Monday, August 07, 2006

Siobhan Photo Shoot


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Siobhan is 9 months pregnant. In fact she's due any day now! YEAH!!!! To celebrate the coming of their baby, both she and Cory wanted some photos to remeber the moment by. So we met twice and here are a sampling of some of the best shots. I think they looks classy in black and white too.

Siobhan 9 Months Pregnant


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Siobhan Laughing


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Siobhan's Silhouette


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Originally uploaded by actionhamster.

Siobhan and Cory


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Here's a great 'artsy'-type shot of Siobhan and Cory. Very cool!

Friday, August 04, 2006

Sailing on the Lake!

We had a really fun day sailing on Lake Ontario with Scott on Thursday. Alex, Jen, Michelle, Erin and I joined Scott on his 24' Shark sailboat. The wind was wild so we were leaning over pretty good in the morning out to Milton Island. I was scared crapless too! It's only my second time on a sailboat and the first one was 30' long and a calm day. So this was a first for me! Scott assured me that the sharks are un-tippable unless the waves are 5 feet high!

So, once on Milton Island (which is a Provincial campground beleive it or not) we spent a few hours swimming, eating and generally having fun in the sun. The sail back to town turned out to be more of a motor boat ride as the white caps on the lake were getting pretty high and the boat was going up and down like crazy as we rode the waves. So we took out time and let the 5 hp motor get us home. YEAH!

Erin went to bed at 7pm and slept 11 hours! What a tired girl (*haha*)

Michelle's New Puppy


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As promissed here are some pictures of the new pet additions. First is Michelle's new puppy dog. We call her "Flo" but she's really not offcially named yet. She had fun at Lemoine Point with jack and Winston and here's a picture of her posing on the picnic table. Super cute!

Jen+Alex+Kitten=FUN!


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Hot off the presses! Here's a picture of Jen and Alex's new baby girl. She's super duper cute. Dontcha think? ;-) She doesn't have a name yet I don't think. Once it's finalized Jen will post it here as a comment I'm sure (*smile*)

Friday, July 28, 2006

New pets!

WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I said WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Erin and I have no new pets! No.... no pets.... new petless! The title to this msg does not mean that Erin and I have any new pets. We have lots already!

Alex and Jen have a new pet kitten (name to be announced! Something British!) and Michelle has a new pet puppy-dog (named Flo). Pictures are forthcoming.

Who will be the next person to fall into the pet aquisition addition trap? Stay tuned for details!

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

FINALLY: The pics are in from the cottage!

Juding from the pics below.... we certainly had a good time!!!










Friday, July 21, 2006

Ah.... holidays feel soooooooooooo good!

Erin and I had a great week off last week. We spent it at the Cottage in Tamworth. Totally technology free: no emails, no web-surfing, no online games, no MSN, no blogger either! hahaha

The first weekend was ultra fun. Loads of our friends joined us for a fun weekend in the sun. We swam, ate yummy BBQ'ed foods, played poker, drank beers and even boated a bit! I've got a bunch of pictures that I haven't yet downloaded off my camera but I will very soon. I'm sure I've got some good ones there. Stay tuned!!!

Sunday, July 02, 2006

Canada Day at Otter Lake

Alex, Jen, Erin and I went up to Alex's family's cottage at Otter Lake Quebec for some Canada Day fun in the sun! We had a blast! There was lots of food, beer, sun, water, mosquitos and people! It made for a great combo. Here's a bunch of pictures for the weekend.

Sunrise on Otter Lake


Bert



Dustin





Jen


Marley


Sophie




Alex


Erin



Laura


Nick


Winston or as Sophie calls him "Winkston"

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Happy Birthday Alex!

Erin came back from her weeklong conference in Ottawa on Emotionally Focused Therapy (sounds intense doesn’t it?) and Jack, Winston and I met her at the train station. After a bunch of kisses, we headed off the Alex & Jen’s for yummy birthday BBQ. We arrived at their place (it’s new by the way… and it’s fabulous… if you’re ever there… be sure to check out the garden!) to a big fun group of people. The beers were good, the conversation was fun and food was fantastic! It was great to meet a bunch of Alex’s relatives. I also enjoyed watching the kids play a little bit of Grand Theft Auto on the Xbox… although it’s not a very appropriate game for kids. (*grin*) Beating up prostitutes is BAAAAD! (*grin*) Happy Birthday Alex!

Monday, June 26, 2006

daCar is in daShop

What do two British tourists in Canada for their 2nd day and driving a motorhome on Princess Street have any thing to do with me? Well, it’s obvious. They crashed into my parked car. Erin was having a massage and had parked the car legally in a nice parking spot on Princess Street. Near the end of her massage she heard a car alarm go off. Minutes later when she was paying her bill, a man showed up at the door asking if anyone owned a blue Mazda ProtegĂ©5. Erin cringed. The driver side of the car was almost completely destroyed. The estimate for repairs came in at $5,000. OUCH! So this car has very bad luck. Readers may not know that I bought it in 2002 and three weeks after, my girlfriend at the time (not Erin!), smashed it to the tune of $3,800. So with this accident, we’re up to $8,800 of repairs. Yikes! Luckily, no one has ever been hurt in these accidents other than the vehicles… and I hope there are no more accidents in the future. Knock on wood!

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Amazing Lyrebird

For those birdning enthusiasts who read my blog, be sure to check out this video with David Attenborough on the amazing Lyrebird from Australia. Very cool indeed! Turn on your speakers!

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Star Wars: New Emperor Photos!!!


Who is the REAL Emperor from Star Wars? Vote now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, May 28, 2006


White-breasted Nuthatch at Lemoine's point. Click the pic to make it bigger and you can see his little tounge in his mouth even. Cool!

Ok, the horse has a rider! WILD! HAHAHAHAHA! Oh my goodness. Will the hilarity ever end? See a previous posting on this topic.

Sunday, May 14, 2006


Jack and I went birding this morning at Lemoine Point and we had a great time. 3.5 hours and we saw lots of fun birds. We got a few pictures too. Here's a very cute Yellow Warbler. We saw about 12 of these. Cute!

Yellow Warbler in flight @Lemoine Point

Boblink - male - @Lemoine Point

Song Sparrow @Lemoine Point

Saturday, May 13, 2006


Winston about to fall asleep. He is 11 weeks old now and he weighs about 7 lbs. Check out his ears which are starting to pop up. Too cute!

Tulip in the garden.

Male and Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Female Downy Woodpecker competing for the suet.

Male Brown-headed Cowbird

Female Brown-headed Cowbird

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Male

Wednesday, May 10, 2006


Eastern Towhee in my backyard! How cool! Never seen one of these before!

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Jackie it's your birthday!


Jackie it's your birthday!
Happy Birdthday Jackie!
You're one year old today!
YEAH!

   -Love mom, dad, stirling and winston.

Sunday, May 07, 2006


Red-winged blackbird calling to his mate.