Knot Cute

We are back! We had a really nice time on our trip to Niagara Falls and Ottawa.

On the way up there we stayed the night after arriving at Niagara Falls. On the way to the falls we stopped at Lake Eerie, actually we had breakfast the Bob Evans there and decided why not. Makenna really enjoyed seeing the lake. At Niagara Falls, we stayed at a hotel built in the 1920's, it was really nice. We checked out the falls, took lots of pictures and got a little bit wet. After walking around the down town area for a while we went back to our hotel and had to ride the crazy elevator that had a mind of its own. Once in our room we checked out the view, that was wonderful and of coarse ordered pizza, haha, and it was GOOOOD! The fireworks started at about 9:30 and was a show to see, and free! The next morning we were out searching for some breakfast and decided to go to some Alien cafe, shaped like a flying saucer. It seemed interesting.... After breakfast we thought about going to the aquarium or going back to the falls but Makenna was about to take a nap and it was starting to rain so....

On to Ottawa! We started towards Ottawa and came back into the US b/c gas is cheaper here and Ontario drivers are plain CRAZY! After a few stops and food we arrived in Ottawa at the Novotel hotel. I can't remember what we had that night for dinner....the next morning though we went to the huge farmers market they had and stopped at a market cafe. By that time it was like 11 so Brent had a sandwich and I got the special of the day. Spinach quiche with Beef Vegetable soup (the best soup I have ever had!), it was really good. After that we had a tarte and Brent had white chocolate chip cookie. We did lots of swimming at the hotel pool and Makenna liked the hot tub. We had many meals at the hotels restaurant Cafe Nicole, they had wonderful food and an excellent breakfast buffet every morning. We also went to a restaurant called the foundation, because it is in a basement, and had some fondue for two, extremely good! After all was said and done we came home a little earlier than we thought but it was because the last two days we were there it rain, a lot. On those days we would just mosey to the mall, less than a block away. We never managed to walk to bridge over to Quebec b/c of the rain but before we left we did drive over it. Oh, and it was FREEZING. On to home....

We left Ottawa at 11am on Friday and arrived home at 6am on Saturday, driving straight through, I'll tell ya not a drive I care to do again. It was better on the way there b/c we stopped part way. On the way home we passed a little boat and I mentioned to Brent that awww, that was a cute boat...we start to pass it and read the name of the boat KNOT CUTE....haha, we got a kick out of it. Also while waiting in line for customs we pulled up to a lady traveling with two cats, one laying on the dash and the other hanging part way out her window, a sight to see. Anyway, we arrived home and then went to breakfast with lots of family b/c they were at our house visiting. We met mom and Chris at the Pancake house and then everyone came back here for some more social time. Luckily we did a little bit of picking up before we left (as far as we knew our company was arriving on Sunday, but plans changed while we were in Canada and everyone arrived Thursday)! So Sunday we had a family get together and more family came into town to have some burgers and more grub. Makenna got to play with the twins who are 19 months, they were more interested in her than vice versa. Today all the company has left and everything is back to normal, we had a wonderful time with everyone that came!

New pictures are posted at Shutterfly...the link is to the right on this page. Enjoy, we took lots of pictures!

Oh, I almost forgot! At one of the rest stops....Makenna learned to crawl! So she is now very mobile, she's still a little slow at it but also now likes to pulls herself up on things and cruise!