June

June was a busy month as well. Lets see....Paul and Mary planned a "surprise" birthday party for my 30th - that was a fun night of hanging out, eating playing board games and with Mary's Wii video game - the bunch of us were sore the next day!! We did a family dinner and met my mom's new boyfriend on the actual night of my birthday.

I have reconnected with an old friend of mine from school and we are hanging out a bit more often which is nice - she was living in Langley and has recently moved to Kits in Vancouver and I now see her more often. She is kind of in a tough situation as her and her husband have recently decided to divorce after 4 years of marriage - they are/have remained quite good friends so for that I am happy. I am excited as she is going to be coming up to camp this summer as well.

Aside from work that is pretty much it for June - Pauls band continues to practice every week and they have played at 2 BBQ's now. Work has been really good for both Paul and myself.

I think I also forgot to mention that we broke down and bought me a new car in May. It is a 2002 Saturn SL Sport Sedan, white and it is a standard. It was all good except when we bought it I couldn't drive it - I have to give Paul lots of credit as he tought me to drive it, with no fights and I can drive it well!

Mexico

During the 3rd week of May we FINALLY got to go on our vacation to Mexico. The whole trip started out a little rocky for Paul and I. Let me start from the beginning. We were at our staff retreat all day and we received a phone call from his mom saying that she was at the hospital for some tests, she was fine and not to leave or worry she would keep us posted. (she had been treated for a bladder infection that never went away....she ended up being misdiagnosed) We then went home got packed, visited with G & M for a while and then headed out to the hospital to see Paul's mom, the tests had been run and it was determined that she needed to have surgery. She told us to go and have a good time and that she would keep us posted, so we went.

We got to the hotel to meet Dad, Heather, Stacy & Nicki (Heather's kids) and Matt (Niki's boyfriend) and then we headed to the airport at around 2:00am. We checked in and met up with Misti and Jordan (friends of Matt & Nicki's) who were also coming with us. We boarded our flight to Edmonton were we had a 1 hour layover and then we flew to Cancun. We finally arrived at our hotel in Playa Del Carmen at around 5ish. We had dinner at the buffet and a couple of drinks poolside and then all went up to bed around 11:00pm. (keep in mind that Paul and I have been awake since 7:00am Thursday and it is now 11:00pm Friday night) neither of us were able to sleep on the plane so we were pretty much the walking dead by the time we finally crashed.

Day 1 - we were up early (8:30ish) and had breakfast and were on the beach by 9:30 or so..stayed on the beach until 1:00 then had lunch...another hour on the beach and then siesta time until about 5ish. Wander grab a few more drinks and wander down to someones room, have a few more drinks and then go for dinner around 7 or 8ish, few more drinks at dinner wander back, catch the show at the hotel and bed around midnight.

Days 2 - 5 - Same as above!!! Maybe a walk in there or something to change it up a bit!!

Day 6 - We did a day trip to Xel-Ha it was beautiful... a water paridise. We floated down the river on innertubes and you could swim and snorkle if you wanted. When you get to the bottom of the river you ditch the tubes and then snorkle. We did this for hours... there was a cave you go into and get your photo taken... it was such a great day - the only downside was that we were in the water all day which intensified the sun. We were wearing a 45 waterproof but I still got fried on my arms and the back of 1 leg. That was the first time all week I had burned.

Our last day we spent mostly on the beach and then we did shopping that night and bought some jewllery.

It was a wonderful vacation and really nice to spend the time to get to know Heathers kids and time with my Dad and Heather. Paul and I enjoyed it so much that we will definatly go back at some point in our lives!

Family Trip up North

Wow, i can't believe how long it has been since I updated this thing....darn Facebook!

In early May we had to go up to Prince Rupert and Terrace as "surprise" guests for Paul's Aunt's 70th birthday. On Friday Paul, myself and his sister headed out and caught our small plane up there. His mom headed up the day before. We arrived early enough that we were able to have the whole day to just hang out with some friends, wander around Prince Rupert (that took about 10 minutes!!) and relax with family. We stayed with his aunt Sandra and his cousin from Alberta also stayed there. We had a big crab feast for dinner - I think there were 21 crabs that we attempted to eat (only 15 actually got eaten but that is still impressive). On Saturday morning we headed down to Terrace to help get the hall set up and visit some more family.

The party was great - Amy walked into the room and was totally surprised and the party lasted until the wee hours of the morning - wow can that family ever party!!! Paul and I (the sober) ones had to drive everyone to the campground (which flooded out during the flood in June) I think Paul and I were able to go to bed around 4:30am and then we were up and out again at around 10:00. We headed back to the campground for more visiting before we had to head back home.

All in all it was a very quick but wonderful weekend and it was nice to see the family and get away for a couple of days.