Banff

Kyle and I took a very lovely vacation last month to Banff.  We dropped off Esmé at Grandma and Grandpa's in Vernon (thank you Anne and Rick!!) for her very first sleepover, where she spent 5 days away from home and from us!  She had a great time at Grandma's house, frequenting the ponds and playgrounds, the apple orchard, visiting cousins, and of course, Starbucks.  Mostly just getting plenty of love and more attention I'm sure than she ever gets!

I don't think that she realized that she missed us until we got back.  As soon as she saw us she made strange half laugh, half cry sounds while clinging to me with all four of her limbs.  And as expected we had a week of adjustment when we got home, some days harder than others!

But overall, we were so thankful for our time away as a real adult married couple.  Like our friend Tracy said, "We realized that we are actually still fun people!"  We filled our days with some beautiful hikes, signed up for a week of yoga, treated ourselves to massages, lounged in coffee shops, and enjoyed the beauty of the Rockies.  It was a perfect retreat as we prepare for this next phase of our life.