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On June 25th Grace, Tessa and I flew back to Victoria after having spent our first 8 months in Spain. It was great to see my parents who met us at the airport with pink bouquets of flowers for the girls. We stayed with them and they were very generous in letting us take over their house. Highlights of the first week included Grace going to a school friend’s birthday party the day after we arrived followed by a play date and dinner with her good friend Maddy. I met my friend Ale for a fabulous lunch of Monk's curry at the Rebar. We had made the date 4 months previously so it was a highly anticipated event. Tessa's highlight was being invited back to daycare to play with her good friends for the day. It felt very normal to be back and we settled in very quickly. We went to Cowichan for the cool July 1st long weekend and due to the cold weather didn't go back for a month. Instead of being at the lake we visited with friends, attended many hair, dentist and doctor appointments and Grace and Tessa attended a week soccer camp.
On July 29th Anatolijus arrived from Spain bringing the warm sunny weather with him and we had a great August long weekend at Cowichan seeing many friends from the lake, having coffee on the dock, sailing, motorbiking an d excellent happy hours. We then spent three days in Victoria where Anatolijus caught up with many friends and we prepared to leave for our annual trip to Shuswap. On Thursday Aug 4th we went to Vancouver to stay with my sister Susan and have a huge sushi/sashimi feast before leaving early Friday morning for the Interior. This year at Shuswap was very special because for the first 5 days our entire immediate family was together, the weather was great and we had a wonderful time. Last year my sister Susan and her husband Stephen were not able to come because they were in Pennsylvania watching their boys Rhys and Sam play in the Little League World Series and with us having moved to Spain this time felt very precious. Anatolijus and I took a one night side trip down to Naramata without the girls. We stayed in a great B&B, tasted fabulous wine and rode the historic Kettle Valley Railway behind Summerland. At the end of our holiday as we made our way back home we stopped in Abbotsford for lunch to see our good friends Sharon and Dan and then made it back to Victoria. The last week in Victoria we were out for dinner 5 times and lunch three time – thank you to all who hosted us. It was a great summer being back with family and friends and then on August 27th we boarded our flight to return to our life in Spain……………….
On July 29th Anatolijus arrived from Spain bringing the warm sunny weather with him and we had a great August long weekend at Cowichan seeing many friends from the lake, having coffee on the dock, sailing, motorbiking an d excellent happy hours. We then spent three days in Victoria where Anatolijus caught up with many friends and we prepared to leave for our annual trip to Shuswap. On Thursday Aug 4th we went to Vancouver to stay with my sister Susan and have a huge sushi/sashimi feast before leaving early Friday morning for the Interior. This year at Shuswap was very special because for the first 5 days our entire immediate family was together, the weather was great and we had a wonderful time. Last year my sister Susan and her husband Stephen were not able to come because they were in Pennsylvania watching their boys Rhys and Sam play in the Little League World Series and with us having moved to Spain this time felt very precious. Anatolijus and I took a one night side trip down to Naramata without the girls. We stayed in a great B&B, tasted fabulous wine and rode the historic Kettle Valley Railway behind Summerland. At the end of our holiday as we made our way back home we stopped in Abbotsford for lunch to see our good friends Sharon and Dan and then made it back to Victoria. The last week in Victoria we were out for dinner 5 times and lunch three time – thank you to all who hosted us. It was a great summer being back with family and friends and then on August 27th we boarded our flight to return to our life in Spain……………….
