Needless to say, a lot has happened in the past three months. But I'll try to keep this reasonably short.

First, we are fully moved into our condo. The renovation of the living room was a bit challenging, but we managed to get the result we were looking for. Here are some step-by-step pictures. The building has a pool that we've been making use of and we're still exploring the neighbourhood.

In May, we spent the long weekend on Vancouver Island with Todd's family. His parents had rented a condo in Parksville for a week, but we just stayed the weekend. It was a lovely time! Pictures are here.

In June I made a quick trip to Calgary for work, and was looking forward to spending some time with all my nephews, but unfortunately two of them got very sick, and weren't up to doing much. It was still nice to see everyone, but the circumstances weren't great.

At the end of June, my mom flew out to Vancouver, and she, Todd and I headed to Hawaii! This was a trip we'd been planning for ages (about 7 years actually), and I'm so happy it finally happened. We rented a condo at Waikiki for a week and rented a car for a couple of days as well, so we could see some of the rest of the island. It was a fantastic trip, and went much too quickly. A small selection of pictures can be found here.

After that, Mom went to Kelowna for the rest of the week, and then was back in Vancouver for another week. We did some touristy stuff around town like the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain, Granville Island, Stanley Park, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and more. Unfortunately, on our last day out, Mom's camera was stolen on the Skytrain, so we don't have any pictures of any of those things.

Last weekend we all headed to Victoria for my cousin's wedding. Our hotel was next to the Royal BC Museum, so we checked that out, and visited with lots of family. It was a gorgeous weekend, and over much too quickly, again.

Lee, Dawnelda and Alex had also come to Victoria for the wedding, and on Tuesday, they stopped in Vancouver on their way back to Calgary, and stayed with us for a few days, just heading out this morning. It was great to spend some more time with them, and also just to have some company from my family, other than my mom (who visits regularly :-).

Around all of this, I have of course been working very long hours - things are really gearing up now that we're just 200 days from the opening of the Games. I learned that I will get to work on site at one of the venues during the Olympics, which I'm very excited about!! We also managed to get tickets to the Men's figure skating free skate during the last round of ticket sales, and that's the one I really wanted, so all is well. :-)

Okay, I said I would try to keep this short, so I'll end here, and make some vague promise about updating more often. Hope you all have a great weekend.

       April 26, 2009