We're heeeEEEeeere...(the journey)

Wow, I can't believe it, but the Gibson's have landed in SWEDEN!!!

It is thrilling to be here, Tim and I remember a lot of what we saw when we were here, sans kidlettes in June, so really, it already feels homey in that I have already been here kinda way.

The journey getting here started when Tim and I said goodbye to Vancouver and our home in Cloverdale on Thursday, August 9 at around 4PM (the times become important later :)), we stayed in Kelowna (the kiddies had already spent the better part of the week with granny and poppa) with Don and Joan until early Monday morning (the 13th) with an 0850 flight time. We flew from there to Toronto, Gus' first flight and it showed. 4.5 hours of trying to keep a little mover still; he did finally crash for the last hour of the flight and was wicked good during take off and landing. Oliver was, as usual, a travelling dream.  I swear that kid should consider travel for a living.  Barely a peep from him! Of course, I am sure the unlimited TV on the plane was a help...our arrival time in Toronto was around 6PM TO time (goodbye three perfectly good hours!).  We made it to Burlington to Tim's Grandma and Pa's house by 730PM after a challenge in car rentals and one navigational oops.  A couple of days of R&R and visits with my sister Victoria and Tim's grandparents and Great Aunt Norma and we were finally on our way to Sweden.

Our flight from TO to London, Heathrow was actually really great.  We were on the overnighter leaving at around 930PM on Thursday (16th) and arriving in London at 9AM London time (that flight is only around 7 hours long, so again, some fabulous hours I will never get back!) Angus slept 90% of the way there in one of those funky little "sleep beds" they have and hello bulkhead seats!!! Both I recommend when travelling with babies.  The only drawbacks to the bed is that if there is any turbulence when the seatbelt sign goes on, you have to transfer baby back ontl your lap and strap him onto you with the seatbelt extender thingy.  This happened four times, ask me how much sleep I got...go on, ask! Oliver decided to watch a movie or two before tossing and turning and finally resting.  He claims to not have slept, but there was the thing about the drool spot :P

Okay, the flight was smooth, however - I do NOT recommend having a 7 hour layover in Heathrow airport, especially with three other cranky, tired, hungry - but not so hungry people.  It was LOOOONNNGGG - but we did it!  And at a quarter to 4 (PM) off we were, finally to Gothenburg. We got into town at 530PM, got through customs and immigration in a snap - they were not really as excited as we were about us living in Sweden - hopped into a cab and made our way to our flat.  (pics to come soon - there are some on Tim's Facebook).

Will post again soon with what's been going on in and around Gothenburg!

Welcome Back, Welcome Back, Welcome Back

What's 4 years between friends, anyways?

We've decided to resurrect the blog and use it for journalling our new life in Sweden. Last time I posted here, Facebook was barely a "thing", and Twitter was for hipsters and geeks. Now, almost 4 years later, Facebook's IPO shows that it's barely a "thing", and Twitter's still for hipsters and geeks.

We'll be leaving Vancouver in about a week. We've been here for almost 6 years, and hope to be back... someday. We should be in Sweden by the end of August, and are planning to be there at least two years - the same plan we had when we came here!

Holly wants to use this more than I do, so it's her fault if we go four more years without an update!

We've moved.

Did you even notice? Our blog is now located at blog.yumnuska.net. We're mainstream now, baby.

Update - after 3 years without a post, I let the registration die. We're back to yumnuska.blogspot.com again.

Oregon Trip Pics

Yes, I know I haven't blogged in a while. No, I probably won't get better anytime soon. But Oregon pics are here.

Cypress Falls

It was really blustery today, so we went for a walk at Cypress Falls because I'd heard that it was beautiful and pretty sheltered. Correct on both counts; pictures start here.