The Rest of Summer 2016

It felt like after we got back from our Revelstoke trip, the rest of the summer just FLEW by. The kids went to a Science Alive camp up at SFU for a week and I had a GLORIOUSLY, relaxing week. The following week, my family was all in town for a week and a bit. We had fun hanging out, eating, going for bike rides, Science World and watching the Olympics. Before we knew it was time for everyone to go home and it was quiet again. The kids enjoyed themselves at the Annual Wesburn Family Picnic and Movie night. I always love the movie night as we all cuddle up on blankets and watch a movie in the field at our park. The best part is, the 1 minute walk to get home after the movie. Another memorable day from the summer was a day we spent at Jericho Beach with our friends Ed, Liezel, Sophia and Jenny. We started with dim sum in the morning with my family and headed over to beach where we just lazed the day away. It was soooo relaxing, nobody wanted to leave. We ate dim sum leftovers for dinner and stayed until almost sundown. After such a relaxing day, I was really looking forward to our DIDO camping trip the following weekend. I envisioned days of relaxing at the lakeside with nothing to do but hang out with friends and eat. Sadly, it was not to be. Even though we left the city in a heat wave, it rained for the days we were camping. We still had a good time, in fact such a good time that I forgot to take pictures. The camping trip pretty much marked the end of summer for us. We started school again in the last week of August and it was a smooth transition getting back into routine. We still managed to get out to some last play dates, a trip to Reifel Bird Sanctuary and Emmalea Farms, and had a nice visit with Oma, Opa, Tante Corrie and Uncle Frank.

Here are some of the the VERY random photos that I remembered to take in August.

 Family photo, and no one was photoshopped in!

 Movie night at the park.

This moment. I had to snap a pic of this moment.

Can hardly believe how grown they are. We are quite happy this September.

Revelstoke

This year we went to Revelstoke a little later than our usual end-of-school/Canada Day. The day before we left was our 10th Wedding Anniversary and since we were pretty busy with packing and getting ready to leave early the next day, Josh and I opted to not go out for a date night. We did celebrate our anniversary while we were in Santa Barbara, so it all worked out. We decided instead to just take the kids out to dinner with us. We found ourselves at Earls and had a lovely appies dinner. The kids got to try their first Shirley Temple and they loved it. As a kid, Shirley Temples were a drink that I remember only being allowed to order when it was a special occasion. It was fun to see their faces after the first sip.

The next day we left so early that the sun was just beginning to rise. The kids are always so excited to go to Revy that they insisted we leave as early as possible. I think we arrived just a little before lunch. The weather that week was not cooperating with us. I don't remember that last time it was so cold in Revelstoke during our summer trip. We did get to most of the things we had planned. The kids finally got to go the SkyTrek (It's the attraction right beside the Enchanted Forest) and they loved it. We went to see some waterfalls and beautiful viewpoint as well that day. The Revelstoke Mountain Coaster was open for the first time this summer and it was pretty fun. The line ups were very long but the experience was unique and definitely on our list to do again next year. We also went on a hike back to Eva and Jade Lake on Mt. Revelstoke. The day was long and the bugs were fierce but the kids did very well and my FitBit data was off the charts for that day! We had a couple of indoor pool days and even got to take the kids to see The Secret Life of Pets at the Revelstoke movie theatre. It was their first time ever being in there because most often the movie of the week wasn't a good fit for them. It was a fun night. We were only able to hit up Williamson Lake once but Ethan did get his fill of fishing and mini golf on that day.

We ended the week with a nice family dinner at Craft Bierhaus. They mainly have different varieties of mac and cheese on the menu. It's like it was made for me! A great way to cap off a fantastic week.