Kids First Skating Lessons

We took the kids for their first ice skating lessons yesterday. It was more a lesson on how to stand up unassisted. There was no crying or whining so I guess we can say it was a success. Here are the photo's of Cohen and Kyah's first time on the ice...

Could it be True?

With bad weather forecast's this winter and fall I have officially lost faith in those buggers. Last week we were supposed to get at least 10cm of snow and got nothing. Yesterday we were supposed to have nothing and got a little dusting. The picture below shows what we got in about 30 minutes and then we had flurries for the rest of the night so we ended up with a few centimeters overall. Now, as you can see from the forecast below they are calling for a shitload of snow later this week. The only reason I am somewhat optimistic about that forecast is that The Weather Network has been a lot more accurate then Environment Canada; fingers crossed that The Weather Network is right again and we get dumped on!!!

New Years 2010/2011

This year we spent the New Years weekend in Campbell River visiting Kim, Nick and Baby Easton. We went for Chinese buffet one night and had Turducken another night. To work it all off Nick and I took the kids Geocaching a couple of times. Here we have a couple of pictures of the weekend.

It is in My Blood

It seems that fishing is in my blood and that could be why I like it; I wonder if any past relatives were bike riders too...Tom Woods is my Papa (My Dad's Dad).

Steelhead Fishing on the Chilliwack River

When Kim & Nick were over at Christmas time Nick, my Dad and Myself went fishing for "The Fish of a Thousand Casts" aka a Steelhead. Obviously as Nick is such a bad fisherman we didnt catch anything but Dad got a bunch of good photos...

Christmas 2010

Once again we had a super fun Christmas; the only downside was we did not get snow but we did get a little today. Below is an uncut and unedited video of the kids opening their presents and then a few minutes of Cohen playing with his Iron Man robot. As always follow the direct link to Youtube below the video for the best quality movie.

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The Kids Christmas Play

Today the kids had their Christmas play at pre-school. As you can see from the video below it didn't work out too well for Cohen and Kyah, but atleast they tried. There was more to the show then I taped as I only recorded the parts where Cohen and Kyah had a starring role; you will see why!

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I Can go Riding Again!

A couple months ago I made the pledge that I will not mountain bike until I caught a fish, I now say I can go ride! This past weekend we spent a couple of days in Campbell River for an early Christmas dinner with Chelsey's Dad. On Sunday Nick and his Dad took me out fishing just south of Quadra Island and I am proud to say I caught 3 salmon and we also hauled in a bunch of prawns! Yay me! The pictures are a little iffy as Chelsey and I forgot the camera so I had to use Nicks iPhone.

Me with next weekends dinner

Me with guide Dave aka Nicks Dad



Kyah Sleepy Head

On Friday night I took the kids to the Chilliwack Bruins hockey game so they had a very late night. I know you have all seen this play before but Kyah once again fell asleep at the dinner table on Saturday; here is a video of me trying to wake her up. On a side note, she loved the ribs!

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Family Fun Day

Chelsey and I both had the day off today so we had a family fun day. I was allowed to pick the activity so it was decided we would go to Manning Park and find a Geocache. This served many purposes as we were also able to check another park of our list on our quest to do the 50 Things to do in BC Before You Die. I had taken the kids Geocaching this past weekend as there are a couple in our neighbourhood and they really liked it as we called it treasure hunting. Today we spent 3.5 hours and hiked just over 10km but did not find our treasure. I had veered us off course slightly and we had to double back which took up some time. We made it within 50 meters of our target but the kids were getting too tired that we were unable to bushwack a bit and find the treasure. We told the kids a Troll beat us to it and high tailed it back to the truck as it was starting to snow. Everybody, even Chelsey, had a good time in the outdoors and considering the distance travelled the kids did really well. Here are 30 pictures from our day and I hope you like them.

Little Goofers

It has been awhile since I posted any video clips of the kids. With that in mind I thought I would shoot a clip of the kids getting ready for bed to show that Cohen is still a terror and that Kyah is becoming more like her Mum every day. It turns out the battery was almost dead in the camcorder so all I got was a few minutes of footage. It is unedited and uneventful but the kids are always fun to watch and listen to.

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Halloween Pictures are Here!

I know you have all been waiting anxiously for the kids halloween photos so here they are; I hope you enjoy them. Don't forget you can click on the pictures to get the full size.

Birthday Wishes

I suck at birthday's, I suck at wishing people happy birthday, I suck at celebrating my own birthday. With that in mind, Happy Belated birthday Jenn & Aunt Margaret. I found you guys a date courtesy of our friends at http://www.latenightmistakes.com/

Halloween 2010

I fully intended to post some pictures of the kids in their halloween get up but I can't find the camera. Pictures will be delayed until I find the camera; sorry folks. While you wait you can check out this beauty courtesy of http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/ Not sure if that is a mullet or what, but it is sure a "party in the back" kind of hairdo.

No Luck Chuck

I got up super early this morning in an attempt to catch a fish before the month was out. I made it to the river before sun rise in the pouring rain. Hooked a big one on my second cast but my line broke; the weather cleared after 30 minutes so I still had a good time. I am giving up my pledge not to mountain bike until I catch a fish because I really want to ride. Atleast I got some nice shots of the snow on the mountains. Next up, Halloween Fun!