My beautiful baby turns one later this month. He loves it when the sun shines on the floor at a certain time each day. He sits on his bright warm spot and alerts us to his discovery with loud Goo's. Amazing how each of our children display personalities that are %100 their own. What made me think one would ever be the same as the other?
Oh, Simon.

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Here's something a little less disturbing than that last photo to look at while I take yet another break from my blog.


I just want to say that I miss "us"! The little comments and emails my blog stirred up always made my day. But our computer is all bunged up and I don't even have the patience to turn it on anymore. By fall, I'll have a little punkie in Grade 3, some free time and hopefully by then we'll be enjoying the high-speed Internet we're paying for.


Until then, we're taking millions of photos as always and we'll be straightening out our new home and life here in Qualicum Beach. Not a day passes without me feeling like a child-hood dream has come true for me living here. I feel this new wonder for God's tender-heartedness. But, not a day passes without me feeling like the challenges of having 3 kids is way beyond me. The good moments really are out of this world even when not compared with the miserable ones. The name "Coasting" applies again but I'll need a new slogan thingy because now we're not living at as much of a dead end anymore, geographically speaking . I'll be back to change it soon.

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A certain 8 1/2 month old took their first steps yesterday. Bring it on Simon. Show your bro that you're not some boring lump of slobber that stole his mommy.

Daddy Daughter fishing season started again last night. Wish them luck. Maybe this year they'll catch something legal and I'll be allowed to post the photos!

click for twinkle buddy

click for muffin man

Thanks for the birthday shirt Uncle Harold!

Yes we need vids of Em on here but this 8 year old doesn't favor the camera in her face so be patient.

Tommy look'n seriously cool at our latest running and rolling around the grass hang-out.

Hey, I know that kid!

Remind me to ask Santa for a new scanner.

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To my family and friends who don't know Jeremy Hiebert, as you're about to see, he is far too nice. He recycled this blog into one awesome post today. Love it, thanks Jer!

Heaven will probably be gun-free, so top-up now!


Cougar Salvo 07 kept me very busy and very interested and very cold for a week.






Thanks to 39th Brigade for all the guns and all the fun.
The lady in the one pic is the Lt. Governor of BC. Check out her website for some more pics.
Also, "Truth, Duty, Valour" will be doing a show on the exercise, (I got some screen time... famous!) check it out this June.
Rock on.
Stv.

PS. Cougar Salvo 07 was a three-block-war exercise; peacekeeping, humanitarian aid, and warmaking. The main goal was to flush out the insurgents while promoting good relations with regular village folk. The ex involved the Vanc. P.D., RCMP, Vanc. ERT, Navy, Air Force, 39th Brigade (Army), and the Canadian Rangers!
Far out.
Special thanks to my lovely wife for herding the wee ones for a week while I played in the big sandbox!

James and Thomas in the outfit that Uncle R and Auntie H got us. Simon didn't wear it more than once or twice before growing out of it. This kind of stuff fills and breaks my heart simultaneously because of the frigg'n miles between us.

Steve took this schmotograph and sweetly found a place for me among the stars, greasy nerd that I am. I really love my new glasses though.

Simon Stats:

7 months
Almost nearly juuust about mobile
2 bottem teeth
Fussy eater
Says "mum" on occasion when he fusses
Fussy about who's holding him and why
Pulls out one large handful of my hair every day
Hugs and kisses us with all his might
Loves to quietly observe, named "the watcher"
Reminds me of Emily
Wears Thomas's clothes the minute Tom outgrows them. As in 12-18 mo.s. As in HUGE.