How do you fit an entire summer’s worth of family time into one weekend? How, when we weren’t able to plan this entire summer of fun until today–the saturday of this wonderous weekend? How indeed when Pip is out of sorts today and refuses to nap. and this wonderous weekend must also include a summer’s worth of household chores that have been ignored until now? Now wonder I feel so stressed today. It is too much. Too much pressure for two days. And I am tired–dead beat from being super Mom all summer while Peter wrapped up his PHD. So it looks like this wonderous weekend may be the Armstrong Fair today and tomorrow? I do not know. I wanted a night away at a resort with a pool and hiking. Alas everything is booked up solid! From Harrison Hot springs to Veranda Beach in Osoyoos. So this wonderous weekend may be family time on a Kelowna beach and perhaps not much else. Peter thinks the goldmine tour in Hedley will be too much for us–4 hours and alot of stair climbing. I’m game although, with the three little ones, that night away swimming and relaxing sounds so much more of what I need. But it is impossible as we did not plan ahead–could not until PJ submittd his proposal so that was yesterday–too late for a night away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"