still alive!

hey friends! sorry it's been so long since my last post, it's been a really busy week. and it's summer so it just feels better to be outside in the sun instead of cooped up inside writing blog posts. for the sake of catching up, here's what i've been up to for the last bit:

1. whistler with the kobes fam jam!

we went biking, and walking, and swimming. it rained. a lot. but it was great to spend time as a family.

2. we played baseball

we've been playing tuesday night softball for a few weeks, which, i have to admit, has been super awesome. we had a wrap-up tournament on saturday. softball from 8am-7pm was a bit too much for me though so i just played the morning.

silas was our cutest fan.

3. went to a wedding. we didn't take any pictures but we had a fun day celebrating with my cousin and her now-husband!

what have you guys been up to? got any big plans for the weekend? tomorrow my besties are comin over for dinner (i'm so excited!!!!) and then me and david are going to hit up jam in jubilee. should be a hoot ;)

morning routines.

do you guys have a morning routine? i definitely do. every morning i wake up after pressing the snooze button once, i go to the washroom then head straight to the coffee maker. coffee is the best part of my morning. i go to bed in anticipation of waking up and drinking coffee. for real. because it's not just a plain coffee, it's lattes every morning peeps! they have espresso, creamy milk, and foam that it seriously so delicious!

so how do i make this extra special coffee you may ask? it's all the product of my tassimo and my nespresso milk steamer. we got both of these as wedding presents and they are awesome! the milk steamer especially is great. i steam milk all the time for regular coffee, for lattes, and for hot chocolate. and if we've got it in the house, chocolate milk lattes are seriously the best thing on the planet, just sayin'.

it's not cheap but i'd totally recommend it for any coffee lover. it is way faster and easier to clean than any espresso machine with a steaming wand and it tastes the exact same. and what i really love about it is that it makes the milk HOT, not just warm, but actually hot.

once i've for my coffee made i settle in for 10-15 minutes and read all the my favourite blogs. it's a morning ritual that i can't live without.

do you guys have any morning rituals? i figure coffee is a pretty high priority for most people.

and now that i've professed my love for coffee and my milk steamer it's time to head off to whistler again! hope you all have a spectacular weekend :)

weekend in whistler.

hey everyone! today i'm back at work after an amazing weekend in whistler with my family. we stayed in a condo with my parents and my two sisters and their families. it was great to spend some quality time with everyone, especially my adorable nephew silas! just look at that face!

me and david drove up on friday after work. it was a rainy and trafic-filled drive but we made it up before 7pm. on the way we stopped at britannia mines and a couple of viewpoints.

the next day we braved the rain and went for a walk around lost lake.

we also walked into the village for some coffee. the rain cleared up a bit and we got a view of the peak 2 peak gondola. you can kind of see it in the picture below.

on sunday we watched the netherlands game (hup holland hup!!), and we won so that set a good tone for the day.

and then the sun came out for a bit so we hit up the pool and hot tub. it was so fun taking silas in the pool, he loved it!

we also did some more walking and found a cool park with some serious yarn bombing.

overall we spent the weekend playing games, walking around, swimming, and eating delicious food. can't wait to do it all over again next weekend with david's family!

and just because i can't resist, here are a couple more pictures of silas.

hope you all have a fantastic canada day week!