Ok, maybe not the best idea to post a waaayyyyyyy overdue blog whilst in a very grumpy mood - too tired, PMSy, feeling sicky, and two grumpy kids makes for a grumpy mama and perhaps some caustic comments but I will do my best. Alas, the "babysitter" is turned on so maybe I will get a few minutes to get the past 4 weeks captured.....
So, back to mid-August and the second mini heat wave of the summer of 2010 happened to coincide with my mama's getaway weekend to Parksville with my lovely "Victoria" crew. Thanks to Helmar, we had two beautiful ocean view rooms at the new Parksville Beach Club Resort (shwanky!!). Such bliss to chat and drink and laugh (and eat and drink some more) and even have a 9pm dip in the still warm ocean - and best of all, a good nights sleep! Unfortunately it was only one night and back to reality the next day - hopefully once Griffie is fully weaned i'll be able to handle more than one night away without the bxxbs going all double-D!!
Jasper and Aaron managed to get away for one night of camping north of Squamish at Paradise Valley. Griff and I joined them for the day with plans to return home to NV to sleep. Griff + tent = no sleep for anyone. Alas, the boys had tons of fun and unfortunately for Aaron the campers in the next spot brought their small baby who proceeded to wail all night long - le sigh.
Our annual pilgrimage to the zoo - hilite was definitely the bike/jalopy we cruised around in - too bad there were no gears and basically no brakes, made things interesting on the hills!!
The boys and I had a lovely week in the Okanagan, save for the hell-a-cious drive on the way up (2 hour delay as HWY 1 was shut down eastbound!) thank god for DVD players is all I can say! The boys had so much fun with cousins and Mimi/Papa C - the weather didn't cooperate for the most part, but we did log some good beach/lake time and had a great visit to the miniature rail museum in Osoyoos which was AMAZING. Griffin continues to prove to be the family daredevil and decided after one assisted trip down the zip-line that it was time for him to launch on his own...we caught some video footage of him which is too big to post here - SO CUTE!. We capped off the week with a few nights at the cabin so the boys could get in touch with their country side - a little fishin and frog catchin, and best of all QUAD RIDES on their new mini ATV - so so so spoiled by Mimi and Papa!!
Today is officially Aaron's bday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY - but we celebrated a few days early by taking off sans kids for a night at the Tulalip Resort/Casino. Awesome room, awesome food, A lovely massage at the spa for Aaron, a not so awesome experience at the "penny" slots (personal dislike for gambling plus the smoke - yuck!), and some good times at the Premium Outlets!
And a final note about a BIG personal accomplishment for moi - I officially launched my Fifthgear Solutions website after many months of procrastination and then a week of pedal to the medal work! I am proud of it, and am so excited to be working again!
http://www.fifthgearsolutions.com
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