Easter in Kelowna

Somehow Shawn has sneaked by his whole life without really venturing in B.C. 

A travesty that had to be changed.

So when we heard that my Mum and Len were headed to Kelowna over Easter we decided to tag along to visit Mum's family. Last trip that we will be able to pack in ten minutes flat; apparently babies delay packing time a bit. 

I love traveling with Mum and Len; they have such a laid back attitude. Forget the whole rushing to get there, we took time to stop for any little reason and if we didn't then we would have missed this lil gem...

 Shawn's first view of the Okanagan Valley!

Apparently Shawn wasn't overwhelmed with the view because after awhile this is what Shawn looked like... 

It's true that Kelowna is in it's prime in the summer but we did our best to play tour guide and show Shawn some of the best views and, of course, the classic tourist stops...

Shawn thought it was nice but he couldn't get over how, to him, living on a lake would be weird as to him that's a vacation thing. Going to the lake. Not living on the lake. 

The famous(?) sail water fountain.... 

Somehow we didn't make Shawn a believer in regards to Ogopogo... 

How can you not believe in the giant sea creature that lives in the Okanagon?

Mum and Len, after their dual big wins at the Kelowna casino.

Mum took $20 and turned it into $260 playing the dumbest/funniest slot machine ever... 

My Mum's idea of a ice cream cone is more like a bite to me... 

Mum's dog Tia is quite the cute lil thing... 

Family dinner with the grandparents and Aunts/Uncle

Thanks Knokum for the baby gifts!

Shawn and I were at the Superstore picking up some strawberries and angel food cake for Easter dinner when the cashier told us to put away our money, saying that the Native man in front of us in line wanted to pay for our purchases. Apparently the guy had his eye on Superstore's gimmick (buy $155 and get a FREE .....) and since he doesn't pay HST (don't get me started on the BC's HST) as a native, he was $10 under the limit. So instead of going back and getting $10 more in groceries he wanted to buy ours. We were blown away and so grateful but I don't know who was more excited, us- getting strawberries and angel food cake for FREE or him- getting his free glass cooking ware set for FREE. He was going on how it was one less Christmas present he would have to shop for... haha... We even offered to give him cash but he was thanking us for helping him reach the limit. 

Made our day. 

Love him.

The first night we got to Kelowna, my Grandpa had made Shepard's pie (which I LOOOVE) and my Knokum handed me a plate with four veggie summer rolls on them and when I sat down after dishing out the rest of the dinner on my plate I noticed that only my Aunt Laurie, Uncle Derek and I had the veggie rolls. I offered Shawn one but I didn't think too much into it, thinking that Knokum just wanted me to have extra veggies, being pregnant and all. 

The next morning my Mum and Knokum were talking and somehow it came out that Knokum thought I was vegetarian! Apparently so is Laurie and Derek and thus the reasons why we were the only ones with the veggie rolls... I guess they didn't notice the big mass of Shepard's Pie on my plate right beside them. Ha ha. My Mum had a good laugh and informed my Knokum that I definitely am a lover of cows, pigs and chickens on my plate. 

View from the Pass on our way home....