Back from Vacation!!

I am back from a great 1-week vacation at the Brimley family farm in Simcoe, Ontario (just about a 5 minute drive from Lake Erie). My sister got married there on Saturday and it was beautiful. She was stunning, the weather was perfect, everyone had a ton of fun, and everything went off without a hitch. Her and her hubby Clayton are now off for a 3-week honeymoon in Italy!

It was really fun to have the whole Brimley clan back together again. I got to meet my 3-month old niece Claire and she is as cute as can possibly be. It was great watching my brother and sister-in-law with her - they are naturally great parents! And to have my grandma and all my uncles, aunts, great uncles and great aunts together to celebrate the wedding was amazing.

Now we're back at home and although I must admit I was quite sad to leave the farm, it is nice to be home and have Franklin back (he was at the doggy hotel for awhile). Now the countdown is on for the week-long vacation Chris and I are taking in the middle of July. We're heading to a cottage up North for a week of reading, relaxing, swimming, hiking, boating and good food! We're also taking a week off in August to celebrate our third wedding aniversary. Right now we're leaning towards a road-trip somewhere in the States - we want to have an adventurous vacation so we're even thinking of just closing our eyes and pointing to somewhere on a map of the US and then designing our trip around that. ;) We'll see.

I don't go back to work until Thursday (the store is closed tomorrow for Canada Day), so I still have some time to relax (and unpack and do some laundry) before my vacay is officially over. I'm actually kinda' glad that it's raining today (and probably tomorrow) as I have some things to get done around the house, and nothing makes me procrastinate more than sunny weather!!

Hope everyone has a great day off tomorrow! Here's to friends, family . . . and Statutory Holidays!!