Wing Family Happenings» General http://wingfamily.ca/blog All things Wing Family! Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:08:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= First day of SK http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2011/09/06/first-day-of-sk/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2011/09/06/first-day-of-sk/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:36:46 +0000 Alisa http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=627 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> She’s a bit excited…

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2011/09/06/first-day-of-sk/feed/ 0 Poppy – an internet sensation http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2011/06/08/poppy-an-internet-sensation/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2011/06/08/poppy-an-internet-sensation/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:39:53 +0000 Alisa http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=621 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Check out Poppy on the Joe Fresh website today

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2011/06/08/poppy-an-internet-sensation/feed/ 0 Our groundhog adventure http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/06/01/our-groundhog-adventure/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/06/01/our-groundhog-adventure/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:49:25 +0000 Graham http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=482 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> So, you’ve heard about our raccoon adventure. How about our groundhogs? Our neighbour has a big concrete patio at the back of his house. Last year we had a groundhog living under it and we named him Willie.  This spring there were 3 babies, and still only one adult. We assume that Willie was actually Wanda (and apparently was a floozy). Occasionally we would see all 4 of them out at the same time. Over the last week or more, we’ve only seen one of the smaller ones out.

Anyway, yesterday it came out, and I followed it to the front yard. It hid beside our air conditioner, so I had Matthew grab a net and after a bit of work I caught it. Dad and I took it across the canal and set it free. We’ll see if there are any left…

Matthew is beginning to think that I can catch anything. His friend told him they had a mouse  and Matthew said that his dad could catch it :-)

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/06/01/our-groundhog-adventure/feed/ 3 Graduation http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/31/graduation/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/31/graduation/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 19:13:07 +0000 Brie http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/31/graduation/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> It’s official! I am graduating from Wilfrid Laurier University on June 10th with a Bachelor of Arts in Honours North American Prehistoric Archaeology with a minor in Anthropology. I’m quite excited!

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/31/graduation/feed/ 2 Our raccoon adventure http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/20/our-raccoon-adventure/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/20/our-raccoon-adventure/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 13:26:53 +0000 Graham http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=478 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Yesterday we had around 15 people over to help us with our yard. We shovelled dirt into our hole, we leveled the front yard, and we dug up weeds all over the place. The missionaries came over just after everyone had left and apologized for not making it over earlier, but they’d been at an appointment. We were talking with them outside when we saw a raccoon around our chimney. Let me fill you in on that a little more…

On Wednesday morning Lisa heard a noise coming from the fireplace. There were “chirps” and even some growling. It was apparent we had an animal with babies in our chimney, which we assumed were raccoons. Lisa called around to a few places, and it was going to be $300 or more to have someone come and remove them. When Dean first showed up, I asked him what he would suggest, and he said he’d had success with loud music.

So, back to the missionaries… I threw some rocks at the raccoon to scare it away so it wouldn’t go back down the chimney. Now the problem was how to get the babies out. We decided to “smoke ‘em out” (as someone said). We got a fire going and not too long after, a baby raccoon fell down. Elder Hanks had some gloves on (and one of my t-shirts over his dress shirt) and grabbed it right away and took it outside. Another 10 minutes or so later another one fell down. We still heard some chirping, but the last one wasn’t coming out. Elder Hanks was using some different sticks/rods/hooks to try to get it out, but it just wouldn’t come. He eventually knocked it down and we got rid of it as well. I then covered the chimney and so we’re good now.

By the time Elder Hanks put the third raccoon outside, the other two were already gone, so we assume the mother took them. This morning, the last one was gone as well. As far as we know they were all alive when we left them in the ravine.

As Elder Hanks was leaving, he said with a big smile, “Is it wrong that this is the highlight of my mission?!” (he’s from the midwest and loves the outdoors and hunting).

Here is a picture of Elder Hanks with Andrew and the second raccoon.

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2010/05/20/our-raccoon-adventure/feed/ 0 Some visits to Santa are more successful than others http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/12/08/some-visits-to-santa-are-more-successful-than-others/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/12/08/some-visits-to-santa-are-more-successful-than-others/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:29:47 +0000 Alisa http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/12/08/some-visits-to-santa-are-more-successful-than-others/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> 4165566431_ce71934c3d

This may be the saddest picture I have ever seen…

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/12/08/some-visits-to-santa-are-more-successful-than-others/feed/ 1 Brie Update http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/brie-update/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/brie-update/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:27:23 +0000 Brie http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/brie-update/ Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Hello family.

I am currently in the great north of Canada! There was even a blizzard today. I’m currently in Kirkland Lake working on a forensic case with my professor Dr. Dean Knight. I thought I would give you a couple links that talk about it so you know what I’m doing. So far it’s been one of the best experiences of my academic career but I’m not allowed to talk about it much because I’m still here working and it’s an active murder investigation. I even had to sign a form saying I wouldn’t talk about it and everything!

http://www.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1581854

http://www.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1585164

Everyone mentioned in those articles is so ridiculously nice and friendly and they couldn’t be better people.

Oh! I’m not afraid of cops anymore. Working all day with 15 officers quickly removes that fear.

That is all for now. Hope you enjoyed the articles. I don’t know if any of you saw something about it on the news (I know it was on in Toronto because one of my friends saw it) but if you did see a segment then you saw my butt!

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/brie-update/feed/ 2 Nice visit with the family http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/nice-visit-with-the-family/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/nice-visit-with-the-family/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 13:33:12 +0000 Jason http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=462 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Go
Here is a link to a slideshow of pics I took yesterday.

Thanks everyone, we had a great time.

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/31/nice-visit-with-the-family/feed/ 1 Brie visits Toronto http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/04/brie-visits-toronto/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/04/brie-visits-toronto/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 13:25:02 +0000 Jason http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=461 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> The ladies

We had a nice visit with Brie this weekend. She didn’t know that she would be waking up early on Sunday for blueberry waffles and a parade! Here are a few pics from the Forsythia Festival.

ParadePlantingSwingingConcert on the grass

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]]> http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/05/04/brie-visits-toronto/feed/ 0 Poppy’s dance video http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/04/29/poppys-dance-video/ http://wingfamily.ca/blog/2009/04/29/poppys-dance-video/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:32:15 +0000 Alisa http://wingfamily.ca/blog/?p=460 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> We think we should get Poppy to audition for – So you think you can dance..
Dance -1

After a quick wardrobe change
Dance – 2

What do you think?

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