Vacation Days: Cottage Life

One of the reasons that I have been completely MIA recently is that I am right in the middle of prime vacation season.

At the end of July I spent five amazing days here


With 11 of my closest friends (and pretty much my entire bridal party).

The cottage is my absolute favourite place to go (yes, I would actually prefer to be at the cottage over Cuba or Mexico). I feel like the minute I get there I am instantly relaxed, which lately is exactly what I need.

Our 5 days were spent:

Swimming

Even Brady participated


Drinking (probably a bit too much), which may or may not have led to...

...Antics...



Photoshoots by the lake

Girl Talk

Reading:


and most importantly...

RELAXING!

Perfection!

In other vacation news, this Wednesday the bestest, her mom, my mom, my mom's bestest, a whole bus load of woman and I will be leaving on a road trip to New York City. I have never been, but have always wanted to go and am extremely excited.

The bestest has gone every year for a few now, so she knows where to go, and pretty much has a whole itinerary fully planned. Can.Not.Wait.

Be expecting a full post about my adventures when I get back!

A Much Needed Vacation

So I'm back after 5 glorious days looking at this:

And This:

And this:

And spending time with my favourite people. Like him:

and them:
It was honestly just what I needed. A relaxing weekend away with good friends. A break from work, and wedding planning and just day to day life.

But now I'm tanned and back to the real world. I spend the better part of yesterday catching up on all of your wonderful blogs, and trust me, there were a lot. But I think I am now officially caught up, and this is just a quick post to let you all know that I am alive.

I don't really have anything significant to say at the moment, just trying to get back into my day to day schedule. Doing things that don't include sleeping until 11, planing my butt on a deck chair right in the sun and reading the afternoon away, napping at 5 and then waking up to fatty foods an a drink to start the evening.

I miss vacation.