It Feels Like Fall!

Not only is the weather getting cooler and the trees starting to turn colour but Carl and I are sitting in Starbucks on a Friday night instead of preparing for another weekend away - Summer must be over! It's our first weekend home together in what feels like a long time! This past week concluded all of our summer plans! As you read in the last couple blogs, my parents were here visiting for a few weeks. My Dad flew out on a Saturday and my mom and I flew home the following Thursday. I had planned to come home for a friends wedding and actually ended up getting to see a lot more people than I thought (which was awesome)! It actually felt weird to be home! On my first night home I went to meet up with some family and friends and actually had to think of how to get to where I was going (which is not normal for me in Langley!). I must say, and I know I'll get a lot of flack for saying this but I do prefer Kingston over the lower mainland...In Kingston, it takes us no more than 15 minutes to get to downtown, to get to all of our friends, to get to the grocery store, to get to the water and that's on a bike! At home, I was driving from Aldergrove, to Surrey to Vancouver to Langley - ugggggh! So this is what I propose- all of you need to move to Kingston! Family and friends is the only reason we're coming back (in less than a year, I might add!) so why don't you guys just move here?! Carl's only request is that you also bring the mountains with you. I think it's a good idea...Anyways, my visit at home though short, was sweet. I, for some strange reason didn't take too many pictures so here are a select few...

At Diem's wedding: Ben, Christine, Reuben, Tiffany, Melanie and Markus

All of us with the bride and groom, Diem and Joe. Next time I won't get the drunk girl to take the picture...

And us again, missing the bride and groom but taken by a sober person!

One of the highlights of the beautiful wedding, the Photo Booth!

During my visit, I got to spend time with both friends...

Me and Laura

...And family!

...And of course, my pups :)

Bart, Bailey and Brier

And while I was out socializing, Carl was back at home working hard! He was headed off to Ottawa with 2 other couples to compete in his first Olympic triathlon!

I asked Carl what he would like me to say about the triathlon and he said "write that I was happy to finish, despite losing to people twice my size and twice my age!"....Yeeeeah, he said it was a lot tougher than he expected! But he finished and is motivated to keep on training!

Meg, Kellie and Carl

Carl picked me up from the airport on Tuesday and it was back to work Wednesday! Carl finished his internship on his birthday, August 26th and has had a couple weeks to relax before school starts on Monday! Like I mentioned, it's already starting to get cooler here which is making me a little nervous for the winter! We actually just got our car prepped for winter with rust protection! Summer just went by way to quickly! Hard to believe we have been here for a year already and have less than that until we are home for good!