Baby Fraley

Published on January 6, 2011 in Children. 14 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

So, Julia and Ron are going to have their first baby this year and it was suggested that we all guess when he/she will come, whether it will be a he or she, and how much he/she will weigh (feel free to also include the length). Here are some details to help you with your guesses:

  • The due date is June 15
  • Julia is from a family of  2 boys and 4 girls
  • Ron is from a family of 2 boys
  • Julia’s side of the family has 4 nieces and 3 nephews
  • Ron’s side of the family has 2 nieces

Guesses so far (in order they were received):

  1. Andrea – June 17 – boy – 7 lbs
  2. Lisa – June 12 – boy – 8 lbs 2 oz – 20.5″
  3. Alisa – June 17 – girl – 8 lbs 4 oz
  4. Mom Wing – June 14 – girl – 7 lb 6 oz
  5. Brianna – June 16 – boy – 8 lbs 9 oz
  6. Jason – June 21 (summer solstice) – girl – 7 lbs 11 oz
  7. David (Julia’s uncle) – June 21 – girl – 7 lbs 2 oz
  8. Ron – May 30 – boy – 6 lbs 8 oz – 19″
  9. Graham – June 15 – boy – 7 lbs 8 oz – 20″
  10. Lillie – June 18 – girl -  6 lbs 9 oz – 17 1/2″
  11. Andrew – on time (means on the due date) - girl – medium size and weight (he held his hands apart like he was measuring a fish)
  12. Matthew – on time – boy – same size as Christine (8 lb 15 oz)
  13. Christine – on time – girl
  14. Jean Guthrie (Ron’s Mom) – girl – between 6/7 lbs
  15. Evy – June 14 – girl – 8 lbs 8 oz – 19″
  16. Norine Fraley (Ron’s Step-Mom) – June 20 – girl - 7 lbs 1 oz – 19.5″
  17. Bill Guthrie (Ron’s Step-Dad) – according to Julia he is mean and thinks they are having twins that will weigh in at 9 lbs together :-)
  18. Dad Wing – June 22 – girl – 3600 g (7 lbs 15 oz) – 53 cm (20.87″)
  19. Noel (Julia’s cousin) – June 1 – girl – 8 lbs 4 oz
  20. Joey (Ron’s brother) – June 14 – girl – 8 lbs 2 oz

You can leave a comment below or email me directly. I’ll then update the posting with the guesses.

I guess the guessing boy/girl only counts before the ultrasound as they are hoping to find out what it is.

Matthew’s Underwear

Published on November 13, 2010 in Children. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Matthew came home from school the other day with his underwear like that. That was either one huge toot, or a monster wedgie!

2010 Christmas Gift Exchange

Published on November 6, 2010 in Holidays. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Last year, the drawing took place November 5, and today is Nov 6, so I’m only 1 day late…

The drawing of the names has been done, and the results are below. I believe that no one is buying for anyone that they’ve bought for in the last 5 years or more.

  • Alisa buys for Dad
  • Andrea buys for Julia
  • Brianna buys for Graham
  • Dad buys for Ron
  • Graham buys for Mom
  • Jason buys for Brianna
  • Julia buys for Lisa
  • Lisa buys for Alisa
  • Mom buys for Nanny
  • Nanny buys for Andrea
  • Ron buys for Jason

Note: Last year there was a mistake and it took us a few weeks to notice it. Please look it over and let me know if you see any problems.

Here are some guidelines:

  • We will continue with the $50 amount. There is no rule about spending exactly $50 to the penny, and no rule about whether it is $50 including tax or $50 plus tax. Just get something nice for the person that is close to $50.
  • Don’t get a gift card for the person (or give cash, or equivalent) unless that is what they specifically ask for
  • It would be good if people could provide a list (more than just a couple of items) to the person who is buying for them. That way the person receiving will be getting something they want, but if the list is long enough, they won’t know which it is.

We’ll be hosting the traditional Christmas Eve party at our house again. Nanny has also mentioned to us that she’ll have some games ready. We’re also open to discuss anything new you’d like to try/do that night when we’re together. We’ll send more details out as we get closer to December.

Poppy’s genealogy

Published on June 25, 2010 in Children. 4 Comments

After Graham’s devastating news, I felt the need to post something upbeat. Jason was trying to describe how our family was organized, so he ended up drawing Poppy a chart. Note the most important thing that Poppy remembered (“Ron drives a plane, Daddy!”)

A sad time…

Published on June 19, 2010 in Fun Stuff. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

Many years ago whenever Lisa wanted to do something boring, I would say to Andrea and Brianna, “I wish I were mini-putting”. They ended up getting me a custom made t-shirt with that phrase on it. You’ve seen it many, many times, I’m sure.

Unfortunately, the shirt just got too thin and started to rip around the letters. I had to throw it out :-( Good-bye old friend!

On another sad note, last night Lisa and I watched the movie 2012 last night. If you haven’t seen it, DON”T!!! You’ll never get that two and a half hours back…

Our groundhog adventure

Published on June 1, 2010 in General and Photos. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

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 :-)

Graduation

Published on May 31, 2010 in General. 2 Comments

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!

Our raccoon adventure

Published on May 20, 2010 in General and Photos. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

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.

Have you seen Avatar?

Published on April 30, 2010 in Fun Stuff. 1 Comment Tags: .

I have, but don’t remember these strange creatures…

Some visits to Santa are more successful than others

Published on December 8, 2009 in General. 1 Comment

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This may be the saddest picture I have ever seen…