Christmas in Saskatchewan

We had a really nice Xmas in Saskatchewan…. I drove the whole way there and back with the new truck (boy, the dogs were nice and quiet with so much room for them!) but Jrock flew half the way (he didn’t have as much time off.) We did the regular christmas things – chatted with [...]

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Dualing Laptops

My parents just arrived at our place tonite…

I told them that they really need to unplug!
(Apparently we’re the first wireless on their Western Canada trip, but it still made for a funny picture!)

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My favorite little lion

This weekend Jrock and I got to visit my favorite little lion, Leandro.  The pictures below are of me giving Leo his Xmas present, K cooking up some delicious okonomiaki, L feeding Leo and my dogs salmon, and Jrock reading “The Cat in the Hat.” to Leo.
   
We visited with Hamish and Maggie – and it was so [...]

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Way to go, little bro!

Congratulations to my little brother B, who, after 3 universities, a couple of different programs, 6? years of school and a heck of a lot of exams and practicum placements, graduated as a teacher last week!
To all those who wonder if your kids are ever going to make their minds up on a career, take [...]

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Changing our age request

Jrock and I did some serious pondering over the past two weeks, and decided to change the age perimeters on our request.  We decided to do this after realizing that there were many sibling groups just over 3 years old that are waiting to be adopted.  We also decided that adding a year to our [...]

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Dog-sledding!

One of the ladies Jason works with, L, and her husband, J, have 6 sleddogs.  Today we had a super fun time going out sledding with them!  We went up to Myra Canyon Park, which is not very far from our house, but straight up switchbacks into the mountains.  Thank goodness we had the new [...]

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A dog’s life

Life is hard when you are a dog.

Hamish – exhausted after a day of work.  Look how the laptop cradles his wee head.

Maggie – wow!  she wrote all those Christmas cards… What a trooper.

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Timkat Celebration Jan 26

Saturday, January 26, 2008 – Kelowna
Timkat Celebration
5pm-8pm, Reid Hall, Benvoulin Heritage Park, 2279 Benvoulin Road, Kelowna
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This gathering of the Okanagan Families With Children From Africa will celebrate the biggest festival of the Ethiopian calendar.  We’ll include all the secular parts of the Orthodox celebration, including eating great Ethiopian food and listening to Ethio music. Dancing and frolicking [...]

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Shake it, babies!

I was out shopping today and I picked up the two most awesome CDs for my kids and for my godson Leo.  I have a bunch of CDs from the same company, but I had no idea they did kids’ CDs. 
For our kids, I got African Playground, and for Leandro, I got Brazilian Playground.  Of [...]

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Snow Day Activities & Adoption Pondering

It’s been a busy weekend, as per usual…
 Jrock and I have been painting and staining and constructing away.  I suggested today that we may actually be at the point in our renos to make a list of “things yet to do.”  He thought that was a little optomistic. 
Still, it is coming along.  Al the cabinets [...]

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No news is bad news

I haven’t posted since last Friday… following the old adage: “If you can’t say something nice; don’t say anything at all.”
Friday was really rough on me – this wait is really hard.  I’m not sure how I’m going to cope through the coming (gulp) months.  And today we got an email from our agency, Kidslink, [...]

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