3/30/2010

Sharks and Burrowing Owls

"Yes, i'll have 2 tall decaf soy vanilla lattes please!"


Sha and Ty man tasting the wares at Burrowing Owl



Two plus bottles of vino blanco and counting!!



Looking a feeling happy after a few bottles of Pinot Gris!


Happy Cousins playing in the loft



The Homeys in their new duds from Mimi



We just got back from a lovely jaunt to the Okanagan to visit the fam and to have a little pre-birthday getaway for the hubs and I avec our dear friends Shark and Ty. Shark, being the clever little thing that she is, booked us a fabulous one night getaway at the Burrowing Owl Winery in Oliver, BC which included a 3 course (more like 6 actually) gourmet dinner, a gorgeous room complete with fluffy robes and fireplace (and best of all NO KIDS to wake us up thanks to the very brave Mimi and Papa C), and a mouth-watering home-baked gourmet breakfast all for a low low price (due to it being off season). Sha-sha also had the brilliant idea of riding from Penticton to Osoyoos so we could get a little exercise and a good gab session en route. However, the wind gods had other ideas and decided to throw gale force headwinds our way the entire time, so the gabbing was more like shouting and the riding was more like grunting and groaning, but I am glad we did it nonetheless - and I got to show the Team Finn pride!!

3/12/2010

Mama's Night Out!!




The boys and I just got back from a lovely 4 day trip to the Island. Despite an unfortunate incident of Griffin high-fiving the gas fireplace, a great time was had by all, and much much thanks as always to Gma and Gpa for taking the boys so I could have some much needed mama-time.

The day began with a quest for yet another perfect mama-bag, I found my original mama bag on LoJo a few years ago, but alas it just wasn't to be. However the trip downtown wasn't totally in vain as I ran into my lovely friend Jen and we had the chance to catch up over a half litre of vino blanco...bliss. After a quick turn around at home it was right back out to meet the girls at The Superior Cafe - a very cool little joint near Fisherman's Wharf - all eclectic and funky with live music most nights. The vino started flowing and the laughs started coming and I capped off the evening by some now infamous self-portraits. FUN!