Average Momma: And then there was Summer...

Wow! I can not believe that the whole Summer has flown by so quickly! I thought I would be good this Summer and keep up the blogging...but I guess that didn't happen! We have had such a great Summer. We went camping multiple times (5 in total). We spent the Canada Day long weekend camping with a bunch of friends at Sibbald Point. Then we spent a weekend with Mark's family at Pinery and from there we headed to my Mom's family reunion at Cadigan's Camp (a cottage/campground). The week at Cadigan's was a lot of fun but I had to enjoy is "solo". Mark had to head back home to work so PJ and I spent the week ALONE! Not really alone as I had my parents and my older sister helping out quite a bit. It was a great week spent with my relatives (some even from the West coast!). The next camping trip we enjoyed was an extended long weekend with our best friends Ken and Tara Tammiga at Sibbald Point. This time we took the boat and spent some fun hours on the lake! We also enjoyed late nights and great talks :). We also enjoy the time we spend with that great couple! Finally I spent the week before Labour Day camping with my second older sister and PJ (once again without Mark!) at McGregor Point. The rest of my family joined us on Thursday or Friday to enjoy the long weekend, family style. My family has made it a tradition to set aside the Labour Day weekend for the "VanGrootheest Camping Trip". Its also such a great weekend and there's always lots of hiking, game playing and eating involved :). After all this camping we can definitely say that the trailer we bought earlier this year was a good purchase which we put to good use!
We also enjoyed many get-togethers with our friends and families throughout the Summer. There were BBQs, Company Picnics, birthday parties, campfires, and date nights. One of the more frequent date nights were the nights spent playing Kanasta with Ken and Tara (best friends + Kanasta = fun Summer nights playing past midnight...whoops!).
During this Summer PJ has grown so much...nine, ten, and eleven months! She looks older, acts older, crawls better, and plays better. So much fun! She has also showed us that she has a personality and a temper...which will be fun to deal with in the coming years :S. As Mark said this past evening, "might be time to go get some of those parenting books!". Haha!
All in all this has been another Summer full of wonderful blessing from our Almighty God. I can't believe that PJ is almost 1 year old and that my year of Maternity Leave is almost up! I am looking forward to this Fall (I love the cool weather and fall colors) and know that God is with us!!