Summer highlights

Well, here it is September already....i can't believe the summer has come and gone...but fall is definitely in the air. It was a busy and fun summer....here are some of the highlights!!!

July started with a couple of days camping at Beachwood...i think some of the sunset pics made it into the last post. The rest of July was full of things like dinners with friends and working out with a trainer 2 days/week....some friends and i bid in a silent auction on 12 sessions with a trainer and won....so spent some hot summer evenings in the park working out....it was a lot of fun!!!

August long weekend saw my family arrive from the east and we headed up to Whistler for a family reunion.....SO. MUCH. FUN!!!!! It's been 3 yrs since the last one (New Brunswick....probably have a blog post about it if you look back to summer of '07...i'm too lazy to link it right now lol). We lived it up in style at the Fairmont, enjoying good company, good food and good drink.

And i was happy to get lots of cuddle time with my sweet nephew...who was 5 1/2 months old already!!

My bro, sis-in-law, cousins and I ventured out for some ziplining fun! We had a blast....until a stupid thunderstorm rolled in and the lightening forced us off the course....too bad, but i guess better safe than sorry...!!

And no reunion is complete without the ever important croquet tourney....

Whistler is beautiful...even in the fog....

And all was well, because the sunshine waiting for us at the top...here's my cuzzy and me at the top of Blackcomb

My mom also enjoyed cuddles with her grandson!!

Group photo!!!!

family photo

After the weekend of Whistler fun, my family and I headed over to the island for the rest of the week, to Courtenay, and spent some more quality time with my cousin and her family. And of course, i got more cuddles with my nephew!!

And I also got lots of time with my cousin's little guy, Zander...who you've seen in my pics before...love those curls!!!!

Mom and I ventured up Mt. Washington

And took in the scenery on a nature walk

I also had an impromptu photo shoot with my nephew...not hard to capture the cuteness of this little man!!

What a great week of fun with the family!!!!!!

What else have I done in August? Well....let's see....

I played a very poor but very fun round of golf with some friends from work....Ceiliah strutted her stuff (and probably made the putt in the shot below)

and i tried to make it look like i knew what i was doing

I ventured to Bowen Island with my friend (and running buddy) Sue and we had a weekend of fun, including running a 10k and going for a hike

And that brings us to now, the long weekend....which has been a good combo of exercise and lazyness!!!

I hiked Mt Cheam with some friends on Sat.....it was still a good time, despite not getting to enjoy the view from the top....it was cloudy and cold the higher we hiked, but the green valley and meadows of flowers still made it worth it!

I've also enjoyed just spending a couple of lazy days at home, working on some photobooks, watching tennis and drinking coffee (and ignoring most of the cleaning and dusting lol!!).

Whew! i'm exhausted just thinking about how busy the summer has been...! I am happy that I managed to stay quite active, between sessions with the trainer, running about 2x/week and a few hikes here and there....good thing, cuz i just looked at the calendar and realized it's officially 30 sleeps till MAUI!!!!!!!