This summer has flown by.

It feels like just yesterday that I was anticipating my holidays and now as I look at my calendar I realize I’ve already been back at work for three weeks.

Time in general seems to be flying by.

Last weekend I made a trip back to Lethbridge to celebrate my niece’s 5th birthday.

As I sat at the party I kept telling myself how crazy it was that she was five already.

The more things I look back on, the more I realize how quick our lives really are.

I now have four nieces and four nephews, with twin nephews on the way in December.

It’s been a year and a bit since I graduated college and four years since I was in high school, yet is all seems merged together into a year’s worth of time.

Seeing how fast my life has been changing over the last four years has reminded me of my need to slow down and truly cherish the time I have with family and friends and to stop taking things for granted.

Later this week, I have some of my siblings and my mom coming out to the Pass for a visit.

This will be some of their first visits since I moved here and I fully intend to take advantage of it.

I think, as a whole people need to slow down and thoroughly enjoy the things that are presented to us in life.

Everyone always seems to be too rushed to finish this chore or finish that project without really enjoying him or herself.

As kids get ready to go back to school, make sure to enjoy the last couple weeks of fun and family before those routines start forming again.

It’s too easy to let things go by without truly enjoying them.

Let’s make sure to enjoy as much stuff as we can everyone.