Grass Fires

As I'm sure you've heard, Southern Alberta was ablaze this weekend with several grass fires all around Lethbridge.  The largest was burning to the South of Raymond.  While no one was in real danger, there were some worried folks around as information was slow to filter its way to people.   At times, roads were shut down and people were evacuated. While not at risk, I did take a drive out to our property to make sure the wind hadn't...

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Tofino Surfing Video

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Boys in Tofino

With the blessings of Dora I hopped on a plane and headed West to hang with my buds.  We have planned a few days of surfing; on kayaks and surf boards.  With little actual practice this year I was a bit worried about how things would work out on the water.  Oh well, no point worrying till the wave hit you! I arrived the day before so we headed to meet big T in Nanaimo.  With a phone call from big T about missing his ferry due...

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Roof over our Heads

It's getting close.  This week the builders have been hard at it putting a roof on our house.  The trusses seem to be in place for the most part and I'm hoping that they start to sheet it this week.  Since I have no real concept on how long this process should take, I could be completely off base.  Regardless, it's nice to see the last piece of the puzzle coming into shape. ...

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House update

Well the house is coming along and the walls are up.  We're hoping that the roof will make it's appearance in the next week as the weather has taken a turn for the worse.  I got a shipment of snowshoes for the school and I might be using them sooner than expected! ...

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Kids Coffee

Evan loves to help out when it's coffee time.  So to make it more enjoyable, he gets a coffee too!  It's of course hot chocolate, but it's his coffee as far as he's concerned. ...

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Halloween

So first of all, I sucked this year for costumes.  The sad thing is I bought a couple of things at value village, but I didn't try them on first.  Apparently Dora thought they were too tight for school.  Personally, I would have ruled the school! Anyways, with my inappropriate costumes out of the way, lets get to the great costumes, the boys. The boys were great in their costumes and Logan this year took the lead.... literally,...

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