I can’t believe that in one week from today we will be on our way to British Columbia for Christmas. I am ready for a fun family vacation but there is still a lot that I need to do before I leave. Like finish sewing my daughters Christmas gift. I’ve started on it but then decided to fix all my cloth grocery bags because I really don’t need any more plastic bags under my sink.

I am also wanting to put together little baggies of activities and snacks to keep the kids from getting bored. I would love suggestions for activities.

Our goal is to make it to Portland, Oregon the first night but that is a 12 hour drive so I don’t know if we actually make it. It would be nice if I could book a motel online so we don’t have to ask around at our destination for prices. I’m not a big hotel person, I always wonder if the blankets we’re washed before we got there. I do have to say that my favourite hotel I have been to is the Peabody Hotel in Orlando florida (you can see pictures at this florida hotels page. I was only about 8 or 9 when we stayed there during one of my dad’s business trips. I loved how at certain times they would have ducks walking around!