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Sometimes the best decision is to just keep driving. 🚗☀️

We have never been.

You know that feeling — the list is long, the week was full, and turning around would have been so easy.

But we kept driving. And Alberta? She did not disappoint.

I am so lucky to call this place home. To have the Rockies in my backyard. To be able to play tourist in my own province and have it feel like the first time, every single time.

Banff and Lake Louise are favourites for a reason. But Moraine Lake — there are no words. There really aren’t. You just stand there and your whole nervous system goes quiet and you think: this is it. This is what it’s all about.

Getting outside, breathing mountain air, moving your body through spaces this beautiful — it is genuinely good for the soul. Not in a small way. In a big, full, grateful-to-be-alive kind of way.

This is what summer in Alberta looks like. And I would not trade it for anything. 🏔️🌿☀️

If you haven’t made it to Moraine Lake yet this summer — go. Just keep driving. Trust me.

A little Simple Sunday in the middle of June. 🌿

This month is flying by, and today I was grateful for a little time in the garden. There’s something about getting my hands in the dirt, slowing down, and tending to something that reminds me to pause and breathe.

The next few weeks will be full as we navigate exams, year-end activities, and celebrate the twins and all they have accomplished this year. As a mom, these milestone moments seem to arrive in the blink of an eye.

Today was a reminder that taking a moment to breathe isn’t a luxury—it’s necessary. A little quiet. A little sunshine. A little gratitude. Good for the soul.

Wishing you a beautiful Sunday. 💛

What helped you slow down and recharge this weekend?