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My first posting of 2007, well i never said it would be Jan 2nd.. seems like there is so many other things to do and when you sit down to get too the blog, something else pops up... Well on my last entry we were off to Mexico, we did survive that trip, the weather was the shits, but hey nothing you can do about mother nature is there....so no sense in complaining, the boys enjoyed it and that is the main thing, it was a quiet christmas, for once not having to run around across the country to see or visit family members, as we normally head down to Indiana to visit laura's side of the family.

Oh yes of course there is New Years, that was fairly quiet brought in the New Year with Darrell & Kelly in a small club in Milton. Its been awhile since we have been together on New Years, so it was nice. Jeff and Bev (my other brother) is suppose to be back in Ontario the end of february, as they are attending a wedding, actually the girl who was the ring bearer at there wedding is now getting married and they going to be present for that. Boy time flys by.......

And talking about another wedding Patty & Bills son (David) and Sherri are getting married in March, so we are looking forward to heading back down that way to attend this wedding, in Niagara on the Lake.

Well i think that is all i have to bring everyone up to speed for now, i am still looking for input on people's postings.... So get busy and start posting... tell us all about what is going on in your life... we need more pictures also... lets see those kids or grandkids of yours....

talk soon

Mike

Happy Birthday Jennifer

Ahhhh we have another Birthday this month, Jennifer (Denises Daughter ) is celebrating her birthday, actually it was Tues Dec 5th, No i did not forget about you Jenn, you were in my thoughts, keep checking your mail box, you might be getting something, now don't get too excited just a little something. Hope your birthday was good and maybe you can put a posting up here telling us what you did on your special day. I am still waiting for pictures from some people to get posted up here. I know its been awhile since i have been here, but being that time of year it is busy for everyone.

Laura and I and the boys are heading to mexico the week of Dec 10th, figure this will be our last major vacation together, well down south anyways, so this should be interesting, and i should have some pictures to share when i return.

Also i am not hearing from alot of family members on here where has everyone gone? get the word out there to get on the family blog and let us know what is going on in there life.

We all would like to know. See you in a week.

My New Sister-Inlaws Birthday

Well it looks like its a busy week for Birthday's and its only Tuesday, Today i get to say Happy Birthday to my new found Sister In law Bev. Bev is married to Jeff my long lost brother, well he is not lost anymore... Bev and Jeff live out in Abbotsford BC with their 3 children, and for anyone that was able to make it up to Georgetown last spring and had a chance to meet Bev and Jeff they will already know the story. And for anyone else that has not met or seen them, i will doing a posting soon, introducing his story to my blog. Anyways back to Bev's special day. Happy Birthday Bev, i hope my brother got you something nice, I told him that you could go wrong with Jewelry, but if i know Jeff, I am going to guess he got you a nice Salmon fishing rod, and if i know you... that would make you happy... Well what ever he got you, i hope you enjoy it.... Enjoy your special day. Maybe we can get some pictures from you of your birthday so i can get them up here on the blog for all to see... No pictures of the cake thou, we do not want to count all those candles.... Love Mike xoxo The Good looking Brother In law xo

Happy Birthday to you.

Well it was just a matter of time before we reached someone in the family's birthday. And actually we have two birthdays to celebrate, The first one is Denise Shea, she is celebrating her ???? Birthday, now Jennifer her daughter made me promise i would not reveal her actual age, but she looks great for 29. LOL Happy Birthday Denise, actually it was Nov 8th, no i did not forget about you, just a little slow getting back online. Hope you did something special on your day and your kids pampered you.

The second birthday wish goes out to Michael Toms, Nov 13 , if i am not mistaken he has reached 26 years of age today, Happy Birthday Michael and i hope all is going well with him and his new baby, Hopefully Steph gave michael breakfast in bed today? I am looking for some more new pictures of the baby. Aunt Jean left Friday to head to sunny florida to visit Carolyn and Martin, so hopefully we will have some pictures to post of her trip on here when she returns.

Keep checking back from time to time to see what is going on, and if there is any new events in the family... I look forward to hearing from you and reading your comments.. so keep them coming...

Kassidy in Brownies

Nicole had promised me some pictures of her daughter Kassidy in her brownie uniform, she sent me a few to choose from and i have to say i thought this was the one that stood out the most and kind of said it all. I remember when i was in Cub Scouts , man it seems like a million years ago now, we got to wear that little cub hat, and our uniform was all nice and pressed. We attended meetings on tues in a hall that was actually a church on the corner of Mountainview and Sinclair but that night we took it over and did cub activities. Learned to tie my first knots there... don't ask me to do them now...i only remember a couple of them. We also had a makeshift fire pit, now anyone that went to cubs or scouts or even brownies for that matter will know what i am talking about , this was a fake fire pit that had a red covering with a lightbulb under it to give it the effect of a glowing fire, never was any heat from it, none that you had to worry about anyways.

I think it would be great if we could get a couple of the kids that are going to Cubs or scouts or Brownies and do a post on here and tell us some of there stories of there own. Do they still sing Kumbaya at the jamboree's??? Hope to hear from you soon.

Darrell & Kelly's Family

Well i know it has not been that long that Halloween has passed us by, but as promised i am getting some more pictures from Halloween posted for all to see. Here is the picture of Darrell, Brydon,(Left) Alex, (Center)and Zach.(Front) Not sure what Kelly was but i think she was under cover and chose not to be in the picture, not to give away her identity... But i am sure i will find another one to get posted soon...

Halloween 2006

Well i hope everyone survived Halloween ok, Was it just me or are the number of kids dropping off, Nicole (Debbie's daughter) sent me this picture of her daughter Kassidy who is 7 years old. Now i am not sure if she went out for Halloween dressed like this, or if this is what she wears every day, and her mother told me kassidy is a little angel, well i am just not seeing it. It looks like she is working up some kind of a spell here. Well she looks cute anyways, and i thank Nicole for sending that in for us to share. If you have some pictures of Halloween you would like to share with us, send them to me and i will get them posted for all to see, would love to see some of the costumes that were out last night, Darrell Kelly, Brydon, Alex and Zack came over to our place last night as being they live in the country there is not allot of action going on out there. They all looked great even Darrell dressed up and i will have that picture up shortly for all to see, The kids did good in gathering all there treats, even thou Zack was disappointed that he did not get any Mars bars. I remember when i was a kid Trick or treating that you got a whole chocolate bare, not these bite size pieces... and remember the old Popeye Candy Cigarettes? Just not like the old days is it...

Get those pictures into me, and if you have a great story of maybe something you remember from Halloween when you were a kid, send it in and let us all here it.... Look forward to it....