Niagara Falls

We spent the first eight days of November speaking ten times on the Central Canada District (mostly the Toronto area of Ontario). Since the drive from Xenia, Ohio to Toronto, Ontario would be quite long for our boys, we broke it into three days. We are getting pretty good at making long trips even longer. On the first day we drove an hour and a half north to Mount Vernon, spending the night after watching Tim Radcliffe play basketball (related blog coming soon). The next day we drove to Buffalo, NY and spent the night in a nice hotel (thanks to a good deal on Priceline.com) after a nice evening with Joel and Bekah Potter. The third day we stopped at Niagara Falls - both on the US side and the Canadian side - before heading on to Toronto.

On the New York side, once we had stopped for lunch, the boys enjoyed watching the river and hearing the roar of the falls. Aden's favorite part was walking up the steps and onto the half-bridge to look at the falls. Then he got cold and Mommy took the boys inside where it was warm while Daddy took more pictures.



Then we drove over to the Canadian side, marking a new country for Aden and Wiley. It was cold and drizzly when we arrived, and only cleared up a bit while we were there. Wiley rode in the baby carrier, wrapped in Mommy's coat, and Aden bundled up in a hat and coat. In spite of the cold, the boys seemed to enjoy looking at all the water. We even managed to get a decent family photo. As the boys became more restless, we decided it was time to get back in the car where they might fall asleep on the way to our first service. Just as we had walked back to the car and were driving away, the sun came out and made some beautiful lighting on the falls. So Mommy jumped out of the car with the camera and Daddy, Aden, and Wiley drove around the block before coming to pick her up.