Thomas is looking for Pokemon cards

If anyone has any old Pokemon cards kicking around, there is one 5 year old that would love to have them,

Just inquiring if anyone has any extra!

Tomorrow

Update for tomorrow night

$30 gift exchange for kids and adults (not $20 as I mentioned before)

please bring sleeping bags and something soft to sleep on as well as an appetizer

I am making a big turkey for buns as well as a big pot of chilli for those of you who would like to be here around dinner.

Saturday activities - I am sure the mountain is going to be super busy so for anyone not wanting to go skiing/tubing/sledding you are welcome to hang back at our house...... we could always do a walk down to the beach and I think the aquatic center is open as well.

so excited !!

see you all soon
Cor

The Original Party Animal..

..a little known post wedding photo..

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year from John, Yvonne and Family..

Happy Nyuk Year..

Thank Corrie for letting us come to her house..

Hopefully, your neighbours will all be away..

Something Funny

If you go to Google Translate you can have a Dutch guy read you anything you want in Dutch.

My favourites are:

"Your sister has a wobbly leg"

"My Mom used to sell chickens to a local wizard"

"Justin Beiber is a small elf dressed as a boy"

Icried.

New Years Eve party

Hello family....

As we are getting things ready for the big Colyn party we are hoping that you can help us to be ready for you. I need to know a few things....mostly who is coming and where you will stay.

This is a loose plan....I am open to having you crash wherever but if you want a sure place here are the options...

*our basement floor space can probably sleep about 10-15 people ( I am thinking older neices and nephews or any of you that don't mind sleeping in a crowd). You will need to bring a sleeping bag and something soft to sleep on. This is also the dance floor so it might be late before you can claim a spot for the night :)

*Friends of ours are leaving town and have offered up their house. They have several rooms as they are a family with 4 kids. I still would like you to bring your own sleeping bags so that we have less to clean up afterward. They live about 5 kms away. This space can be for those of you who want to have a decent night/morning sleep. Coming back to our house for breakfast.

The rooms that have been claimed are...
*Mom - Henry's bedroom

*Henk's family in our boys bedroom

*Darren's family in spare bedroom/basement

*Aliza's family in Ally's room/ basement

Please let me know if the rest of you would like to have a spot on one of our couches or 4 more can claim the Westfalia (we will try to put a heater in there).
There is plenty of space for any of you to park a trailer as well. Hella has reserved our driveway but there is still more room there too.

Saturday activities -
Brunch for all the mom's - Westerly Inn
Brunch for Dads and kids - Chez Howard de Monsieur Edward

OZONE tubing on Mt Washington

Pizza dinner and games night for anyone wanting to keep the party going :)

we will have a gift exchange of $20 for adults and kids - get your names from Hella and Amy

That is all I can think of for now......I will post an update after Christmas. Please let me know your choice of sleeping arrangement mostly if we should utilize my friends house.

Willem will you take charge of the firepit for the night? Ed will be shaking Martinis for you.

thanks guys....we look forward to a great time as always

Corrie

Aaltje hits the slopes

You can not keep this girl down !!





Evan said that this man's beard was not white enough to be the real Santa. He wanted nothing to do with him. Oma on the other hand........

Our little lady....

I was impressed with Aaron's video of Brutus and thought I would

post a pic of one of our pets. This is Caramel. She, along with two others,

is pregnant and should deliver some time in February.

Brutus and the Razor

Here's a video I shot of Brutus freaking out at my electric razor. thought I'd share it for some laughs.

Darren's right..

You do see Dad every so often...

Henry on video

Have a look at this sweet video of our little man.

http://www.vimeo.com/17677265


Ally, Henry and I will be in Port tonight for the memorial for dad.

Hi Everyone

Hi All, great to see some new and recent posts.... here are some pictures to catch up from our recent weeks. This is Anna and Tom headed to their first Piano recital. Anna did great....
Thomas, who picked up a pair of 3-D glasses after we say the matinee for Tangled.

And Lemon, who is going to get a ZU-Zu pet for Christmas if she is good.

Love you and miss you all.

Yvonne's handiwork..

 

Thought I'd put up a few pics of some of the wreaths that Yvonne has created..
The top one was made with Al's cucumbers & apples...

Marhaba from Dubai

Here is the Mosque that is one block away from Marty's and Trudie's home. We toured through another Mosque - the Jemeriah Mosque - which is an educational centre to teach people about the Islamic Faith - the five pillars of Islam. There seems to be a mosque every few blocks!

We took a Desert Safari that included a camel ride, henna, holding a falcon, and of course - lots and lots of sand. It was a bit crazy flying over the sand dunes in a Tahoe! You have to ask Jake about the Bedouin Dinner we had that included Shwarma's!

Here we are on the top of the Burj Kalifa - the tallest building in the world! We are on the 124th floor. That is the highest that the public can go - the viewing platform - and what a view it is! When the recession hit Dubai, the city ran out of money to complete this project, so Abu Dhabi (the capital of the United Arab Emirates) put up the money to finish this building ... with a hitch. The building was originally to be named the Burj Dubai - t-shirts, souvenirs, etc. were already made ready for sale for opening day - but Abu Dhabi insisted that the building was now to be renamed the Burj Kalifa. Apparently this was a huge disappointment for the citizens of Dubai, but that was the only way that this project could be completed.

Anyways, we are having such an amazing time here in Dubai - what a city! Marty and Trudie and the children have shown us all around Dubai - including Ski Dubai (Shaen and I did that), to the Jemeriah Beach, out to the tip of "the Palm", shopping at the Souks and Malls, a Dhow Dinner Cruise, etc. etc. We have lots of pictures to show everyone when we get home!

Christmas Photos 2010..

Hey Everyone.. Post your Family Christmas pictures on the blog
this season for everyone to see..

 

 (These are 2008)

Remember your roots (Howard family blog)

It makes me happy when I check out our Colyn family blog and I see that someone has posted something. I wish there was a new post everyday......neices and nephews are you guys able to contribute?
I know that you would probably not want to see pictures of my family here everyday so I have started another blog for my family. This is something I have wanted to do for a while in hopes that I will document daily activities and photos of our life. If you want to follow our Howard family blog here is the link.....oh and just to make you droool a bit check out these cheeks.

www.rememberyour-roots.blogspot.com

Zampano Productions

Hi everyone. Its Aaron. I figured now that I have the power to contribute on the blog I would throw up a plug for my blogspot, Zampano Productions. Don't worry I'm not trying to spam everyone, I just wanted to share some of the stuff I've been working on in my spare time. I hope to see you all over the holidays.

* * * * * n e w * y e a r s * * * * *

Hello family....
We would be happy to host the New Years party this year. There is plenty of room in the yard to park trailers and enough room on the floor for sleeping bags. A friend has offered her home (as they are away) for a few people to crash as well. Willem is going to take on the bonfire and oysters and I will have to set someone up with the acetelane?? I guess we need to start picking names too. More details to follow ...

looking forward to it !
Cor

John I like the fresh look !!

ps....get better mamma!!!!!

How to Rear Sheep

When Al and I were at the National Gallery, I saw this painting and the little fella in front looked a bit like Ezra, and I thought that maybe Corrie could take some pictures of your sheep with the boys one day.

A Time to Gather

Dad was never really a fan of potlucks. He always said that he wished people would put their names on their dishes so he would know whose to avoid. That being said I spoke with Yvonne and she said she would be willing to host a potluck for anyone wanting to gather on the 10th (Friday). We are thinking to meet briefly at the cemetery (around 5:30) and then head over to John and Yvonne's for some grub.

Things to do in Montreal..

Try the Firebomb Oven Pizza.. C'est Magnifique!

our growing family

Hello everyone - just wanted to let those of you who

haven't heard that our family is growing!

Yes, 7 sheep will be munching away in our back field fairly soon,

but there will also be a little one in our house this coming June!

We are so excited!

It was great seeing all of you today for Henry's baptism. What a sweetie!

Thanks mom for having all of us at your place.

Have a great week everyone!

Sunday

Hi all....
We are excited about getting together with as many of you that can make it this Sunday. Darren is doing the service in Port Alberni and will also be baptising our little Henry.
Lunch following at moms house.
see you soon,
Corrie

A West Coast Roast..

..Found this clip on an older hard drive..
Thought a few of you might enjoy it..

No one is immune from the ribbing..
Let me know if any of you want to see more..
(Exactly what year was this?)

It's not about quality..

Eh.. He was free, so we can't complain.

Thought I'd post some photos of Bryan for everyone.

Back home!

We are back from our surprise trip to Disneyland! We have a great video of the kids being surprised but don't have John's expertise to shrink it down to post it! Here are a couple of shots of our trip. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Like a Sturgeon..

Top photo is of Jake, Curtis & myself
Hauling in Curt's 7 foot 4 inch.
Middle photo is us with the 7 foot 8 inch I caught barehanded..
I too have not named my fish.... Will

N A M E ??

Our little man has a name.....

He is Henry Jacob Howard

named in honour of a good friend, brother and Opa Colyn

ps....

I know that I had talked about hosting a Thanksgiving meal with Ed's family but I think it may work better to have a get together at another time. We are free tomorrow afternoon if anyone wants to stop by after church. Otherwise we are in Port for the weekend that Darren will be preaching ... I think it is October the 24th.

see you all soon,
Corrie

#27

Here he is !!!!
Yes we are still working on a name and I was not going to post a picture until he had one but hey that might be some time yet.


Little mr. Howard was born Friday sept 24th at 4:20 pm
he is 7 lbs and 10 ounces

Looking most like his daddy he is a very content and easy little one to have around. I think we'll keep him.

Here he is showing you how happy he is to have much more room to move around in.

and here he is showing you how he can already play air guitar :)

How's it going Cor?

We are thinking of you today and hope that all is well.

Looking forward to meeting another little one.

Going Big Time in the cucumber patch

Here is a picture / post of some of my "fruits" that i am growing. A wholesaler in Vancouver put me on his websight.

I call Bento Box #5 with cucumber, ground cherry and crabapples.

Soy sauce not included....

http://pacificcoastfloralwholesale.com/

Happy Birthday Evan ! ! !

Well today was a very special day as Evan turned 3. He has been asking about when his birthday would be since May and June when Ally and William had theirs. Today was all about him and he was beeming. Lots of fun, a messy drippy "E" cake ( it definately tasted better than it looked) and good little friends made for a great day! We love you so much Evan - it was fun to see your big smile all day.

can you guess what Evan's favorite color is?

Happy Birthday Lucy!

Lucy turned 3 this weekend and celebrated with a princess party in the back yard. We missed you all this week - hope you had a great time at Colyn Camp.