It is IMPORTANT to WAIT for children!!!

So yesterday (who knows what day it is at this point) Jesse and I took my brothers Sam and Matt to Campbell River with us. At first we were a little leary of taking them because they can be quite a handfull, but it was my Dad and Jenny's anniversary and we figured they could use some time off.

So we left and had a great drive up there playing some road games and having Jesse impress the snot out of the boys with his loud music and fast car. Then we went in for lunch at Boston Pizza with my friend Sarah and her little guy Ethan. It was great to catch up with them and super cool to tell her about how Jesse and I met. My brothers at that point decided to be little brats!

After lunch we got back in the car and my brilliant husband came up with the coolest game ever -- a game that will most likely be played often with our children! "Annoying points"! Any time one or both of the children were doing something Jesse or I felt was annoying we gave them the amount of points we felt they deserved (could be one or 10...). If they were good for a time or perhaps complimented someone they would be deducted points (unless they were complimenting too often and not being sincere, thus making them annoying and adding to their points). Anyways, at one point my brother Matt was up to 80 points or so while Sam stayed under 20 the whole time. But when Matt was up so high he was frustrated so he "quit" the game. But then he was just quite so he kept losing his points because he wasn't being annoying. So technically he could have won a game he wasn't even playing. In the end they both ended up with zero points so they both got a chocolate bar from us...and they managed to spend a day without getting yelled at for the most part! It was pretty sweet!

Throughout the day though, I realised that Jesse is going to be the coolest dad in the world one day, and it's going to be super hard to wait for that...however, we are really really enjoying our time just the two of us.

Well, today we're going out boating on the ocean, so Jesse is pretty excited about that! We're going to try our hand at fishing and hopefully see some seals and such. Whales would be cool and if I wasn't along for the ride they'd probably see some, but I have terrible luck with that kind of thing! We'll keep you posted! We really love you guys, and I'm really looking forward to hanging out with all of you when we get back...say hi to anyone who isn't reading this for us!

Casey!