Went for les vacances...

So we had a great time of vacation!

We stayed at a place that H grew up in. Her parents built the place once upon a time. It was great. It was HUGE (likely about 4000 sq.ft.), with a grand foyer, a sitting room, a living room, formal dining room and an enormous kitchen that looked out on a river valley, forests and many many hills in the distance.

There were 4 large bedrooms upstairs with a formidable view from the master bedroom. The entire house was done in gorgeous red-brown hardwood and red-brown stained trim. It is surrounded by 140 acres of forest and farmland. The backyard had wonderfully done landscaping and a pool (that was there before). We had great weather for the most part and enjoyed the pool numerous times. E learned how to doggy-paddle and how to do a backfloat on his own. He has had some challenges with swimming, but conquered them in a few short days in the pool. A loved getting into the pool too and wanted to go in at every spare moment when she wasn't cuddling with her babies or having a bottle.




H was so excited to be there and loved the rush of memories that came back with every little detail. I had a wonderful time too since I had always heard of this wonderous place and all the fun that they had, but thought I would never have the chance to see it. I thoroughly enjoyed it.










We were staying with H's mom and stepdad, H's bro and his wife, and had visits from H's nana and also from H's uncle and cousin who drove up from not too far away.

It was exciting that there are many windmills (~25+) for generating power nearby. On the way home, we saw about 40+ additional mills. It's great!

A great time was had by all. It was a nice introduction to 'country life' for later this week.