August

It's been far too long since I've posted!

We left for a 3 week vacation to the East Coast at the end of July and it was just fabulous. We stayed with my parents for half of our stay and Dave's for the other. They both live in Fredericton so that was our sort of home base. We had lots of park days, free babysitting, and relaxing. Much needed! I celebrated my 26th birthday while there, and my mom made me her famous and delicious fish chowder and a rhubarb coffee cake I've loved since a kid. Oh Food. I have quite a strong food memory :) We also took a few day adventures - which included going to Hartland to visit some folks, spending a few days at my aunts cottage on the lake, and hitting up Magic Mountain Water Park in Moncton. It was really nice to spend time with family and get a break from the usual routine.

The last weekend of our stay, we headed to Nova Scotia for my little brothers wedding. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warm, and Jacob and Katrina were just so cute! The ceremony was held at the Acadia chapel, and then the reception was held outdoors at Katrina's house. Katrina's dad keeps up their grounds in the summer and it was just beautiful. They have gorgeous ponds and little waterfalls and lots of flowers and tons of space. They had some tents up and my favourite part was a little candy shop where you could go load up on candy all afternoon. On our way home we stopped in Truro to visit Dave's grandparents. We hadn't seen them since Christmas and it was nice to catch up.

As wonderful as our vacation was, it was great to get home. We'd been sharing a room with Jesse and he'd been waking up at 5:30AM and seeing us and insisting we get him up. Now that he's back in his own room, he'll wake up that early, squawk for a few minutes, then go back to bed for another hour. We've had a few more weeks of vacation to relax and get stuff done. Dave's sister, Katie, just moved in with us. She'd been overseas teaching English in Korea for a year and decided to come hang out with us and get a job in Ottawa. Her parents moved her in last week, and she transformed our basement into a really cool place. It's all painted and very stylish. Her painting inspired us to get started on ours, and we started painting a few days ago. The kitchen and dining room are done and we are going to start on the living room today.

Dave has been sick for the past week with the stomach flu turned strep throat, and so it's felt a little hectic dealing with Jesse 24-7, work, and trying to get lots of things done before I go back to work full time next week. Dave has headed back to work this week full time, and I'm hoping his antibiotics kick in soon so he's all refreshed for next week when the students come. I'm very much looking forward to teaching preschool next week . We've also recently hired a bunch of new staff to replace some of the girls graduating and going to school, so lots of weekend training going on, and busyness!

That's all I have time to blabber on about for now. The biscotti paint is patiently sitting in it's can, and needs to go while Jesse naps. Thanks for reading. I'm out!