July-August Update...
Ok…July and August…here we go.
As mentioned at the end of our last post, July started with a camping trip with friends…and from there the month just got busier.
The following weekend, I went away with a group of girls for my friend Lindsay’s stagette party. We rented a huge (somewhat creepy) lodge on a lake a couple of hours outside of Vancouver. We went on a small hike on Saturday morning, spent the afternoon in the water and on the small beach. A couple of girls organized a scavenger hunt for us – which was pretty competitive. Saturday night we made a huge dinner and spent the night in the cabin playing different games (trying to embarrass Lindsay). On Sunday, we spent more time in the water before packing up to head back to Vancouver. It was a great weekend.
The following weekend was BC provincials for ultimate. This is the qualifying tournament for Nationals, so both Pat and I were playing with our men’s and women’s competitive teams. For myself, there were 2 spots available for BC women’s teams and only 2 teams were interested in going, so we automatically qualified and only had to play one game on the Saturday morning. I was able to spend the rest of the day watching Pat’s team play. Pat’s team had to play 3 games on Saturday – and as expected, they finished in 2nd place to Furious George, the top men’s team in BC. Thankfully it was a beautiful weekend in Vancouver (one of the few this summer), so it was a nice way to spend our time!
The next weekend in July it was Pat’s turn to go away. This time it was for the Bachelor party for Moses. The boys headed out for a weekend in Whistler. They played disc golf, had a big BBQ at the cabin and went out for a night of drinking. I am sure there are more details from the weekend, but you can ask Pat to fill you in on those!!
The last weekend in July was Lindsay and Moses’ wedding! The wedding was held in Naramata, a small ‘winery’ town about 4 hours outside of Vancouver. On Friday night we drove to Penticton, to the Lakeside Resort and Casino (a very happening place) where we were staying for the weekend. After a long drive, Pat, Adam, Nancy and I decided to just relax in the hotel room for the evening. Apparently we missed out…there was a hockey party going on in the hotel bar with Pat Quinn, Brian Burke, Dave Nonis and other NHL hockey people…but more importantly, there was the Stanley Cup…and we totally missed it! We were not too happy when we heard about that the next day. On Saturday we had a free day to explore Penticton, as the wedding didn’t start until the evening. We decided to do a very popular Penticton activity. We rented rubber tubes and rafted down the river! It was a beautiful day and a very relaxing ride. After the rafting, we headed back to our hotel and hit the beach to spend the last few hours in the afternoon playing in the sun and water. Finally, we got ourselves ready and headed out to the wedding. The ceremony and reception were held on the front lawn of Lindsay’s family ‘summer home’. It was a great location, right on the water. It was so nice. The bride and groom looked fabulous of course and the weather for the whole night was perfect! I am sure many of you have heard already…but there was one other element to this wedding that made Pat’s day! At around 11pm while we were all dancing to the live music on the front lawn, in pulled…a chip wagon! Of course, Pat is the first one over to the chip stand to confirm that the owner had REAL cheese curds to make poutine. He did. Pat was in HEAVEN! The whole night was wonderful!
The next morning, Lindsay and Moses invited the whole group of friends back to the house for some more fun. We spent a couple of hours relaxing in the water, floating on their raft and just enjoying the beautiful Naramata weather. Unfortunately, the weekend had to come to an end and we were forced to get back in the car and drive home…but overall, it was an awesome weekend!
Moving into August...we start with the long weekend. This was a relatively relaxed weekend for me, a little crazier for Pat. On the Saturday night I had a ‘good bye’ dinner for one of my fellow grad school colleagues. My friend Laura was moving on to her clinical internship at UMass – very exciting for her, very sad for our lab as Laura was a great mentor to many of us newer grad students. Good luck Laura – we will miss you!!
On the other hand, Pat had quite the weekend. The ‘Boys’ were in town for RCMPat’s bachelor party. They headed to Whistler for the weekend and….
Next up was club nationals for ultimate. The tournament was held in Toronto from Aug. 9-12. It was really nice because the fields were very close to Heather’s apartment, so Pat and I were able to stay with her and have a little visit. It was super hot that week (compared to Vancouver at least) and it was 3 long days of playing – and the fields were in horrible condition, but both teams pushed hard through the tournament. The tournament went very well for both of our teams. My team (Crush) finished 7th overall (out of 16 teams) and Pat’s team (Blackfish) finished 6th of 20 teams (they missed a chance for top 4 by 1 point!!).
On the Sunday after the tournament, we drove back to Ottawa for a visit. Unfortunately for Pat, he had to work while in Ottawa – so he was stuck working during the day, but was able to spend time with friends and family in the evenings. As for myself, I decided to take a little time off from school work. I was able to spend Monday – Wednesday at my parent's cottage. It was so nice to be at the lake and gave me a chance to spend time with my family. My little cousins Katie and Evan were up there as well – so I spent part of my time being a jungle gym, but I didn’t mind!
The big event of our time back in Ottawa was the wedding of RCMPat and Sonia on the Saturday afternoon. Despite some last-minute chaos for Pat and Sonia, the wedding went off without any problems! It was a great day! And the FOOD! Oh my goodness…there was so much of it! It was all so good. Thankfully, there was a long night of dancing as well – so it all balanced out. Congrats to Pat and Sonia…and a big welcome to Sonia who moved out to join us (and her new husband) on the west coast!
Finally we were back in Vancouver for the last weekend in August. We had one last free weekend, so we decided to take advantage of it and go camping with friends. We went to a great little camp site at Lillooet Lake. Surprisingly when we arrived, another couple of friends were there that we didn’t expect – so in total there was a large group of about 12 of us! Unfortunately, the bugs were pretty nasty (poor Riley was bitten non-stop!) and the weather wasn’t great, but we managed to make the best of our time there. Card games, cup games on the beach, a great campfire (when the rain stopped), it was a lot of fun. After we went to bed on Saturday night, the rain started to come down HARD. We woke up to a few puddles of water in our tent and Riley was pretty wet and tired (and looked miserable), so we got up early Sunday morning and drove back to Vancouver.
Getting home early on the Sunday gave us the chance to quickly change and head out to another event – a BBQ in honor of friends who were getting married. We drove out to Buntzen Lake to join in the festivities and celebrate the upcoming wedding. The weather had cleared up by this time, so we were able to have a nice afternoon outside. After a couple of hours at the lake, we finally headed back to our apartment and started to dry out all of our camping equipment!
That pretty much takes us to the end of August! Up next, September and October!
As mentioned at the end of our last post, July started with a camping trip with friends…and from there the month just got busier.
The following weekend, I went away with a group of girls for my friend Lindsay’s stagette party. We rented a huge (somewhat creepy) lodge on a lake a couple of hours outside of Vancouver. We went on a small hike on Saturday morning, spent the afternoon in the water and on the small beach. A couple of girls organized a scavenger hunt for us – which was pretty competitive. Saturday night we made a huge dinner and spent the night in the cabin playing different games (trying to embarrass Lindsay). On Sunday, we spent more time in the water before packing up to head back to Vancouver. It was a great weekend.
The following weekend was BC provincials for ultimate. This is the qualifying tournament for Nationals, so both Pat and I were playing with our men’s and women’s competitive teams. For myself, there were 2 spots available for BC women’s teams and only 2 teams were interested in going, so we automatically qualified and only had to play one game on the Saturday morning. I was able to spend the rest of the day watching Pat’s team play. Pat’s team had to play 3 games on Saturday – and as expected, they finished in 2nd place to Furious George, the top men’s team in BC. Thankfully it was a beautiful weekend in Vancouver (one of the few this summer), so it was a nice way to spend our time!
The next weekend in July it was Pat’s turn to go away. This time it was for the Bachelor party for Moses. The boys headed out for a weekend in Whistler. They played disc golf, had a big BBQ at the cabin and went out for a night of drinking. I am sure there are more details from the weekend, but you can ask Pat to fill you in on those!!
The last weekend in July was Lindsay and Moses’ wedding! The wedding was held in Naramata, a small ‘winery’ town about 4 hours outside of Vancouver. On Friday night we drove to Penticton, to the Lakeside Resort and Casino (a very happening place) where we were staying for the weekend. After a long drive, Pat, Adam, Nancy and I decided to just relax in the hotel room for the evening. Apparently we missed out…there was a hockey party going on in the hotel bar with Pat Quinn, Brian Burke, Dave Nonis and other NHL hockey people…but more importantly, there was the Stanley Cup…and we totally missed it! We were not too happy when we heard about that the next day. On Saturday we had a free day to explore Penticton, as the wedding didn’t start until the evening. We decided to do a very popular Penticton activity. We rented rubber tubes and rafted down the river! It was a beautiful day and a very relaxing ride. After the rafting, we headed back to our hotel and hit the beach to spend the last few hours in the afternoon playing in the sun and water. Finally, we got ourselves ready and headed out to the wedding. The ceremony and reception were held on the front lawn of Lindsay’s family ‘summer home’. It was a great location, right on the water. It was so nice. The bride and groom looked fabulous of course and the weather for the whole night was perfect! I am sure many of you have heard already…but there was one other element to this wedding that made Pat’s day! At around 11pm while we were all dancing to the live music on the front lawn, in pulled…a chip wagon! Of course, Pat is the first one over to the chip stand to confirm that the owner had REAL cheese curds to make poutine. He did. Pat was in HEAVEN! The whole night was wonderful!
The next morning, Lindsay and Moses invited the whole group of friends back to the house for some more fun. We spent a couple of hours relaxing in the water, floating on their raft and just enjoying the beautiful Naramata weather. Unfortunately, the weekend had to come to an end and we were forced to get back in the car and drive home…but overall, it was an awesome weekend!
Moving into August...we start with the long weekend. This was a relatively relaxed weekend for me, a little crazier for Pat. On the Saturday night I had a ‘good bye’ dinner for one of my fellow grad school colleagues. My friend Laura was moving on to her clinical internship at UMass – very exciting for her, very sad for our lab as Laura was a great mentor to many of us newer grad students. Good luck Laura – we will miss you!!
On the other hand, Pat had quite the weekend. The ‘Boys’ were in town for RCMPat’s bachelor party. They headed to Whistler for the weekend and….
Next up was club nationals for ultimate. The tournament was held in Toronto from Aug. 9-12. It was really nice because the fields were very close to Heather’s apartment, so Pat and I were able to stay with her and have a little visit. It was super hot that week (compared to Vancouver at least) and it was 3 long days of playing – and the fields were in horrible condition, but both teams pushed hard through the tournament. The tournament went very well for both of our teams. My team (Crush) finished 7th overall (out of 16 teams) and Pat’s team (Blackfish) finished 6th of 20 teams (they missed a chance for top 4 by 1 point!!).
On the Sunday after the tournament, we drove back to Ottawa for a visit. Unfortunately for Pat, he had to work while in Ottawa – so he was stuck working during the day, but was able to spend time with friends and family in the evenings. As for myself, I decided to take a little time off from school work. I was able to spend Monday – Wednesday at my parent's cottage. It was so nice to be at the lake and gave me a chance to spend time with my family. My little cousins Katie and Evan were up there as well – so I spent part of my time being a jungle gym, but I didn’t mind!
The big event of our time back in Ottawa was the wedding of RCMPat and Sonia on the Saturday afternoon. Despite some last-minute chaos for Pat and Sonia, the wedding went off without any problems! It was a great day! And the FOOD! Oh my goodness…there was so much of it! It was all so good. Thankfully, there was a long night of dancing as well – so it all balanced out. Congrats to Pat and Sonia…and a big welcome to Sonia who moved out to join us (and her new husband) on the west coast!
Finally we were back in Vancouver for the last weekend in August. We had one last free weekend, so we decided to take advantage of it and go camping with friends. We went to a great little camp site at Lillooet Lake. Surprisingly when we arrived, another couple of friends were there that we didn’t expect – so in total there was a large group of about 12 of us! Unfortunately, the bugs were pretty nasty (poor Riley was bitten non-stop!) and the weather wasn’t great, but we managed to make the best of our time there. Card games, cup games on the beach, a great campfire (when the rain stopped), it was a lot of fun. After we went to bed on Saturday night, the rain started to come down HARD. We woke up to a few puddles of water in our tent and Riley was pretty wet and tired (and looked miserable), so we got up early Sunday morning and drove back to Vancouver.
Getting home early on the Sunday gave us the chance to quickly change and head out to another event – a BBQ in honor of friends who were getting married. We drove out to Buntzen Lake to join in the festivities and celebrate the upcoming wedding. The weather had cleared up by this time, so we were able to have a nice afternoon outside. After a couple of hours at the lake, we finally headed back to our apartment and started to dry out all of our camping equipment!
That pretty much takes us to the end of August! Up next, September and October!
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