Ah, summer

I haven't blogged in a while...too busy with summer holidays!  It has been a wonderful summer filled with travel and friends.

I started out my summer with Amber celebrating Canada Day and spending the weekend with her and Justin.  We had a great time and it was nice to spend a relaxing weekend at her place to begin to recoup from the semester.  After the Canada Day weekend, I spent a few days with my parents before jetting off to Michigan to see my fellow Aunties from Choir 35.  It was a wonderful visit!  I loved being with them and seeing Choir 37, being able to spend time with those children felt so normal and right.  We did a lot of fun things in Michigan!  Here are a few...

Amy, me and Alesha out for a walk in Grand Haven

My kindred, Laura

Footprints in the sand

Amusement park with Choir 37.  So fun!

Back in my seat.  Felt so nice...

Together again...Amy, Chelsea, Vic, Me and Alesha

We did some volunteer work and made a new friend.  Meet Judy!

Love you, kindred.

Trip to New York State...these are small ice creams!

Out for Crepes

At Canandaigua Lake

Spent the day at Lake Michigan.  Fun in the waves!

Sand dune ride

We climbed to the top of a lighthouse

Hiking the sand dunes...it was hard

Traverse City

 On the way home, my flight was delayed in Minneapolis.  I spent the night on the floor of the airport and got rerouted through Winnipeg.

Down for the night in Minneapolis

View for 18 hours...

The good part about going through Winnipeg.  A visit with my dear friend, Nancy

View from the plane...my university

 After my vacation in Michigan, I spent a few days at home, saw a beautiful young woman get married, celebrated the pending arrival of my dear friend's first baby and spent 3 days painting the exterior of my house (with the help of my dad, of course)!  It looks beautiful.

Jill's wedding

Kristen's shower

The finished face lift

I was excited to be able to spend a few days in BC with my dear friend, Rhonda.  I visited the ACC office and got to see the other Western Auntie, Mel.  It was a wonderful weekend.

Auntie Mel and I

I love the ocean

Katrina and Kaia really missed me :)

Katrina, Kaia and I took a road trip to Saskatoon to see the musical Wicked!  It was amazing.  I'm so glad we went.  We finished off the night with supper at Fuddruckers.  I enjoy that restaurant!

Ready for Wicked to start!

 The unfortunate part of the summer was that my windshield got smashed.  That's annoying!  The day before I went back to work, I woke up to a lovely little surprise.  Thankfully, SGI was very helpful.

That's a pretty impressive crack

I also had lots of time to relax, read books, spend time with my friends, go for walks and watch movies.  It was a wonderful summer and I'm glad that I took so many adventures.  One more exciting adventure hopefully awaits if the weather stays nice...a hot air balloon ride!  School starts Monday, so it will be the last adventure for a while.  It is hard to say good-bye to summer adventures, but who knows what adventures await me this year!