The Journey Begins

Our first day of the trip was most definitely the longest! We decided that leaving really early in the morning gave us the best chance of getting off and having the girls sleep while we traveled. I set my alarm for 3 am and after only a couple of snooze button hits I was up, fed Charlotte packed the last few things in the car and loading the girls. We were officially on the road by 4:15 am, and I was on the first shift so Spencer could sleep. So, on only 3 hours of sleep, I drove for two and some hours until Spencer was able to take over.

 We made it to Moose Jaw in good time and stopped there to attend Sacrament meeting. As I pulled Charlotte out of her car seat I could smell that she had pooped her pants and needed to be changed. We were running a little late and they were singing the opening song as we got in the building. I raced to the mothers lounge and changed her bum and of course she had gotten some on her onesie and sleeper. Charlotte also needed to be fed so as they started in on the ward business I decided I could feed her quick and still make it in time for the Sacrament. As that wound down I was thinking that we needed to wrap it up, but then they started in on some Stake business and the ward had a new bishopric put in. In the end, Charlotte got a good long feed and we made it into the meeting before the Sacrament Hymn even started.

As we drove the rest of the way, we all got hotter and tireder! The lack of AC in our car definitely made us all grumpier. Rosalin started fussing and Charlotte cried off and on for the last 3 hours of driving. Finally we arrived in Winnipeg covered in sweat and ready to cool down, unfortunately Manitoba is humid and hot and we had no such luck.

Monday was Zara's birthday party so we had a lot of little kids in the house. Everyone played in the backyard then we did a craft before heading out to the park. It was so sunny and humid that Charlotte and I mostly sat in the shade while Jen, Spencer, and the kids ran around the playground. Rosalin seems to have zero concept of her gravitational limits and frequently found herself barely hanging on while swinging from giant metal elephant frames. That afternoon Spencer also fixed out muffler and I'm sad that I won't get to experience the quiet until we're driving back to Alberta in a month.

After supper that evening Ken and Audrey came to pick us up and take us to where their trailer was parked. We had a lot of fun at Jen's house but it was time for the crazy journey to begin.