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Major update to the gallery

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Over the last couple of weeks I’ve put up a bunch of pictures I had saved:

FHE – Service

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Last Sunday we had a welfare specialist for the Church speak in Sacrament meeting, and provided some training for the Ward leaders. Along those lines, our Family Home Evening lesson was on service. We talked about how important it is to help other people, and then we did something similar to the “service auction” that the Relief Society sometimes does. We each wrote down several things we could do, and then we agreed on who would do what for whom.

Graham is going to:

  • Help Julia with her computer
  • BBQ Lick’s burgers for Lisa
  • Toast marshmellows and hot dogs to perfection for Andrea

Julia is going to:

  • Wash Andrea’s car
  • Babysit while Lisa goes to the temple
  • Take Graham to the Bulk Barn for some snacks

Lisa is going to:

  • Take Julia for a walk and have ice cream
  • Watch a movie with Andrea and make her popcorn
  • Make Graham a yummy breakfast

Andrea is going to:

  • Wash Julia’s car
  • Take kids to Happy Rolph’s so L&G can have “love” time (her words, not mine!)
  • Babysit for Graham while he goes to the temple

Andrew the Entertainer

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Andrew is hilarious! As he learns new words or phrases, or copies what we have said, and then says them in his little voice, it ends up sounding very funny. A couple of examples…

For Andrew’s birthday, Andrea came over and slept in a tent with him overnight. She was cleaning up the tent in the morning, and she tripped over some of the equipment. Andrew was sitting on his little chair under the tree, and said, “Why you trippin’ Andi?” Word!

For the next example, first a bit of background. There seems to be a lot of cats in the neighbourhood, and since we have all that land, they come over and kill birds on our property. I usually pick the dead birds up with a shovel and throw them in the ditch along the side property. I figure an animal will get to it soon enough. So, this past Saturday we had our annual Ward Picnic at Burgoyne Woods. There are train tracks that run by the park, and Lisa was walking near them with the boys. She told them they couldn’t go up to the tracks, because if a train came by, they may get hit and hurt, or even die. Andrew then said, “And then Daddy would have to throw me in the ditch.”

Trip to Palmyra

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On Tuesday, July 18, a group of youth and their families from Church went to Palmyra, NY to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant and to tour some of the sites there. We had a great day. I made a trip log (times of events, license plates, etc), but I’m sure I’d just be made fun of if I included it 🙂

Early in the day Andrew said he wanted to have his picture taken with the Nephites, and later in the evening when the cast members come out to hand out the programs, Andrew got his picture take with Nephi, Laman, and Lemuel.

Andrew with Nephi, Laman and Lemuel

You can see the pictures of the trip in the 20060718 Trip to Palmyra gallery.

Bi-weekly (Saturday) Gallery Update

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I actually had stuff to do today at work, and almost didn’t get to this, but what would a Saturday be without a gallery update?! So here it is:

  • 20060406 Our Stay at the Great Wolf Lodge
    Back in April we were able to stay at the new Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls for free (I knew someone who knew someone…). The place is amazing! There is lots for the kids to do, and there is a huge water park. We were there for 15 minutes and Lisa said she wanted to live there. And every time we drive near the place, Andrew asks when we can go back.
  • 20060713 Trip to Niagara Falls
    There is a new Ferris wheel in Niagara Falls called the Niagara SkyWheel. I had a bunch of free passes, so we all (Mom didn’t go) went to the Falls and went up in the wheel and then went to Boston Pizza for dinner.