Archive for July, 2007

20th Anniversary

July 31, 2007

Image taken July 23, 2007 Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ It’s the 20th anniversary of Black Friday. July 31, 1987. 27 people lost their lives in Edmonton when an F3-F4 Tornado passed through the eastern edge of the city. Luckily – the storm chose a path through a less populated rural and industrial area. The loss [...]

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I’m gonna be a big boy soon!

July 30, 2007

Photo by Daddy. Short post, real simple. We’re crawling. It’s cool.

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Out the window

July 29, 2007

Out the window Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ Storms amaze me. A smoking hot day followed by a cold front almost guarantees fireworks. Yesterday was a HOT day. The fireworks were beyond our expectations. The slow moving (50km/h) storm spewed lightning for almost 2 hours, with thousands of bolts through the clouds and hundreds piercing the [...]

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Big bag of stupid

July 22, 2007

IMGP0313.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ Yep. I’m a 74% water filled bag of Dumbass. Those who have seen me recently are aware of my escapades with rusted steel – but many of you – particularly those at great distances have not yet been exposed to my phenominal (or Phecomical) ability to do dumb things at [...]

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Why I get out of bed…

July 11, 2007

IMG_3686.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’ Why do I get out of bed? To make sure this monster has the things he needs to be happy, healthy, and challenged every day. I get out of bed to check on him and every day I wonder how we could possibly be good enough to raise him. I [...]

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Your contributions will be remembered.

July 9, 2007

July 4th, 2007 Canada suffered the loss of 6 comrades.  Those who have died in the service of our country, and the ideals that make us who we are should be celebrated, and remembered. Cdn. Casualties In Afghanistan 2007 July 4: Capt. Matthew Dawe, Cpl. Jordan Anderson, Pte. Lane Watkins and Pte. Cole Bartsch of the [...]

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All that really matters…

July 2, 2007

Yes… there was a post here… but the internet farted and it’s now gone… sorry.

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Canada Day Fun!

July 2, 2007

This was Ben’s first Canada Day, and I have to say, as far as days go, it was pretty darn near perfect. We first got up a little late had breakfast, played, all our usual morning stuff. Then we packed up a small picnic lunch and went off for a day of geocaching. We targeted [...]

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