out to Maple Ridge, so thankfully we took the Suburban. (the options as a mechanic wife are endless, it was either that or the courtesy van.) I felt pretty lucky to have not one but two choices to load a whole family into at the last minute. So off we went. We had a wonderful time, the kids all did great, meaning slept well all night, woke up quietly in the morning (very important when you are sharing a room with another family), and had a good time with the other kids. The absolute worst thing though is somehow the camera didn't get packed...I didn't forget a single other thing but forgot that. Very disappointing.
So I will just have to remember Niessa sipping her hot chocolate around the campfire, she LOVED the hot chocolate in the disposable cups with the lids on, and Timothy pulling back on the bow and arrow aiming at the target, Sharleen's big smile while swimming in the pool and Danielle petting the horses and always pointing out all the "horsyes" to me. Lots of good memories for our family.