351. Today I am grateful for a day at the beach with my family

We got back home late last night and this morning my parents asked me what I wanted to do for my last day home (I fly back to Edmonton tonight). My answer was going to the beach so we spent the day at Crescent Beach in Surrey. It was such a nice day and the weekend so the beach was pretty busy. It was lots of fun though walking along the beach, eating gelato and drinking lemonade that two little girls were selling to raise money for the SPCA. We also took a tour of a hovercraft which was really neat. The Canadian Coast Guard had docked at Crescent Beach for a couple of hours or so and gave tours and answered questions that people had. It was a great day for the beach with my family!

350. Today I am grateful for road trip games

Last night we drove from Provo to Boise and had a lot of fun playing road trip games. My family likes to play the alphabet type of games ... “I went on a vacation and brought with me” ... and where you pick a category, for example animals, and then everyone takes turns saying an animal that starts with the next letter of the alphabet. It was pretty fun!     

349. Today I am grateful for Mountains

As we leave Utah and head back to BC I am reminded of my love for mountains. Utah and BC both have pretty amazing mountains!

348. Today I am grateful for Salt Lake City

We spent most of the day in Salt Lake City today and it was lots of fun. I especially love temple square, the visitors centre and the church history museum, not only are they awesome but there free.  I also love the Family History Library but didn't go there this time. I am grateful that the Mormon Pioneers did settle the Salt Lake Valley and that their history has been preserved.

347. Today I am grateful for hugs

I like hugs and I am grateful for its expression of love, friendship and caring. I have gotten lots of hugs these past few days from my nieces which are the best kind of hugs!

346. Today I am grateful for Ice Cream

I love ice cream and enjoy trying different flavours. So smooth and creamy ... what’s not to like? I have heard a lot about the BYU Creamery and so I decided I needed to go and try their ice cream. I went with my brother, my sister and her husband and children. I got the Strawberry Sundae ice cream with a brownie and it was really good, it lived up to its expectations! J

345. Today I am grateful for Monopoly Deal

Every family has “their game”, ours used to be Pictionary but now it’s Monopoly Deal. My sister gave me this game for Christmas 3 years ago and then soon after my brother, my Dad and my sister (who got me the game) all bought one for themselves. Now no matter whether we are in Edmonton, Surrey or Provo someone has the game and were bound to spend a couple of hours playing.