Time with mom and dad

On Saturday, after Tim and Vanessa's wedding, I went home with my parent's for the week to relax and get away from the busy city.

We had a good drive home, the weather was a little wet, but otherwise, traffic was good and moving well (thank goodness we missed the 400 north traffic you get on Friday nights!) We even convinced dad to stop at the Cookstown Outlet Mall just north of Toronto, and we spent about an hour enjoying all the different stores, looking at shoes and purses and cool clothes....so much I wanted to buy! I can't wait till I'm working and can buy a pair of shoes or a purse on occasion without feeling buyer's remorse. ;) There was a Cadbury store in the Mall, and despite all the cool stores, the only thing we ended up buying was a week's supply of chocolate!!! :D

On Sunday after church we went out to the cottage, which I have to say was not anything like I remember it. My parents are in the process of re-building the cottage, and a lot of trees have been taken out as a result, and the yard is all dug up and mounded up everywhere. It was an odd feeling, I could close my eyes and clearly see our cottage as it used to be, and then I'd open my eyes, to see a completely different scene. I know the new cottage will be fun and beautiful, but I was sad to see how different it had become...sometimes we don't like change. :) The day was full of nostalgia; we went for a tour around the lake in our boat and then we went to "Blueberry Island" our favorite place to swim and camp. Me and mom even went for a swim....dad sat and watched us, not envying the slightly chilly water we were swimming in. But we had a great time! It's so nice to be able to do fun things like that. :D

The rest of the week was very fun....On Monday mom and I did some shopping, had a picnic at the waterfront. and then rode the miniature train and carousels. I wish I'd had my camera with me, it was great! We spent an afternoon at the beach on Tuesday and Wednesday Dad and I went and played 9 holes of golf with a friend of the family Len....we needed a fourth, so we were joined by a young guy, his name was Jeremy. On Thursday we headed down south to Kingston to spend the weekend with Gary and Sue (Tim's parents) at their cottage. All in all, I spent a wonderful week with Mom and dad..... :D

Well it's been an exceedingly busy couple of weeks. Since I last posted on here, me and friends from class (Anna, Melissa and Sherri) completed our research project, on July 12th we presented our findings in our LAST DAY of class! It's exciting to be done school! :) All I have left is my clinical placement, and them I'm DONE forever!!

I've done tons and tons since then, but today I'm going to talk about Friday July 13th....my little brother Tim got married to a very sweet girl, my new sister-in-law Vanessa. It was a beautiful day, the sun was out, it was warm (but not too hot) and I have to say, it was a neat experience being on the groom's side of the family. All of the weddings I've been involved with thus far were for the bride's side, and it is SOOOOO stressful....being on the groom's side, you could just relax and take your time. I got up in the morning, went for a run, had a shower, got to go help run some errands with my mom and brother, and then we got ready for the wedding. Had some swiss chalet for lunch.....overall a very relaxing morning.

My mom (in blue) and Vanessa's mom lighting the "family candles" on the Unity candle table.

Vanessa's dad giving his daughter one last hug.... :)

Vanessa's bridesmaids - my sister Alissa is the second one in from the left

"The Kiss" - sorry it's not cropped....I'm having trouble with Picasa and currently can't do any photo editing.....so as a result you'll just have to deal with the back of Richard's head! :P

The wedding ceremony was very nice, my husband Tim was a groomsmen for my brother Tim, so I have to admit, although the bride and groom looked good, I was slightly distracted by the handsome groomsmen a little to the right. :P

There he is! Second guy in from the right.....isn't he handsome? I think so! (Again sorry about the picture, couldn't crop it because of stupid Picasa!)

After the ceremony, we went to the waterfront in Burlington for pictures. Since I wasn't in the wedding party, I was only in a few pictures, and for the rest of the time I got to take video of the wedding party and family during the picture time. There were some great moments, the groomsmen attempting to flip their canes, the bridesmaids getting picked up by the groomsmen, the mothers posing with the groomsmen......all in all, quite enjoyable!

We had dinner at the Indian Wells' Golf and Country club - we ate filet mignon, herbed chicken, beans, potatoes, salad and cream of broccoli soup (in the reverse order) as well as all sorts of yummy desserts. It was a great time, the music was nice, the company was wonderful....all in all a great evening! Congrats Tim and Vanessa!!

Veggies :)

Well, it's been a busy week,I've been all tied up writing a research paper with a few classmates (our last official school project!!!) :)

We didn't get our veggies till Wednesday, so I'm a little behind on posting them. Here's what we got this week:

- Kohlrabi (again - I'll have to try cooking it or something)
- bunch of carrots
- a bag of loose leaf lettuce
- a head of boston lettuce
- a bag of peas in the pod
- green onions
- some kind of funny leafy green shoots (no idea what they are)

It's a real quality order....very yummy :P

Oh, and by the way, I made some mint sauce, I haven't had the opportunity to use it yet, but I'm thinking I'll have to pick up some vanilla ice cream tonight and give it a try! :)