As Much as We'd Like to Deny It...

...a good lot of the highlights from our family visit centered around food.
Derrel decided he wanted to make chocolate-covered strawberries for his mom the night before they came, so we did. 56 of them (give or take the three we ate in the process). Vancouver was more centered around a lack of food. We drove through Stanley Park (the largest park in North America), and attempted to find lunch along the way. We came upon three restaurants that were closed (or crazy expensive) before we headed back into town and proceeded to get temporarily trapped inside the lobby of mostly-deserted building (Derrel: "Is there some secret to getting out of here?" The guard over the intercom: "The secret is to press 'EXIT'.") Who said Canadians were friendly?

(Exhibit A)

On Sunday, Dennis and Derrel treated us with a Fried Fiesta. Buffalo wings, homemade potato chips...and it only took a week to stop our house from smelling like we were deep-frying. :O)

On Monday we had a picnic in nearby Whatcom Falls Park, and were able to miss the rain by about 20 minutes. Tuesday meant introducing the family to the Spuddy Pizza, and I think they've been converted.

A fun visit that went way too fast. We can't wait to see you guys again soon (and in the meantime, I'll try to lose some weight to make room for it). :O)