Williams Park, Shopping, and Spiders

Well this past weekend Ryan and I didn't hike Lindeman like we had planned. We decided that it was just far too hot for a hike like that plus I wanted to bring my dog so it would have been pretty tough on him as well. 
We did however take him to Williams Park to get him in the water and swim! It wasn't as nice as Lindeman lake would have been but it was still deep enough to get him in there to practice his doggy paddle. He did pretty good once he got the hang of it! 

After Williams Park we took him to watershed park out in Glenn Valley where we let him do a little off leash walking on the dyke. He did pretty well, I still need to work on getting his attention back when he sees a squirrel or bunny or something like that. His prey drive just kicks in and my voice is no longer existent. 
We drove shadow back home and headed back to Fort Langley where we stopped in at the pet store to grab a few things for Ryan's cat, Orange. While we were there I ended up purchasing a backpack for shadow for all the hikes we will be doing soon and I even got to a hold one of Alanna's baby chickens! It was so cute. I wish I had more will power to not eat meat. It's just so damn tasty! 

We then headed over to the liquor store and went back home to drink and relax. Well, Ryan fell asleep and I drank haha. 
Sunday morning I drove home from Ryan's house pretty early to chill with my momma and get Shadow to try on the new backpack I bought for him before heading out to breakfast and shopping with the girls. My momma and I ended up hanging out in the backyard doing some gardening for a bit. It was super nice. 

Shopping was fun with the girls. We went to Guildford which was nice. I didn't end up buying anything but it was still fun being out with my ladies. 
After shopping I went back over to Ryan's who decided he wanted to go to Willowbrook to look at hiking shoes. So back to the mall I went haha. I ended up finding a dress there and some other stuff. Which was all on sale. I love it when that happens! 
Later that evening we met up with our good friend Mike to do a little fishing. We ended the night off by going to Menchies together and chatting for awhile. 
There was a beautiful sunset going on after Menchies, so Ryan and I took the long way home through Derby Reach to get a real good look at it. 

Today is Monday and it's going pretty good so far. Other than the spider that I encountered this morning on my jar of jam! 

 

I went back to the dyke with my mom and Shadow and we walked for a whole hour before I had to come to work. We saw a heron, 5 eagles, and a coyote. Which wouldn't take his eyes off Shadow haha. 

After work it's early bed time for me as I am half falling asleep already and have a busy week ahead!