Disney World in March

We spent March 14-21 in Florida. Day 1 - Magic Kingdom, Day 2 - Blizzard Beach, Day 3 - Busch Gardens, Day 4 - relax at pool at our rental house, Day 5 - Universal Studios and Universal Islands of Adventure, Day 6 - Shopping, Day 7 - head for home and -20.

Hanna Rose, Calli, and Alexander in the kids park at Blizzard Beach.

A pic at Magic Kingdom

Alexander in 16th century style time-out.

Disney World in March

Duane, Calli, Hanna Rose and Alexander in front of the future site of the Harry Potter Ride. We spent this day at Universal Islands of Adventure. A great day.



Calli and Cathy on the Merry-go-round.

Calli driving the jeep. This jeep goes about as fast as the one Duane is building! This pic was taken at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay. An awesome theme park. Probably our favourite from the trip.

Duane, Alexander and Keith on the Montu Roller Coaster. One of the top roller coasters in the park. Duane being silly, Alexander holding on for dear life.

Calli during our day at Blizzard Beach.

The Big 4-Ohhh

A suprise birthday for Cathy's 40th. Joanie, Willena, Christa and Joe flew up to celebrate.



The Peeter's family are officially converted to Senators fans. See them all beeming with Sens Pride! The Senators beat the Philadelphia Flyers.

The girls taking a hot tub dip at 2:00AM. Our poor neighbours!

Christa breaking the law by buying a couple of tickets off of the local scalper. She is quite the wheeler and dealer. I never could have got that good of a deal!

Cathy and Joe getting picture from their seats. Joanie and Willena were a few rows back while Christa and I were in the section to the right.

Soccer Season in Full Swing

Alexander is playing in his second season of competitive soccer. He is playing in the Ontario Eastern Regional Soccer League. He is again playing with Ottawa South United (OSU). This year he is spending half time in net and half time playing out. Dad likes this much better than full time net (last year) but Alexander's passion is full time net. The Power team he is playing for this year have a policy that keepers play one full game in net followed by a full game out. He is doing well at both.

Training on the off day.


Pics from the OSU Festival Tournament. We ended with 1 win, 1 loss, 1 tie.

Alexander going up for a header in one of our games. Coach dad on the sideline in the background.

Alexander doing a goal-kick. Connor MacEachern in the background.

Alexander scoring our lone goal against the OSU Force.

Alec hits double digits!

Alexander turned ten on April 27th.

Here is a picture of Alexander opening a present at his tenth birthday party. Connor, Owen, Jack, Michael, Ben, Alfredo, Daniel, and Adam attended.

I will huff and I'll puff and I blow the candles out! Either that or I will eat everything in one gulp.

Yah it's me, I'm happy. Mmmmmm cake.

The Big 5

Calli turns 5!

May 16th saw Calli celebrating her birthday. She invited over Alicia, Cameron, Madelyn, Sara, and Lucas. They had a lot of fun.

Calli taking a break from riding her bike to pose for the camera. As you can see, she is very camera shy!


It's my birthday!

Calli blowing out the candles.

Striking a pose.

An evening at Sudbury Downs

There was much cheering and wagering during our trip to Sudbury Downs. Dad, Kevin and Tristan were prepping two horses for that evening. Alexander, Hanna Rose and Calli were over the top excited to cash in those whopping $2.10 win tickets - really, they were.

Mitch's Ceilidh is the #1 horse on the inside. Spent most of this trip boxed so Sandy had not much else choice but to hang in do what he could.

I will have to start off this update by apologizing for not remembering this horses name. Hey come on, they only have 6 to remember!!! Anyway, the good news is that Dad took this race wire to wire. One picture is at the half and the second picture is crossing the finish line. Way to go! The kids loved getting in the picture.

Hey Dad, quit looking at the odds board and pay attention to the race!

Sandy singing the song...... can't touch this.

Trip to Sudbury

A trip to the Big Nickel and Dynamic Earth

Here is a picture of Alexander, Hanna Rose and Calli under the Big Nickel.



Cathy, Alexander, Hanna Rose, and Calli walking in the drift underground at Dynamic Earth.

The whole family underground.

Summer is here!

Well...., after a six month sabattical leave from the blog.....we're back.

After her second season of Highland Dance, this is Hanna Rose performing at their year-end celebration.

The Sword Dance.

Performing the Lilt.

The Highland Fling.