TMNT and the Shredder

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!  You got it right?  You may be wondering my reference to the early 90's and the evil villain, the shredder!  The school recently purchased a new scanner, a Fujitsu Canosnap S1500.  This sucker screams through paper like you wouldn't believe.  Scans double sided, with a document feeder.  I decided to try it out by taking it home and thinning our our filing cabinet.  Turns out I...

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Fall Hiking

While the beginning of a school year is always busy, I was lucky to take a group of students out on a hiking trip as an opening activity for school.  Three days and two nights up at Bovin lake.  It was a great trip and I probably did more hiking in those three days than I did all summer!  It was probably added up to 30ish kilometers over the three days with 4000+ft of gain and loss!  I can't even remember the last time...

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Because I know....

Well, at least I thought I did. I thought I remembered how exhausting the first few days back at school were. Just how absolutely draining 20 to 30 bodies all looking to you for entertainment, guidance, entertainment, discipline, respect and knowledge was. I was wrong. For those who don't know, I have taken an extended leave of absence from my teaching position to stay home with our boys and sub occasionally. I feel like the luckiest person ever. Lazy mornings in bed, nursing Evan and reading with Logan; snuggling Evan after a nap while he's...

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Brafra the Conclusion

For those of you who know the Brafra team, we finally made the plunge and tied the knot a little over a week ago.  It was quite a festive event with many of the AB ex-pats returning from the new world, BC.  With some pre-party seasoning at Big T's moms house and a bit too much seasoning at the wedding for a few, or perhaps one, the group enjoyed some memorable times.  I thought I would post some pictures and the log sawing......

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