Yesterday we headed up to one of Sox’s friends near Montreal. It was a nice drive across some very flat, straight highway’s. Nothing like driving in BC. At one point the traffic slowed down to a crawl, and I couldn’t figure out why. As we rounded one long corner, I saw the reason. Two snowplows were working in tandem clearing snow from both shoulders of the highway. For the first time ever I was held up by a snowplow.

When we got close to Kirkland, the snow started flying and the wind picked up. It was chilly, but still beautiful. We met up with our friend and got our stuff in her house when I heard a tractor working. Turned out the driveway clearing service was coming by. They sign up by the month for a service and whenever it snows they come by with a snow blower and clear the driveway for you. Things I never thought existed when I was stuck on the west coast. This means I actually got to see a snow blower work too!

The kids had fun on our overnight trip. The kids of Sox’s friend played really well with Amy and Elliot which made us feel totally at home. Elliot got to experience his deepest snow ever too. Very fun for him.

Today we came back to Ottawa. It was sunny and blue sky in Kirkland, but as soon as we got back into Ottawa, the snow was falling pretty hard. We got back to Sox’s sisters house and got in side. I loved watching the snow fall. It just looked beautiful.

Elliot played this evening with his cousin while dinner was made. After dinner most of the adults took off to watch Cats while I got Amy and Elliot ready for bed. Now for me to relax a little bit.