yvonne parks: Thunder Bay

WHO

Hi there. I'm Yvonne, and I'm a wife, Mom of 2 and business chick. Welcome!

I started this blog 17 years ago, back when most people said "What's a Blog?" (and before Facebook!) Well, I'm still here maintaining this blog when I can, simply to continue archiving all the memories that I have invested here. :)

We moved to Ottawa in August of 2007, but I've spent the previous years of my life in a city called Winnipeg (Ever heard of it?) I've been a worship leader for over 33 years, and I often say that "I don't really like music...I just love worship"

If you like, you click on the CD in the right column of this blog, and hear clips of my album "Only One Love".

And work? I have a small graphic design company (www.pearcreative.ca) specializing in Book Cover Design and marketing materials. I love love LOVE my job!

I share my adventures with my incredible husband of 25 years (Jason) and our two gorgeous daughters aged 16 and 19.

(updated 2019)

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Thunder Bay

After 7 hours on the road, we are now in Thunder Bay. We arrived at our hotel, took the girls for a swim, and now we're sitting in the hotel restaurant waiting for our meal. Happily, they have a wireless signal here. : ) This restaurant boasts "The One Pound Baked Potato" It's stuffed with all matter of things. It sounds good. I just ordered it. Just the potato...nothing else. I figure it will be a meal on its own.

The girls are travelling alright...but around 6 pm they both get grumpy. Aila is beside me at the table, hiding UNDER the table having a snit. I'm not sure why....except that she's hungry NOW and not happy to have to wait for her meal. Being kooped up in the car all day is tiring for them I guess.

All our energy is going into keeping the kids content and excited. We keep saying what an adventure this is...and how lucky we are to have each other to share the adventure with.

I haven't cried yet. I feel rather numb...like it's not quite real. My Dad said it's "God's Anestetic" (sp?) so that I could get thru this...and help my kids get thru it too. I like that. However, I'm wondering just when it will all hit me....

That's all for now.......

7 comments:

Kristi said...: Thought of you guys this evening....; 11:54 p.m.
Stephanie said...: Safe travels and great blessings to you guys! You are in my prayers! I pray that this adventure is full of peace and joy : )

My brother and I heard your song, "Spilled out and broken" on CHVN (95.1 FM) on Saturday and screamed/laughed/got really excited and cranked it up!!! That's the best song I've heard on that station in a long time .... should I have just written that??? ; ) It made me miss you!

Enjoy the trek to Ottawa - I'm excited to read about how it's going!; 12:11 a.m.
Lanney said...: Safe travels Yvonne. Keep us posted. I am going to miss you all. Enjoy it all though, I am excited to see what God does!!; 8:35 a.m.
One of Freedom said...: You are almost here. Praying for ya. My kids get odd after being in the car for long periods of time too. My family is in the Maritimes to we are familiar with the loooonnnngggg journey.

Bless you guys! It is great to see this as an adventure, because I'm sure that is what God's wild and adventurous heart has in mind when He calls us, like Abraham, to leave the comforts of home.; 10:19 a.m.
Anonymous said...: Hey guys
You're in my prayers.
Good on ya.
Luv Diane; 5:05 p.m.
Erica said...: God's anesthetic...that's good!
(probably true too!)

thinking of you..; 8:42 p.m.
Deanna Momtchilov said...: Ya, travelling with kids is...interesting! The first 12 hours were ok (most of them were at night while the kids were sleeping) but hours 22-24 got tough! A sleepover in Cleveland helped the next 6 hours go better. Then a week in TO before our next 17+ hour stretch to NB! Let's just say I'm happy to be flying home!; 6:39 p.m.