Good news for us.....

It's good news for us that Hurricane Dean missed the Mayan Riveria and other tourist spots but not so good for the local Mexicans since it hit one of the poorest areas in Mexico. I'm pretty happy that we live in an area that is pretty well protected from natural disasters.
We're leaving tomorrow to Pentiction!!!! We're so excited. It's cold and rainy here and apparently it hot, hot, hot in the Okanagan. I'm excited to spend lots of time on the beach and go to Kamloops and see some old friends too. It's going to be a great vacation.

Hurricane Dean

We have been tuning into the weather lately and anxioulsy watching Hurricane Dean get closer and closer to Mexico. Travis is now a hurricane expert after doing some internet research last night. Right now it's a category 5 (worst you can get) and our resort is under a hurricane warning and tourists are being evacuated. We're hoping that it stays on it's present course cause then it looks like the eye of the storm will miss our honeymoon resort. Although it is 200km wide so it wouldn't take much for it to shift just slightly north and wipe out all our honeymoon dreams. Cross you fingers for us and our honeymoon!!!

Johnston Canyon and the Inkpots

Travis and I went on a 12km roundtrip hike yesterday through Johnston Canyon and up to the Inkpots. It's probably one of my favorite hikes so far cause it's got lots of people which minimizes the chances of a bear attack and it's beautiful.






Today we are going to get our spare room organized and ready for painting, that is if Travis ever gets out of bed.

Vacation starts TODAY!

Yay! I am officially "on vacation" I don't have to go back to work until Sept 4. To make things even better....yesterday was my last 12hr day shift! When I go back to work in September I work 4 nights and then I change to my new 8hr position. That is so exciting. I'm going to spend my first week of vacation getting our house back in order, finishing off a few wedding things and getting ready for our trip next Friday. We're spending 5 days camping in Pentiction and watching our friend Jen do her first Ironman Triathalon. That is going to be very exciting. Then we're going to spend some time with mom in Sicamous hanging out at the beach and floating on the lake. We are going to need some relaxing time cause when we get back it's going to be wedding crunch time, just over 3 weeks to go when we get home. I'm getting so excited for the wedding. I had my first dress fitting last week and it fits perfectly. I have to go try it on one more time before the wedding and then I get to bring it home. I picked up the flower girl dresses last week and they are adorable. I can't wait to see what they look like on the girls. My wedding band is finished. We're getting them custom made by a goldsmith in town which is a little expensive but so worth it. My ring is better than I could have imagined and very unique. Travis tried on the wax mold of his ring and it's going to be pretty spectacular too. So everything is falling to place for the big day and now I just want it to come!! I can't wait to see all my family and friends who I havn't seen in ages. It's going to be great. I'm going to go and be lazy on the couch for a bit, I am on vacation after all ;0)

Camping

Travis and I went out camping at Deadman's Flats a few weekends ago. We had a great time. Here's a few pics! The best part of the whole weekend was the hammock and having a latte in the morning. Thanks Jeff and Fiona!!