We have a space in our new house that was kinda empty. I is in the informal dining room area and it just always seemed really empty, so, the chairs that I wanted went from $99/pc to $59/pc and the table went from $79/pc to $59/pc so, the whole 3 set was $208. Not too bad! So here are some pictures of how it looks.
It is so nice to sit there and read a book or have some cofee right by the fireplace, and looking out on our view!
Keith and Angie finally had their baby... a boy!!!! DALEN MICHAEL , he was born yesterday the 24th at 4:30 in the morning.
I've heard through the grapevine that she did a great job (Angie) and she is feeling like going home already. Dalen is doing well so I think they might go home today. I am dying to see some pictures of the little man. So CONGRADULATIONS Keith & Ang on baby 3! And yippee for us, we get a baby to snuggle but without all the cravings & labour! Now that's the way to do it.
But only of my daughters' school PAC committee! 
Out of a potential of about 600 parents, we only have around 5-7 parents who are involved in the Parent Advisory. There are a core of 4 of us and the old president was stepping down this year, so I hummed and hawwed, and then accepted. I am actually quite excited about it - we are very deep into fundraising for the school to buy more playground equipment, and also to maintian a bank flow to offer hot lunches to the kids every Friday and hold Christmas concerts, etc. I also designed and built a website for the school over last year and some of this and it will finally be used this year. YIPEE! So when it finally get's posted to the server I will send you the link and you can see. It's very cool!
This week Millie has started Kindergarten, it is so cute. She is going for 1/2 days for Mon/Wed/Fri this week, then full days next week. She has a great teacher (Oaksana's old K teacher) and a really good friend from daycare in her class with about 4 other kids that she knows too. I went today to walk her to her regular line-up area and took some pictures, here's her with her friend Jessie..
She looks so small in comparison to all the kids in her class. Little shorty! And this next pic is of her and Oaksie. Oaksie was teaching Millie how to do a "spider" on the swings.. as you can see, they had a great time! 
We also registered the girls in Sparks & Brownies on Monday so here's a pic of them in those uniforms.
Cuties.. 
Well let's see, on September 8th my baby turned 5. 
I cannot beleive that she is that old, she still seems sooooo small.
She is pleased as punch that she is now a "BIG GIRL"!
We had family over for cake on her big day and then she had 1 friend over on sunday so she was excited and made us sing her happy birthday for 3 straight days! It was cute.
Well since we had to kill some time and had some holidays booked we decided that we would do a bit of travelling. We went to Kamloops to visit a friend there and it was so nice to see her. We went to the BC Wildlife park http://www.kamloopswildlife.org/ . We sat through a falconry show which was very cool and one of the small vultures actually flew up and sat on Oaksana's head. She was breathless and so was I.. (clearly cause I didn't take a photo!) But I did get this shot of this horned owl afterwards. 
Half way through the park there is a spray park, so the kids cooled off there as it was about +38C that day... yikes.
We also went to a wedding at Roche Lake near Kamloops for Todd & Stephanie and it was so amazing. I love weddings, they are so fun and always make me cry, and make me feel warm and fuzzy about how much I love Collin! 
The resort also had a pool so the kids swam all day long and had a blast.. and of course danced their buts off till they were so tired! So CONGRATS to you TODD & STEPH!
It was a good (much needed) break from our long summer.
