Summer is finally here!

I know, one post every 5 months or so is not really keeping anyone up-to-date on the Pay family happenings, but it's all I seem to have time for.

We are nicely settled into our house since the move in March. Erick built a play structure and put together a sand box for the kids in our awesome back yard. We've also set up a kiddie pool for the hot days and a water table on the deck for the not quite as hot days.

I'm still working over at the University of Victoria, although my term is now scheduled to end in February. We'll see what happens at that point as I'm working through some possibilities for future employment.

We've gotten to know many of our neighbours and have gotten together with the one family that lives on our street. We are very excited that their kids are similar ages to ours at 5 and 2 years. There's also another family with an almost 2 year old who live just around the corner.

Keira had her second birthday in April and we celebrated by sharing a gigantic cupcake between the four of us.

Kian had his fourth birthday in June and we celebrated by having a bunch of our neighbours over for a BBQ.

Erick had his "29th" birthday again in the end of June and we celebrated by going to a friends birthday party!

Our perfect Victoria summer weather has finally arrived and we're looking forward to the next month or 2 of sunny, warm days, and refreshing cool evenings. We'll probably spend most weekends at one beach or another, biking, splashing in the kids pool in the back yard, or climbing around one of the nearby playgrounds!