It has been beautiful here the last little while...i am *so* thankful for the sunshine!! I seriously thought i was going to go crazy at the beginning of June when it rained and rained and rained...and rained some more. We've been outside as much as possible lately, soaking up the rays and enjoying the outdoors. Too bad we're being eaten alive by mosquitoes! Aggh they are bad this year.

Only 14 more days till South Country Fair!! I lovelovelove this festival. It has become the highlight of our summer, even though we've only been to two so far. We missed the last two years in a row, but we have definite plans to go this year and I am so stoked! This article describes perfectly how I feel about SCF. I.cannot.wait.!

We're also planning on taking a 2 week camping trip through BC! We're going to go to the Robson Valley Music Festival in Dunster, BC for a few days, then camp down to Nelson/Winlaw area and stay for a while longer! My friend R, is due with her second baby right around the time we will be there and we are hoping that baby chooses his/her arrival date around then! We've never done a long camping trip like this before and I am anxiously and exitedly anticipating it all at once.

My brother moved into our basement suite last month and it has been wonderful to have him so far. I have become friends with his girlfriend and I can't even express how much I *love* her! I am happy to be able to get to know her better, and to have my brother around again. It's nice for my children to be able to forge a relationship with thier Uncle Allan. My girls adore his gf and think he's such a cool uncle, with his ability to shove a needle through his septum (he has a hole from an old piercing) and fully sleeve tattoos (amongst others!).

Twelve hours from now and one year ago...I had a brand new 9lb14oz baby boy in my arms. Wow. This year has flown by. Much has changed, and much has stayed the same.

It is late and I didn't accomplish anything that I set out to tonight. I wanted to spend a couple hours on my Holistic Health assignments, but Nova decided she wasn't tired and was up farting around until 11pm! Agghh. Indigo had a nap at 7:30pm for an hour :-/ and was up until 10:45. And now I am tired and should probably hit the sack so I'm not exhausted tomorrow morning when my lovely children will inevitably get me up at the ass crack of dawn despite the late night they had. So much for schoolwork.