A new Leaf

Once again lots of time has gone by, but here is the recap!

1) By far the most important thing that has happened is... the basement is done! We finished the inside enough o have people move in and best of all start paying rent! They moved in at the start of August 2012. And so far so good! There are still a few projects left around the outside but we are taking a much more relax approach to those as they don't affect the inside and daily activities of living in the basement.

2) We celebrated our first wedding anniversary. PJ surprised me with a wallet friendly, honeymoon inspired trip to an island nearby. He chartered a sailboat and we went on a private afternoon sail (we did a sailing cruise on our honeymoon in Maui), we camped on the beach ( we rented a condo on the beach on Maui) and he brought a pineapple that we were going to eat but the situation didn't work out, but he got good marks for effort.

3) We spend lots of time camping and visiting the recreational property that PJ's parent have on a local island. It was loads of fun. For one of the trips we invited some extra family and friends, so in total there were nine people and six dogs! I think everyone had a great time!

So that is about it for now, we are just getting back in to the swing of things and saying goodbye to the last days of summer.

Holiday Happenings

We spent last year's holiday season in the UK, but this year I was really looking forward to a quiet holiday at home. In addition to begin at home, my niece is almost 3 years old! To me there is nothing that creates more christmas spirit than a child. It has been a while since there have been kids around for christmas, next to my niece I am the youngest in our family.

Helping her daddy hand out gifts

So excited about her "santa" gift she didn't know what to do



My niece, myself and my sister riding the mini trains at a local hertitage site



She was so much fun to have around, just watching her eyes light up with every new package and activity was really wonderful. And unfortunately for PJ, kicked my baby fever in high gear!