Well it's been a looooong time!

But it has also been one of the nicest most beautiful summers I can remember in all my summers! I'm so glad we didn't go anywhere and are saving our vacation for November this year, because we have really been able to take advantage of every day. Hence my lack of posting. We have been doing it all! But I can feel summer cooling down and my most favorite season of all is just around the corner. I feel like we need even more to take every advantage of these last few days. So we have a busy weekend planned. Saturday we are heading to the UBC farm for a family/kids day event for Jer's moms work, then I'm having a lovley dinner with my best girls that I am sooooo looking forward to in White Rock. Sunday we are heading to Nat Bailey for a Canadians game against Eugene Oregon, and mabye we'll say hi to the beach while we are out that way! And then can you beleive it summer is over. Wow. It feels like every year it goes by so fast. But this really has been a wonderful summer.
I look forward to posting more frequently come fall. When I'm not busy cooking up a storm with all the fun toys for the kitchen I got for my recent birthday! I tell you, ever since I saw Julie and Julia in July I've been obsessed with cooking! Very good for my family!
Anyways take care and I will be around a bit more, hopefully!
Cheerio and soak up the last of these beautiful summer days~

Jaxson Owen Antonio Planta!

Today I met little Jaxon Owen Planta! I didn't want to post anything on facebook until Cher did, but I figuered the whole world doesn't read this so I can blog him!
He's the cutest little boy since Cole! He was born Friday July 17th (Irene's Bday!) at 11:38pm - which if I do say so myself is a very nice time to be born....you know how I am about that sort of thing. Anyways here are some pics of us visiting, and of Heather too! Congrats Cher and J.P! Welcome to the beautiful world of parenting! And welcome to the world little Jaxson it's a pretty rockin place!

Thrifty Thursday

So I know you've all been jonesing for me to post a thrifty thursday. Well it's been two months or so in the making but here they are! My Sheet Pajama's! I absolutley LOVE these. I got the idea from another blog that I follow. I headed to my local thrift haven here in Steveston, found an entire double set of Vintage sheets, two pillow cases and a fitted and non fitted. I called up my grandma who is an excellent sewer, and set up some lessons. First I made the pants (out of the pillow cases) and then continued on with the shirt. And I must say I have enough fabric to make a cute little vintage skirt and mabye another set of pj pants because they are uber comfy. I mean really why didn't I think of this sooner, I actually feel like I am sleeping in sheets that are on me! It's fabulous. And all for the grand total of............three dollars!
Love it
Anyways we are off on our camping adventure. Heading to Chemainus tommorow night to stay with some friends, and then through combs and up to Tofino on Saturday! Can't wait! Long Beach here we come!
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Lovley weekend

I had a lovley weekend this past weekend.
Jer and I had a wonderful date night out at the Blue Canoe for dinner, thanks to some lovley friends who gave us a gift certificate to go. Thank you Stacey and Les! Then we headed off to see Drag me to Hell. I know, it sounds awfull. But I love scary movies. I always have. I get it from my mom. I love being scared and I love horror too! Anyways I have to say it was done very well. It actually had a plot! So a very enjoyable evening indeed.
Then we had errands and errands and more errands to do on Saturday, and then it was my oma's 90th birthday! And it was wonderful. Beautiful weather, and good company. Then we drove home from langley (with do you know the muffin man on repeat) a very good form of torture. We awoke sunday and made a lovley brunch for Jer's family and his auntie irene who is visitng from Portland, then we all went for a dip in the pool! Then we got cracking on dinner, we had the lovley miss o'connor over (she asked me to be her bridesmaid oooh so excited!) and we again went for a dip in the pool before getting ready to pick up bethy from the airport - on her way home to calgary after a 5 month adventure in new zealand! So I felt that I had a very blessed weekend. We dropped bethy off on monday, at a friend's house downtown who I havn't gotten to see in ages. And it dawned on me how truly blessed I am in the friends department. I knew they were wonderful, I just forgot how wonderful, until they came and left. I just wish some of us didn't live so far away. Anyhoo, after discussing it, and really with the amount we read it only seemed natural, we have decided to start a book club. I know we are total nerds, but I LOVE books. LOVE them. Can't get enough of them. And this will be a fun way for us to ensure we get together at least once a month for dinner and drinks, and have stimulating conversation! So if anyone has any recommendations, send em over, we are starting up the list, and have to decide on the first book! Well I am going to use this nap time productivley and am not going to clean a darn thing, I am going to read all my new crafty books from the library and have a spot of my most favoritest tea, sunset in seattle! Thanks to jess!
Lovley hump day to all


This is me on our date night walking back from the Blue Canoe





our little chef in the kitchen