Kyah's "Play"

Kyah grabbed me as she had a one minute play to show me; this is what she had...


Untitled from Michael Woods on Vimeo.

Black Swan - Starring the Twins

Cohen and Kyah have their dance recital coming up in June. Today they have their official "photoshoot" so I snapped a few shots before they took off. Only took Kyah 2 minutes to spill orange on her outfit but Mum did a great job of getting it out. I will upload the official pictures when we receive them, until then,  enjoy these pictures...

Trading Hockey Cards

I have an addiction to hobbies. I love doing things. From mountain biking, to reading, to fishing, to blogging, to golfing, to everything else I do; it is all fun and I never get bored. Something I did as a kid and I started again last year with Cohen is collecting hockey cards. This year we are collecting the 2010/2011 Upper Deck Series 1. What I am looking for is someone in the 'Blogosphere' to trade cards with. I copied the list of cards to a spread sheet and highlighted the ones we have, the names in italics are doubles that we can trade. I also inputed the special edition ones we have too. You probably have to click on the link and go directly to the Scribd site because the spreadsheet below is a bit of an eyesore. Anyone for a trade?


Hockey Cards

What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You

I have often wondered if the average American, or Canadian for that matter, realizes that we are helping to bail out the indebted European nations such as Greece via our contributions to the IMF. I also often wonder what the average American would do if they knew it. The chart below highlights just how much various countries are ponying up to shore up the balance sheets of the moronic countries; as you can see the US is throwing in a cool $50 billion, but hey, whats a few billion between friends?

I have my thoughts regarding who is actually getting bailed out here (perhaps it is actually the European banks who hold all of this government debt on their balance sheets) but I won't bore you with that rant. I would just like to know how many Americans actually know that they are bailing out these guys.

Seth Meyers Vs Donald Trump

Below is a clip from the recent White House Correspondents Dinner. The clip is of Seth Meyers,from SNL fame (Saturday Night Live) throwing out a few jokes - mostly towards Trump and Obama. The Trump fun begins around the 2:10 mark of the video and is a must see; very funny stuff!

Some Humour

Came across this on the blogosphere

Twins having a swim lesson

The kids have been in swimming lessons for a few weeks now. They are getting better but it is tough to keep Cohen in the pool as it is too cold for him. Today I found out Kyah hates life jackets. The instructor was putting them on as they were heading for the deep end; before I know it Kyah is freaking out saying it is too tight. It wasn't too tight, she just likes to be naked. Picture are a little grainy but still enjoyable...

Free Parking at BC Parks

BC Premier, Christy Clark, has done what she promised and has made parking in BC parks free again. The Vancouver Sun article said it only generated $1 million in revenue;  I am sure that after fixing all the vandalized meters the net income was a lot lower. Vancouver Sun article here.

Congrats Pops!

Seems in my family you get fitter with age. My Dad ran in the Times Colonist 10K today in Victoria and he came 43rd out of around 450 people in his age group; which is 60-65. This year he ran it in 53 minutes and change which is far better then his time last year which was 67 minutes and change. Congrats Dad!

Congrats also to my Uncle Darrel, who is my Dad's little brother, he came in 8th in the same age group as my Dad with a time of 47 minutes and change. I guess I can sit on my ass for another 30 years before giving it a shot!

Gold Panning with The Twins

It seems Spring has finally sprug and we took the opportunity today to make the most of it. Chelsey has dragon boat practice this morning so I took Cohen and Kyah to try our hand at gold panning out in Yale. I have never tried it before so I asked some guy if we were in the right area; he was super nice and even showed the kids some of the gold he found. It was a super nice area where we were and the kids had a great time running around. We did some panning but I think my technique is off a bit. In the sun you can see the gold flakes sparkling in the pan so I know they are in there. I think we may need the help of a certain Uncle Nick to give us some tips! I took a bunch of the material home to work on my panning technique so I will update if we find anything.

After gold panning I was happy to see the kids spend a good 3 hours outside playing in the front yard. Spring has finally sprung. Enjoy the pictures!

Back in the Saddle

Due to the very slow speed of our computer I was boycotting the blog. My Mum was here last week and our computer was so slow she couldn't even Farmville on Facebook! Well, thanks in part to the proceeds of our lovely babysitting moonlight job we have a new computer. Look forward to a more active blog this summer!

The Phamlee Has Gone Mobile

I switched up the settings of The Phamlee blog so the format is now different for "mobile" users. Check us out on your iPhone, Android or other waste of money you have and let me know what you think.

North Shore Fix

I have not been able to ride on the North Shore since early last season but have come across a few good videos of others lately. The quality and man hours that go into these trails always amazes me. You probably have to be a mountain biker to enjoy these videos...or somebody that appreciates good craftsmanship. Our computer has been pissing me off lately which is the reason for the lack or "twin" related material; it is very slow to upload etc. I am working fixing it so hopefully more Cohen and Kyah soon!


Pipeline on Fromme, North Vancouver BC from Barry Duncan on Vimeo.



Mt. Fromme, North Vancouver, March 24, 2011 from awesterner on Vimeo.

Good Stuff

I laugh at stupid stuff, always have and always will, this picture made me laugh a lot.

Geocaching: Chilliwack River Valley

Yesterday I took the twins and one of their friends Geocaching around the Chilliwack River Valley; there is an ass load of caches in that area and we found three of them. Not all of the caches had treasure in them as one was a microcache which was the first one of those we found and another was a cement mushroom that somebody had written "this is a geocache" on; needless to say we were a little disapointed with the first two but it was still cool to find them. The third one had some "treasure" in it and once we used the GPS to get to the general area it was Cohen that actually found it. It was cool to see they are catching on and I was impressed he actually found it. Anyways, enjoy the pictures...