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Step 1...Coleman

Our move has begun. In the early hours of the morning (we slept on the floor of the San Fernando Place house for one more night) we packed up the girls, stuffed the only food we had into our faces - oranges - and we hit the road. Justin was pulling the loaded down Lexus and beyond stuffed trailer along with our two girls. I followed behind in the blue Subaru that was so packed I think the suspension will need to be re-done. After 3 hours of driving and only 1 stop to feed the baby, we made it to Coleman. 

It was a beautiful day in the Crowsnest Pass, sunny and stinking hot. I had tears of joy as we were pulling into the town - we get to live here, in this beautiful part of the world. I am so excited. After we dropped off the trailer, Subaru and re arranged the Lexus, we headed for Tim Hortons and the Park. Blairmore (7 minute drive from our house) has an amazing park that has 4 separate play parks in it. Ruby and I found a spot under a shady tree and Sally ran around making new friends and playing her heart out. The Hawaiian Shaved Ice food truck decided to park beside us and we all enjoyed a delicious shaved ice on a 35 degree day. We then found a hotel with AC and relaxed for the remainder of the day... I think we all needed it due to the terrible sleep last night and early morning start. Early to bed. 
Happy Canada Day

We get possession of the house tomorrow, which hopefully will be seamless. Then we hope to get our selves to the pool for a swim or a play in a splash park to try and beat the heat. We have a shed package being delivered on Saturday (it's Thursday) to store our belongings and Justin has to do a few fixes to the house for the Tennant - then our trip across the country begins.

We are homeless, at least for tonight - but we couldn't be happier and more excited about it. More tomorrow.

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