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I have been negligent for the past while on this blog, but feel it is worthwhile sharing Fyn's first bike-ride. Hayden also wanted to give filming a shot (and insisted I add it to the blog). So those of you who have taken your gravol pills can also watch this clip.

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Just after I had been posting regularly things fell apart again. Anyways, We had a fun trip on the 24th and Hayden did a wonderful journal entry about it: On my weekend I went to a plase where your opsto find 9 teepee rings. It was fun. We elso went to a madsin weel. It was on a hill. Up top of

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And killed. MSNBC reports that Inuit, while butchering a Bowhead whale recently hunted off the alaskan coast, found embedded in the whales neck an explosive lance tip dated to the 1890's. This provides an estimated age to the animal of at least 120years. While the story is very cool and all, why are we still killing these animals? Does tradition and cultural heritage justify it? Since I

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After all of the buildup here is the video from Fynlee's recital earlier today. Now the rest of us can finally start to sleep easy! Before you go however, we also took the opportunity to take some pictures of her and Zettie earlier today. Hayden also tried his hand at making a video of his little sister (those who succumb to motion sickness easily should take precautions before watching

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I would do this with Zettie but of course she doesn't move yet.

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While things are still fresh I should probably recount the camping trip we took last weekend. Pat and Chick were kind enough to let us use some of their land so on Saturday morning Sean and I headed out with Hayden, Fynlee, Ethan and Caleb for some camping and exploring. Despite the wet and grey weather the afternoon and evening ended up being sunny and warm. One of the first things we found

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Thought I should take the time to post some of the events from our adventures over the long weekend of this year. Initially I had planned to have a fairly rigorous off road camping expedition (rigorous as you could get with a couple young kids at least) but a fireban combined with a forecast of consistent rain caused us to tone things down a bit. We decided instead that we would take to

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and this is what we get: An easy decision. A bonus video as well:

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If you thought our regular weekly updates were pretty bland just wait to you see how uneventful this past week was. Weather in town (you should dread any blog posting that begins with a description of the weather) this week was finally starting to be spring like so Hayden started riding his bike to school again for the first time since last fall - seems like a long time ago. Hayden's soccer

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Guess I might as well get fully caught up again on the blog.Soccer started this week which is the first time we actually were able to get out on the 'pitch' when the schedule started. Hayden has 7 other players on his team this year and it will be fun to see how they all progress.I was crazy enough to switch the tires on Monday night after soccer and put my new Continental all-season's onto the

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I'll bet you thought I would never get around to this eh.Of course it is so long ago now that I will never remember all that happened.We got a couple packages in the mail this week. The first was a game-worn Jason Weimer Flames jersey that I won in a sports collectibles auction. Originally I had bid on5 jerseys in the auction, including a game-worn Iginla Olympic jersey, game worn Tim Hunter and

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No don't check your calendar, it really isn't easter yet, but the bunny came early to our house this year.Since next weekend we are going to be travelling to Edmonton Kirsty and I thought we should have the egg hunt and presents doled out this week.Hayden and Fyn had a wonderful time searching for the eggs and then Hayden must have re-hid the eggs for Kirsty, Fynlee and myself 4 or 5 more times

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As you can see the family is starting to get settled in together. It has been two weeks already so I guess we are going to keep her.Zettie, as you can well imagine, has overshadowed most of the events since I last wrote, however our little clan was still able to get up to a few adventures.Hayden has been a wonderful big brother and will spend an hour or two everyday after school holding his

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While battling a night of insomnia I realized that once upon a time I kept a blog.Sure enough it is still here - more impressive is the fact that I could figure out the password.Should probably note that there have been a few developments and changes in the last few years since i posted. Most dramatically is the fact that we have recently added a new addition to the family.That's right, I picked

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She is getting pretty close!

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I will just put a couple of post-christmas pictures up, and hopefully get around to updating this with some insightful commentary at some point in the future.Needless to say, for a pretty modest Christmas, they were spoiled pretty good.

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Well it has been quite a while since I have updated this with any sort of regularity.Figured it would be easy to get back in the groove again with a week like the past one which has been remarkably uneventful (it is interesting how bitter-cold will do that to a week).The only occurrences of any real note were the fact that the family got their hair cut. Although even that turned into more of a

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Fynlee has started to crawl.Video proof is below.

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Hayden wrapped up his first set of gymnastics classes recently, and I was able to attend to shoot a couple brief videos.Sorry they are sideways, if anyone knows how to rotate a .mpg please let me know! And here is his completion certificate:

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Some video from earlier in the fall of Hayden and I playing some baseball. Now, time for some batting practice: Of course he won't let me pitch to him underhand anymore either.

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We departed in the morning for a tour of the Inca's sacred valley, before spending the night in Ollantaytambo.Our gear was loaded onto the minibus and we began the climb out of Cusco. Needless to say, while not as 'interesting' as the roads in Lima, driving on the highways outside of Cusco is not for the faint hearted.Our first stop was to visit a group of locals sponsored by our tour agency who

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A quick note today to get some pics and video up of Hayden riding his bike without training wheels. And what would bike videos be without some post-crash recovery photos?I guess it was too early to be building jumps in the backyard.

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On this morning we were able to eat and then head off in a bus to the airport. Without belabouring the drive, it only involved a rolled over tour bus, driving down the wrong lane of a narrow twisty road down the sea-wall, and foggy conditions with a defective windshield defogger. Safely at the airport we attempted to check in at the LAN Peru desk when we discovered that of our group of 14, 7 of

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As would set the pattern for my slumber whilst in Peru, I awoke by about 4am and drifted, fitfully, in and out of sleep for the next few hours. After awaking, it was soon discovered that over the next two weeks, comfortable showers would become a rarity. The Mariel Hotel generously provided a complimentary continental breakfast for their patrons. I was disappointed to find that the continental

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I had best get going on this before I forget all the many details of the terrific trip I had to Peru recently.Day One (May 14, 2008)The post below this gave a bit of a head start on how our trip began. However we managed to make our 7AM flight to Houston on a Continental 737. We were delayed a bit in the air as there were storms in the Houston area (how surprising), and I was a bit let down as

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been in country for nearly a full day now. Lima is a big city, and this time of year it is covered in a thick blanket of smog.One piece of advice i can offer is to always be sure about the people you are travelling with... my first worry about this came before we even got on the airplane. The film camera in my bag caused a little bit of a delay as it had to be swabbed at the security checkpoint,

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For those of you wondering where I will be/what I will be doing for the next two weeks, here is my Itinerary (from the GAP website): May 14, Arrive Lima Arrive in Lima about 9:30PM (Calgary Time).May 15, Free day in Lima May 16, Cuzco

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Well, the past week seems to have begun right where the last one ended off (how surprising), my folks departed Sunday morning to drive down to Billings and visit Ray & Jodi, and the laborious work on the yard continued.As I sit here writing this, I realize how poor my memory is and how much I struggle to remember what happened earlier in the week. So I hope my (patient) readers will not begrudge

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It has been a bit more eventful than most for us. Let's see... Wednesday morning Hayden had an early morning visit to the dentist to have a cavity removed. He was very brave, and the pediatric dentist we went to was well equipped to ensure kids stay relaxed and happy. They gave him a drink with some sort of anti-anxiety medication in it which caused him to act kinda drunk. The procedure was quick

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First off, I am a terrible failure as a diarist (and I am sure my wife and family could add considerably to the list of things I am terrible at).However a recent conversation (with my mother) reminded me of the fact that there are many things that are important and memorable to me today, but will subsequently be forgotten by my sieve of a brain.This is where the technological wonders of the

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