Canada- Revisited...

Sorry about the week delay in getting these last three days up. We got busy with the "real world". Here's a summery of the last Three Days in The Okanagan (DRINK!)

DAY 7- THE WINERIES!

So they tell us that The Okanagan (DRINK!) is like the Napa Valley of BC....hmmm well, it's not quite that, but it was still good....they actually might one up us on the view, no not actually, they really do!

We went to three wineries, each progressively better. When we got to the last (Mission Hills- where most of these views are from) Sara looked at Aaron and I an said "I am glad we did them in the order we did, otherwise this would have SUCKED!" Yep- She was right. After words Aaron, Wilf, Matt and I hit up a local brewery called Freddies. I was the DD for these gentlemen, regardless the four of us had a nice time and I got carded...guess I look younger than 19! WHAT!??

DAY 8- Our last full day in The Okanagan (DRINK!)

This morning Aaron and I started watch The Sentinel. Once Sara got her sorry butt out of bed, we played Makeup! LOL! I brought some of my Mary Kay samples up there so that I could do a "demo" with her and write off the trip (woo hoo!). We had such a fun time just going through the motions, and it was good practice for me! I loaded her up with goodies too! I think she was pretty stoked.

After lunch we took off to the Value Village looking for Aaron Moose shirt- and we were successful! Actually 5 shirts deep successful! I will post a picture of that later. Sara scored on some awesome kids books, and I got away scott free...

Thant night we dropped Bells off at the grandparents and took a drive up the MTN. and a nice hike along some summer laden (ok it was still cold 11c) ski slopes! What a Blast! I think we captured our Christmas card picture there too!

DAY 9- The Ending...

All good things must come to an end. Today we had a great breakfast with Crew at The Polson Diner (we like to call it the Poisin Diner) puzt around a bit and then headed for the Airport....this time we did NOT run through the Vancouver airport; We sat for 3.5 hours! What a stinkin long layover! We had some beer, bought some time on a Internet Kiosk (which still has 39 minutes left on it, if we ever get back there...and I remember the password) and puzt around some more, and some more, and then finally hit the tarmak and got our butts home....whew. We walked in the door at 11:00 pm- and crashed into bed!

Definitely a great trip. Thanks Sara and Matt and Isabella for housing us and showing us a good time in The Okanagan (now DRINK!) Heh hhh!

Michael Jackson- Dead at Age 50...

This has been a tough week in the Entertainment world. First Ed McMahon died on Tuesday, Farrah Faucet this morning after her 2 year battle with cancer, and just this afternoon, The King of Pop, Michael Jackson dies from a heart attack... What more can I say.... I am deeply sorrowed.

Day 7 & 8 and Possibly 9.....

SORRY, WE ARE PACKING SO MUCH IN TO THESE LAST 2.5 DAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO UPLOAD ANY OF OUR PHOTOS! I WILL TRY TO GET TO IT TOMORROW BEFORE WE LEAVE... OTHERWISE, YOU WILL HAVE OUR LAST THREE DAYS ON SUNDAY.

LOVE
Kristin and AAron

The Night Sky in Canada

Just wanted to share with you how light it stays in the evenings here. These pictures were taken between 9:40 and 10:00 at night.

Six days...WOW! and we still have more?????

We were having technical difficulties last night, sorry this is a little late.
Day six was a Rainy day...
...But we made the most of it.
Before the rain swept in Aaron and I had a chance to take the bikes out once again and go for a ride down to a little breakfast place we found on our first bike ride a couple days ago. We had a nice little breakfast and on our way back encountered the beginning of the rain storm. By the time we got home we were wet...not soaked, but just a little damp.
We waited out the storm and once it blew over a bit we grabbed Sara and the babe and ventured out to Davison Orchard, a local apple orchard that harvest's more than just apples.

From there we did some errands and then went home for a little R&R.
We had a great pasta dinner and then dropped the little one off at grandma and grandpa's so we could all go on a double date (that ended with us sitting half way across the theatre from each other) to see The Hangover. Deffinitely a funny movie, but definitely not one to waster your $10 on...wait to see it on video...errr is that word out dated??? DVD??....no wait, VOD (Video on Demand...i.e. netflix via XBox righ?).
So we ended the night with cookies....mmmmm cOOOKIES!!!!!

Five down...

Day Five was another nice day. We got a really late start and as a result had a really lazy morning. I flipped on the tube and watched "In Her Shoes" while Sara slept and took care of the baby and Aaron stared at me with puppy dog eyes "when are we going to go???"
Once Matt got home we took a drive with some friends of his that were in from England, and went up a back road made of gravel and up a mountain practically to try to get a "hidden" waterfall. Well we didn't make it up there until 2:00 and we were all famished so we parked ate, and gotten eaten alive by bugs, so we decided to forgo the hike up to the waterfall and drive back down to one of the trillion lakes around here. The guys had a great time in the water and throwing around the frisbee, while I read some more of The Shack and Sara and Mandy played with their little ones.
We ended the day with some gread Thai food and a bowl of ice cream. All in all a pretty lazy day, but none the less got some good pictures to share...

Hills we were driving in to find the Hidden Waterfall

















Diversion to the Lake

















Making fun of Matt's Alphalpha look

Day Four Already?

Today was a full day...
We started fairly early this AM...8:11 to be exact. Because we are so far north in the hemisphere the sun stays up late and comes up early, we are darking dark hours between 10 pm and 4 am, and I am not joking. I have woken up every morning so far at 4 to pull down the shade so we can get a couple extra hours of ZZZZZ's. We have been up and out till almost 10 because until about 9 it feels like it is 5 in the afternoon (no, not "nine in the afternoon, your eyes are the size of the moon")!
...Ok so back to what I was saying...the day started early. Aaron took a 2.5 mile run while I dove in to my latest read: The Shack (so far so good- Chapter 5). Around 10 Aaron and I borrowed Matt and Sara's Mountain bikes and headed out for a nice ride in the "country". It totally felt like we were in Europe, touring the countryside on our bikes!

We got home a little before noon, just in time to have a nice lunch with Matt (who had to work today) and then off to walk the Downtown area with Sara and the baby.












While we were on our nice little walk we saw our first and informedly "only" Canadian Mounty encounter....on the side of a van! I guess there is really no such thing as the ture Mounty anymore.

Next we took in a nice steak dinner...thank you matt, and then headed for the beach...at 7:30 pm! It is still warm until the sun goes down, so we had to make the most of our day!












The day ended with a bath for bella, and now we are all off to bed! See you tomorrow!

Day Three- Oh Canada!

Three days have gone by and Sara and I both have found ourselves saying "I can't believe it's been three days...it feels like we (me) should be going home like tomorrow, but we have a WHOLE week ahead of us, HOW AWESOME!
Today, we were graciously invited to Matt's parents house for a FAMOUS pancake breakfast! It was super yum, thin, almost crepe like buttermilk pancakes, made with REAL buttermilk, (which I seem to have a hard time finding in the liquid form in the states), a strawberry coulis topping and fresh bananas...oh and what I think was fresh squeezed orange juice. This was definitely a topper on our list so far!


After we ate at the Lunde's we headed out for a day at the beach. Today was clear, sunny and hot...the perfect making for a beach day! We did a little laying out in the sun and then some water frisbee...nothing too active, but refreshing none the less. Matt even dipped Issy in for a little submersion...needless to say, she didn't much appreciate it.
Sara and I went off to the store and did a little shopping...remind me to share the fantastic ice tea recipe with you all, it's like our new favorite drink.
What does tomorrow hold...well we aren 't quite sure yet, so check back in the evening and we will have a post...sorry the past couple days have been a little late...we were having "internet diffficulties...." PIRATES!

Day Two in Canada!

Day two found us all on a boat..."I'm on a booooaaattt!" We tried (and by we I mean Aaron and Matt and Clayton) a new Canadian water sport called Wake Surfing. Basically the idea is to take the toe rope out enough to get some speed (and if you are good you can just launch off the back of the boat) and then throw it back in and surf the wake behind the boat...you can technically surf it for quite a while. All the guys got up on the first try (...well Matt and Clayton are seasoned riders, but for the sake of the statement...). We had such a blast and a nice boat ride on the Okanagan (gosh hope I spelled that right...).

Turns out Matt is not only a seasoned wake surfer, but also a seasoned mucian (three bands and counting; one with a three time tour of all the Candian provinces). We set out in the evening to watch him play at...Church! haha! Really good service and little Isabella was, of course, the center of attention cooing like a little terridactile! haha! Pretty funny.
All in all a really great day two...
Bella in her new Le Top bathing suit- butterfly wishes












Bella blending in to the furniture...












Us on the Boat

Day one in Canada!

We made it to the Lunde's almost on time... The day started out early, leaving the house at quarter after seven and we finally made it to the Lunde's avout 4:45...two flights, and one MAD dash through the Vancouver Airport, landed us here safe and out of breath!
Isabella is getting so big, and mom and dad are so proud of her...as re we! The chicky is a night owl like her mommy, she was up with us till about 11:00! WOW!
Here are som pictures from Friday.

Aaron drinking after our first flight is delayed out of SFO.









Trying out the smile detector on our new camera.

Le Top Blog Contests and More

Hey All,
I am a Blog Author on Le Top Children's wear Blog page (http://blog.letop-usa.com). We run contests for free baby clothes and other fun things all the time, and you can win! Kaitlin M. won a couple of months ago, just to prove to you that you can win too! Please log on and check it out. Participate in our blog and upload pictures of your kids, neices, nephews, friends kids, etc. We would love to feature them as our daily darlings. And who knows, you might win something for it!

Peace Out!
Kristin

Sleeping Beauties

I am getting so excited for our trip up to see Sara, Matt and the new baby, Isabella! It's all I can think about and talk about. If you have been able to hang out with me lately you would know that! I think some of you must be getting sick of hearing me talk about "Canada"!

Seeing pictures like this one are sure to push me over the edge! This is just the sweetest thing I have ever seen! There is nothing like a good nap along side the your most adored person....and for Sara napping is HUGE! This girl LOVES her sleep, it looks like her daughter is taking after her! LOL!

Check out Sara and Isabella on the Le Top Blog under Daily Darlings: http://blog.letop-usa.com

Pet Peeve....

Just to make a general statement- It annoys me when people rebut a personal comment with "yeah, see I...." There is something demeaning and irritating about that phrase. You did not ask them what their feeling was on it or how they would have reacted, etc. but they feel that they just have to put their "humble" opinion in there and or compare to you in some way. It's like trying to "one up" the other person and is rude. If you want stick your nose in it, or feel you have to rebut or comment on something another person said with your own personal feeling please try to say "I can see that" or "I under stand where you are coming from" ..."...but what about (insert personal idea here)" or "...I could also see it (insert personal feeling)" , etc. Do you get my drift?

So what Peeve's You? Cuz believe me I could go on for days about this and the INCORRECT USE OF THE WORD then vs. than... but that is for another day....

Peace Out.

OTH Back for a 7th season!

Hey All,

I know some of you are avid OTH (One Tree Hill) fans like me, so you will be glad to hear that they are on the CW schedule for the Fall 2009/2010 season! I am so stoked.  Here is my only comment:

This season's Finale was Awesome.  It gave total closure and lots of happy endings.  So much so, that I had to jump on to Google to see if this was the end.  I can honestly say I would be "OK" with it being the end, the way they wrapped up the season, however, I can never get too much of OTH. The thing is, I will be pissed if they go and get MY show cancelled.  I need closure, like Dawson's Creek, and I hope that is how they will eventually end the show.  Give it a good honest run and a great ending, don't leave us hanging.

I am super excited to see the development of Brooke and Julian's characters; of Skills and Mouth & Milly, and definitely Sam.  There is a lot they can do with this, and of course the other Main characters, but I think we will be seeing a more evening out of time spent on the supporting cast, at least I hope so. 

This show has been so great, and again, I am so glad that I get to enjoy another season.

PEACE OUT!

Photo Courtsey of: www.jackbook.com

Blog Giveaway Courtesy of AMY!

Hey there bloggers,

Sara L's SIL (sister in law) is having her 1 year anniversary for her blog! She is giving away a book or a dvd as prize for celebrating with her! Just hop on over to her blog and sign up!

Personally, I am hoping to win both (ha, not likely), but they are both good! One is a workout video that looks totally intense and the other is a Dave Ramsey book about getting out of debt!

Here's a Link to Amy's site: http://muddybootsblog.blogspot.com/

Good Luck!

Peace Out!

We're Dreaming of India

This week we are dreaming of India! This fantastic deal is really hard to resist since India is one place my husband and I and another couple have been talking about going to for the past year. We have been watching movies (Slumdog Millionaire, Bride and Prejudice and Water), doing a little Google earthing, eating Indian food (mmm- we love Indian food), and doing some research on the best places to visit like the Taj Mahal, the back waters of Kerala, and the Goa beaches along the Arabian sea. There is so much that is untold about India that we would love to explore and discover the country. But for now, it is only a dream.

$960 -- India from California on Top-Rated Airline (R/T)

http://www.travelzoo.com/top20/24252200-576351/

Source: Singapore Airlines

Lodon Calling

If you have the time, more than ever right now, London is the place you want to be, becuase the prices British Airways are advertising for the next month are UN-BEATABLE.

IF YOU LISTEN TO ONE THING, LISTEN TO THIS:

If you have an extra 350.00 you MUST go now!

$156 & up -- London Flights w/Sightseeing Pass; 2-Day Sale

http://www.travelzoo.com/top20/24252200-571308/

Source: British Airways

If you need any travel tips to London you can always ask Erin S. or I, we are LIKE experts! hahahahaha~~!!!

Peace out!

Mary Kay and the rest of the happenings...

It's all in the title...Davina and I started our very own Mary Kay business.... Can you hear the extatic sarcasm bleeding from my voice when I say we are SO EXCITED!  I am really not sure where this is going to go, but all we both know is that we need to get our money back...at the very least.  

It has been about three weeks since we have started and though we are frustrated with some aspects of the "business" we are excited about others.  The product is fantastic, if nothing else, I know that!  I started using their face wash and mositurizer and my face has never been softer. 

The best part about all of this, is that I have found a great teammate and it has put us both in the new mindset of starting our own business.  I think it is a ways off, but we are like stellar together.  With Davina's artistry and want for more than just Mary Kay and with my business b/g and want for more than just Mary Kay, we are dreaming up fantastic ideas and great business ideas that extend well beyond MK and into other areas.  Our end goal is to become event coordinators....WOW after 5 years of deciding I DID NOT want to be an event planner, I finally came full circle and am back on the boat, but in a whole different way.

This day in age, I understand more fully why so many people are looking more and more to the Small Business Owner route.  Both Aaron and I are working on our own Small Business Plans (for completely different businesses).  Now the trick will be to see who goes first or if we can accomplish this all at the same time...my guess is that one of us will have to go first.

Until next time (I will try to be better I promise) - Peace Out! haha