Tis' summer (2007)

Its now summer. We had loads of FUN.
Some changes too.....

Hubby got confirmed as a perm staff in his current job, with some increment and full staff benefit. This is a great milestone for the entire family as it had been our prayer since we came last year that he gets a permanent job. Thank God for His provision. Things are moving slowly but certainly. And we are seriously grateful.

In His time, I am also at my 16 weeks pregnancy. That actually explains why I have been missing from cyber space lately. I had been puking, losing weight, totally tired for the past 16 weeks or so.....Had my 3rd check up y'day with the gynae, so glad to hear baby's heartbeat beating so strongly....Next monthly checkup, we will get to do ultrasound and determine the gender. The system is different, the ultrasound, blood test etc are done seperately at a lab. Not at the gynae's clinic.

Summer had been loads of fun....
We did the following:


July: we went camping in the woods. It was fun but too tiring for a preggie honestly. Camping in the woods was really a good experience for urban tortoise like us. There is totally no electricity, meaning not even lightings in the toilet. Being preggie, I had to go to the toilet so often, poor hubby, had to escort me with a torch light in pitch darkness at 3am....It was also cold as we were really in the woods! Kiddo enjoyed so much that she cried when we packed up on the last day. For me, it was a total relief to be home for once!



May: I thought why not try planting something. I have never done this kind of thing back in SG. I think cactus also won't survive in my hands! Anyhow, we tried and we got this small cherry tomato plant. After nearly 2.5mths, we got these yummy-licious, totally sweet, no-insecticide cherry tomatoes. It was a good chance for kid to tend to the plant during this period. She was totally ecstatic when the first fruits appeared!


August: On the long weekend in Aug, we drove to Okanangan, Kelowna (5 hours away from Vancouver). The region is famous for its winery and fruits.

Our meals at Kelowna

Sightseeing

Summerhill Winery - I couldn't resist the wine tasting, I took a sip of each type (5) of the wine

Love the ICE WINE !!!! If you are a Ice Wine lover, you may probably have heard of Inniskillin. Its also from this region, we didn't visit Inniskillin winery though. We definitely will the next time if we come to Okanagan again.

We visited several fruit orchards here. We bought peaches, nectarines, apricots and blueberries. The fruits were freshly plucked. Totally sweet & juicy, needless to say. Pictures above showing peaches, cherry (tree), pear (tree), blueberries (kiddo's hand) and we saw this peculiar looking gourds at some local stall...

She was eating Goat Milk's Ice Cream. Apparently, it tasted just like the regular ice cream.