I have been preparing for the Ultimate Blog Party for a couple of weeks now. Today alone I’ve been huddled over my laptop making sure my posts are all ready to go. This is very exciting for me on a few points. I’m participating through two blogs this year. My own personal family blog has been going since January 2006 and this blog… which I’ve dedicated to all things related to travel… I only started last summer. So it’s still a baby.
me with 2 angels
The blog has been many years – if not a decade in the making. After coming home from backpacking through Europe with my husband and nearly newborn almost 11 years ago. A friend of mine had a travel blog in which she was documenting all her travels. She is an artist and moved over to Spain and a few other areas. I wish she still had that blog, it was so wonderful to live vicariously through her… anyway, my point was… She encouraged me way back then to write about my journeys on the road. Traveling is great – traveling with kids is a whole other adventure! So Sara… this blog was dedicated to you.
Jumping for Joy
We pretty much take our kids with us where ever we go. We’ve flown with them dozens of times, usually always back to British Columbia, where I was born and raised. We’ve also sent 2 of our kids, the oldest mind you, on their own flights … all by themselves to visit my family in BC. My parents love to travel as well and have taken half my kids to Disneyland, the other two have to wait a little bit longer. They’ve had quite the life so far and they’re only 11, 9, 7 and 4!
It’s not just to exotic places like Vancouver do we travel as a family. 
We’ve taken many road trips through the United States. We’ve even driven across the country in an RV. That was the trip I probably turned grey afterwards… 4 small children, my hubby, me and my father-in-law… all inside a 24′ motor-home for over 2 weeks. Did I mention the youngest was 5 weeks old at the time?!
Ah… sweet memories! That’s what I’ll be sharing on this blog. I hope you stick around – take a look through my past journeys and come back again real soon!
If that doesn’t entice you… MAYBE THIS WILL!!
I am giving away a couple of prizes on my family blog, over on 5 Minutes for Mom prize page and on here! I’m in the giving mood!!
How would you like a chance to WIN……
*Sponsored by the lovely folks at Canadian Tire Travel Insurance, where they have several insurance companies compete for your travel insurance, and when they compete, you win! Contact Canadian Tire Travel Insurance for a free quote today! This prize is available to those living in Canada only.
There are 2 very simple ways to enter:
1. Become a fan of Canada Travels on Facebook
1. Become a fan of Shasher’s Life on Facebook
AND / OR
2. Follow on me at Canada Travels on Twitter
2. Follow me at Shasher’s Life on Twitter
*If you do both please leave 4 separate comments so you can have 4 entries!*
For additional entries you can do ANY or ALL of the following – but be sure to LEAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT for each thing that you do – each time you do it!:
* Follow this blog on Networked Blogs.
* Follow Shasher’s Life blog on Networked Blogs.
* Add my travel blog button to your site or add me to your blogroll and leave me a link.
* Follow me on Twitter and tweet this giveaway (as many times as you like – leave a comment on this post for each time you do!) Use @thiscdntravels in your tweet if you would like me to retweet for you.
* Share this giveaway on your blog, Facebook or another social networking site of your choosing
* Share each of the fan pages with your friends! Just tell us which pages you shared and how many people you shared it with.
* Subscribe via Email (on my right sidebar).
* Stumble, digg, tag, bookmark, vote up, thumbs up, favourite, or anything else you can think to do for this prize’s sponsor, Canadian Tire Travel Insurance or this giveaway on this site (as many as you like, just come back to tell me what you’ve done).
This giveaway is open to readers in Canada ONLY. I will choose a winner on April 17, 2010. Don’t forget to leave a link to YOUR party post in your comment (if you are participating) and A WAY FOR ME TO CONTACT YOU in case you win!
*Winner will be chosen with random.org and notified by email. Winner will have 48 hours to reply to my email or I will have to choose a new winner.
*BTW, my boss is giving away an iPad to a Facebook fan! How cool is that?!! Become a fan today for a chance to win!! You can follow White Cloud Marketing on Twitter too.
Some other giveaways that I’m aware of:
* Domino’s Canada is giving away Free Coke, a 40″ Samsung LCD TV & a PS3! You simply need to click the link to fill out their online form! You can enter and share on Twitter too! *Canada only*
* Voice on the Go is giving away free long-distance for a month to everyone who fills out their form. They’re welcoming #UBP10 participants with a grand prize of free long-distance for a year! Follow them on Twitter or Facebook. *Open to Canada and the US*
* Select Taste, a corporate food catering company in the Greater Toronto Area, is offering a 25% discount and you could win a corporate lunch at your office for 10! Follow them on Facebook. *Open to Mississauga, Etobicoke, Oakville and Burlington, Ontario ONLY*
* Cottages of Paradise Point, a vacation rental in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, is giving away an iPAD to one of their Facebook fans, join their fan page to win!! The draw will take place on June 30th. *This is open to the US and Canada*
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*This giveaway is now closed. A winner will be chosen by Random.org and announced on Monday. Thank you to all who entered. It was extremely overwhelming to my inbox!! For my very first giveaway… not bad EH?!**
WOW, this has been quite the week. I’ve met some incredible bloggers through the Ultimate Blog Party and tweeps along the way! My hubby is happy this day has come… I might have overdid it just a bit…. 
