I remembered the password

It's been so long since I've blogged. I thought I had forgotten the password and gave it a couple of tries. Our old posts bring back some fond memories. The kids have grown so much in the last few years. Calum is now four, an old fella, and keeps us very busy. He loves video games, movies and super heroes.

Oh yeah...

I read over our blog tonight and there are a lot of memories here.

Geez, remember when everyone was emailing? Then everyone was blogging? We are all now facebooking or texting. Soon we will all twitter. What comes next?

A brief update. Calum is 4 years old and is forever chattering about something or someone. Dakota is now 16 and is yearning to drive with her new learners' licence. Desiree is 19 and is in and out of the house. Angie and I are good.

Let's see if anyone notices that I have added a post to Calum's News.

Finally, a new post

Just testing out a new toy. I got a really small Asus Eee subnotebook computer off of
craigslist today. It's really small, runs on Linux but can surf and edit docs and has a built in camera. It looks like I can load WinXP but the hard drive is only 4GB.

Anyway, I wanted to say that all is well with us. Calum is in a new daycare and is loving it. Desiree has finished school and is taking some time off. Dakota is in Grade 11. Don and I are busy at work. Nothing exciting to report. Will post new pics soon.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGIE!

Love you!

Desiree is graduating

Michelle and Desiree in their grad dresses.

Calum and his garden

Calum helped plant these two rows.







Did I get that ant?

Whoa! Watch out for the peas!

Hi

It's been so long since I blogged that I hardly know what to write. We've been busy - work, chores, kid stuff. Calum is growing so fast. Desiree is graduating this year and Dakota has only 2 years left. Don and I are busy at work. We are looking forward to some nice weather for geocaching and gardening. The peas and beans are already growing in our strange little rows. Calum and I planted them all more than a bit crooked. I've been copying Calum's baby videos to DVD and will post a clip or two soon.

Hope all you Mom's had a great Mother's Day.

Late Birthday Pics

I'm having no luck loading the birthday pics. Bad blog. Will try again later.

Egg Hunt and dinner for Desiree

Happy Birthday Desiree

Happy 18th Desiree!

Happy Birthday Bonnie

Happy Birthday to my sister Bonnie. Happy Valentine's Day to everyone else not as lucky as her. Sorry no new pic today but this one's pretty cute.

It's fixed!

Our tv suddenly started looking funny last week. Don opened the back and cleaned it all out (very dusty) but that didn't fix it. We moved the old tv up from the basement and started considering our options - pay for the repair, buy a new tv or make do with the old one. We did some research and found out that it's a common problem with hdtv's like ours. Most people said it was about a $400 repair or you could buy the parts and do it yourself. This weekend Don and his Dad spent $16 on new converters. Yesterday we were a bit worried that it wouldn't work but today they have it up and running even better then it was before. Hmmm....we just saved about $380 thanks to their hard work. I think that they had fun too. Calum has spent the afternoon watching his cartoons. Don and I have been hoping to watch a movie but Calum's just too happy to have his tv working again.

Next week will be busy for us. We are hosting a research workshop at work so it will be a very busy week for me. Don's going to have to get Calum off to the Old DC in the mornings. Calum's not to pleased about leaving in the mornings. He would rather stay and watch cartoons some times.

Baby Beluga is not looking well this weekend. I'm off to change his water and hope for the best. His colour is off and he's burrowing into the bottom of his bowl. Maybe I'll give him a frozen pea to snack on. Hope you all had a restful weekend.

Calum and Don in the Snow

New Generation

Calum is really a boy of his generation. He knows his birthday is coming up and do you know what he asked for? An iPod. And not just any iPod, but a video iPod. Just like Dad's. Only new. And for him, not for dad. It should come loaded with Ben10, Spidey, Kim Possible and other cartoons and with really big headphones.

He's also picked out his cake. It's going to be Ben 10, with the grandpa, Ben and one of the aliens on it.

His birthday is not till March. He will be three. Yes, that's THREE. What's he going to ask for when he's four?

Note for the grandparents - don't fear. No, of course we aren't going to get him an iPod for his birthday. I think I'm going to have to sign him up for swimming lessons again. Anything to get him out and about.

Speaking of birthdays - we missed wishing a happy birthday to Nicola, Clint and Tabitha. Hope you all had good birthdays.

Back to work now.....I'm hoping the snow doesn't come this weekend.

Oh - one last thing - our nephew Coy is walking. Go Coy! Now Grant and Jen can experience the true nature of the toddler, and if he's anything like Calum he won't sit still for a minute.

More Christmas Pics - Merrit Visit

Calum's Firsts!

Just going through his baby book and am remembering his firsts:

First came home - March 14, 2005
First smile - April 2005
First trip - Kamloops and Merritt, April 2005
First belly laugh, May 2005
First sat up - October 2005
Started daycare - October 2005
First stood and crawled - December 2005
Walking - April 2006
First words - uncle, eww, dad
Favorite saying - September 2006 - no, no, no

Funny how that favorite saying hasn't changed much.

Dakota is coming home from Kamloops today. She's been up for a visit. Dez is out, Calum and Don are watching hockey and I'm enjoying the last couple of days off. I go back to work on Monday, up to Merritt on Monday night till Tuesday night, then back for a meeting on Monday. Calum starts back at the Old DC but our time there will soon be up (March). Yikes, time to really start looking into other options. We are really going to miss the Old DC!

Not much planned for the day, we are going to do some chores, maybe bake some cookies, recycle the Christmas tree....and read. I'm making my way through my Christmas books, finished 2.5, and want to get through the third before we go back.

Calum welcomes 2008!

Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Merry Christmas!

An interesting start

So we've had an interesting start to the Christmas break. Calum got sick just after Don finished taking his couple of days off. He's never had the flu before so it was tough on him. It was a quick one though and in a couple of days he was better. It went through the daycare though so they closed it a day early. Then, as fortune would have it, I got it. Mine wasn't bad, it lasted less than a day and I feel better now. Don also had a touch. We are staying in for a day or so longer though. We don't want to spread it to our family and friends. I already did a thorough wipe down of the house but will have to do another just to be sure.

Not much new for us. Calum has taken to wrapping presents for himself, putting them under the tree, then unwrapping them when he can no longer resist the temptation. It's pretty cute but we already have bits of wrapping paper all over the house. Just wait till Santa comes.

Calum and I will be finishing his Christmas projects soon. He's making treats for the stockings this year and has been a busy boy planning it all out. We were hoping to make a trip to Merritt before Christmas but the roads are terrible this weekend and the girls are both working. We'll be up soon though, Nanny and Papa. Calum is already getting his sled ready.