Home Sweet Home!

Well we had an excellent time on our trip. For those that didn't know we left for Edmonton on Sunday the 8th we caught the train to Prince George, over nighted there and then jumped the train to Jasper. My Dad met us there and we drove to Edmonton where we spent 5 days enjoying sunshine and the company of my family. Prior to this trip I hadn't seen my Dad for nearly 10 years. Now married with two kids I figured what better time then the present. Plus my Dad had purchased a new vehicle for us "1996 Jeep Cherokee Sport" So we had to go pick it up. We have to pay him back of course but its still a HUGE blessing as our mini-van is da-da-dying. I was booking our tickets to Edmonton, and this is for future travelers of the train. For a single ticket from Terrace to Jasper it is $400+ SO I booked two separate tickets at $104 and $108 each totaling $222 and change to get to Jasper saving me about $200 bucks.

We really had a great time, just hanging out and relaxing. It was nice to get out of town for a week and veg. I got to spend some time with my little brother Adam too, that was nice he's finally starting to grow up and has a real sentimental side, loves family now which is a change I welcome with open arms. The one regret I do have is not being able to see his two kids. But he's going to try and come to Terrace to see us soon and of course bring his boys.

We got to hit West Edmonton mall, and browse around.. Christy did some shopping and I just hung around checking things out. Even Tristan got to go to a store just for him "Toys'R'us" and he had a blast, we picked up a package of water guns and had a big water fight at Grandpas that afternoon. Ate at a bunch of places that we don't have in Terrace, Tony Roma's Great food, Red Lobster, also good food :D

We left Edmonton on Friday for PG and hung out there for a couple days to head home on Sunday morning. Got to hang out with the boys on Saturday night, we went to Transformers. I got to watch it for a second time. Still loved it! Then we went out for a few drinks and bite to eat. My home boys Tommy and Steve came in to PG as well so they hung out too. Now were home and OH so happy! I miss my bed. I'm gonna go shower and crawl into it! Here are some pics from the trip!

Getting ready to board the train... I'm not sure where Olivia is??

Daddy and Tristan playing "Ninja Turtles"

Mommy and Tristan being silly


Mommy, Tristan and Olivia



Little town on the way through... Population "11"


Tristan in Daddy in the Belly of a whale!
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Grandpa, Tristan and Grandma on the Tale of the Whale!

Dancing Elvis dude posing for a pic


Christy catching me sleeping on the train


Haa Ya right :P



Grandpa and Grandma ~ The morning we left Edmonton

TDRA

Well I had a great weekend, Tom and I are helping out at the Terrace Drag Race's, were running the time booth, in turn they're paying us a 100 bucks a day and advertising for our company. We were going to purchase a 2x8 sign with a little blurb and the TDRA picked that up too, they've been really good to us. Tom and I both love being involved its a blast we get front row seats to the races and our business gets plugged hardcore. Anyways I just thought I'd give a little update. Tristan and I are building a fort, I wish I had gotten some pictures from the start but I'll get some from today! If the weather holds up I'd like to have it finished today. Monday is our family day so thats what were doing, were gonna build T's fort and hang out.

Anyways just a short post!

Mosquitoes + Family Hike = Run for your life, and lots of fun!!!!

Well we wanted to take the guests from Norther California on Sunday afternoon but it didn't work so today my family and I went out for a nice little hike. We went up to the falls near Rosswood was a great little hike, only took us about 15mins. Was a nice drive too, we got to listen to the sermon from yesterday and take it in a bit more. Was a great word! We had fun we cruised out there and enjoyed the drive and time together then we strolled in to the bush heading for the falls. Well turns out we should have maybe bathed in bug repellent cause the mosquitoes were THICK THICK I'm talking crazy if you stopped walking you had 10 or more on any patch of skin visible, while walking you literally had 3-5 on any piece of visible skin at all times. So that part sorta sucked lol but we had fun! Cool thing happened too, as we were driving out there it had started to rain and it wasn't to bad but it had the potential to get really bad, looked like some really black rain clouds. So we prayed that God would hold the rain off so we could enjoy our walk and spend some time together. As soon as we finished praying, like the second we stopped the rain stopped. We went for our walk and when we got back in the car it started to rain again, but it was quiet a bit less then prior to our walk. Anyways here are some pictures to enjoy!!

Next time we go were bringing the bug dope!!

Two days in a row!!!

I'm pretty happy!!! Joni, Jenny you girls should SO DO IT! Come with us next time we go! Tom Carin and I went up Friday and actually set a new "record" 55mins up and 40-45 mins down. It's actually harder for me to go down, cause the impact on my ankle is quite a bit more. I have to find the proper footing as to not slip. Today we went up with a larger group, some guests from out of town that came to minister at our G.T.T really wanted to see the outdoors and get a view of the town, so I offered to take them up Terrace mountain on Sunday or Monday it wasn't going to work for either of those days so we just went up today. I'm feeling it a bit but I feel good. The good news is we shaved about 5mins off our time up, our time down was about the same maybe a bit more BUT we went down the opposite side of the mountain. I'm not sure I'd do it again until my ankle was more... trustworthy? lol I dunno it was pretty steep in some places, I'd go up that side but maybe not down.... but I'll prolly do it again anyways,

Anyways I just LOVE it I love being outside and getting exercise feels so good. I'm happy to be getting back in shape its gonna be a long journey but I don't care I really want to do it for my family's sake and for my health! Lots of people keep asking me about my weight and if I've lost the honest answer is I don't know and I don't care!!!!! My wife says she can see it in my face and what not but its not about that for me I just want to be healthy.

So here's a picture for all of you who've been thinking about doing it!

I was gonna say sorry but I did that last time!

Ok so ya.. I've been busy, haven't had much "play" time on the computer lately so I thought I would update everyone. Tom and I have officially launched our business full fledged. We recently sent out 200 flyers to the business's in town and we've got 200 more to go out soon. Our website is complete and were ROARING to get some work done. Please if you want some business cards to help us get our name out there again just ask and I'll be sure to give you a bunch to get around. Our website address is www.tcsicomputers.ca check it out let me know what you think now that its done. We'll be doing little tweaks here and there but thats just updating stuff as we go on.

I've been walking a bunch, I'd like to say a lot but with the rain and flooding we've been busy helping friends move stuff and prepare for the mess. Hopefully keep the water out of their houses. However we did go up Terrace Mtn. today and I felt like I did pretty well. I still can't fully keep up with Tom and Steve, but I didn't have to stop to make sure I was still alive a million times, couple little breather breaks and kept going at a steady pace. We didn't go the top today but that was on purpose we headed over to the rock face that you can see from the old bridge to get a birds eye view of the river... It looks like the water has gone down but actually it seems to have just spread out a bit more.
I think its pretty funny how some people are panicking and buying up lots of gas and groceries, worst case scenario they'd bring a barge up from the coast... Drive it in from Kitimat... I was talking to a friend of mine at Aqua Clear, I was getting water (cause we were out) and people are freaking out there too, buying like 20+ bottles of water... the great thing is that even IF the water got contaminated, they could still bottle water, they boil/filter/clean it anyways... Oh well...

On a side note, one of our long time friend families, dad had a massive heart attack the other day and passed away. The Rolleman's "Peter Rolleman" so the family is all in town flew up. Its great to see them again but Terrible it had to be this way. So PLEASE please pray for them as they definitely need it in this time. My thoughts and love go out to all of them!

So there you go I've updated!

Anaheim won the cup for those that didn't know...

Sorry I've been busy...

So ya, like the title says.. I've been busy, I've been working with Tom on our business. We've been designing the cards (which you've seen) we've designed a flyer for advertising purposes. Were working on the website www.tcsicomputers.ca feel free to check it out and let me know what you think. It's not done yet obviously were still working on some design stuff and filling in the content. **if the link doesn't work, give it a day or so and it should work fine**

Other then that I haven't been doing a whole heck of a lot. I've been trying to walk regularly and make smarter choices with my eating. I'm going to cut everything but water and the occasional (yes cutting back) Coke :P I've hiked Terrace mtn. twice now. The first time I just about puked cause I had the WORST breakfast possible. Second time wasn't nearly as hard and we made it all the way to the top. Once were up and down in 45mins were going to hike up Thornhill or Copper mtn. I'm serious about getting healthy I'm tired of being so out of shape. I want to be around for my kids not stuck on the couch eating potatoes chips.. My eventual goal is to lose about 100lbs I know most of you are thinking thats a lot but trust me I can lose it without gettin all skinny minny :P I'm large and in charge haha

I'm really enjoying not working at Alcan :P I'm spending time with my family and friends its nice. Working for yourself is the way to go! Its far less stressful and you can pick your own hours. Especially cause we don't have a store front. We schedule our work and get r' dun. It's nice. Once we start getting clients it will be even better. Instead of a few service calls here and there. We've been making great contacts, met one of the managers for C.N and my buddy Steve works for ikon he's been recommending us to people too its nice. Also my brother Andy, works high up in the N'sga Gov't so he's gonna recommend us as well. So things are looking up. Its exciting.

Anyways there's a little update. I'll post more at a later date.. I just figured you guys were getting sick of looking at the old posts wishing the Canucks were still in the playoffs. I sure do.. :-(
Blessings

Do or Die!!!

If ever there was a time to call out to the "hockey gods" that time is NOW. Were down 3-1 in the series against a team that really doesn't want to lose. We need to show them why we deserve to be here. For Luongo who's been great in net, for Trevor who may very well be in his last years, for the fans that have been dreaming of this moment forever we need to stretch this to 7 and beyond. This team needs to play PLAYOFF hockey get down and gritty play hard for 180mins, block shots, be aggressive and own that rink. The Canucks need to BELIEVE IN BLUE!! Remember why they are there and press through.

So this is a call to the true Canuck fans tonight as you watch the game from wherever your watching it don't doubt and BELIEVE IN BLUE!!!

Dave Nonis announced that they were calling Brandon Reid up from the minors. He's played with the Nucks twice before, once this year and once in the 02-03 season. He brings great speed and a lot of heart.

GO CANUCKS GO

BELIEVE IN BLUE!!!

For all the fans that read my blog, and don't check out "www.canucks.com" The Canucks are calling for ALL fans to Believe in Blue. Thats right every one of the REAL fans that believe in this team wear blue in support of your Vancouver Canucks! I wish I could be in the audience when the sea of blue is reveled but I will be doing this in my living room! So if you come to watch the game at my place, come in "blue" you can get a shirt for $15bucks downtown so I suggest you pick it up! Let's show our team we believe!

GO CANUCKS GO

Game 1 vs Ducks!

So, who's ready for Game 1 with the "Mighty Ducks" sure on paper the Ducks out rank the Canucks, with their heavy hitters, big goal scorers and offensive lines special teams and experience but since when have we been a team that stays true to stats? They said that Dallas would beat us in 6 or 7 too they were wrong about that now weren't they.. VERY WRONG!

They make new stats up all the time who cares about the stats. Luongo is one of THE BEST GOALIES in the world right now. We're CANUCKS we've got HEART. We have to stand as one and BELIEVE that we will reign victorious. So Canuck fans all over the world, or those of you who read my blog anyways LETS HEAR IT FOR THE CANUCKS!!

Here are some things that we'll have to look out for; Penalties, needless trips to the Sin Bin. If we can play smart and draw penalties we'll have that much better of a chance in winning this series. I believe that this is going to be a hard fought battle for our team. But I know we can do it, in my heart I know the Canucks can win this series. I don't care about the pre-playoff match-ups. I care about the here and now! The Ducks have had a few days off to heal their bumps and bruises but WE are coming off a big high and a very well played Game 7. The teams aren't matched as equally as they were with Dallas. Hitting, the Canucks are going to have to bring an "A" game and start hitting more, and finishing their checks to eliminate plays being setup in front of Luo. With guys like Pronger, Niedermayer, and Beauchemin against him he's gonna have to play as equally good or better then he did with Dallas if the Defensive and Forward lines don't block more shots they they were. The Ducks led the League in penalty minuets and fighting majors this year. So look forward to alot of BIG hits and min's in the sin bin. Motivation: If I was Alain Vigneault I'd be telling the boyz the same thing I did in Game 7 of the first series "There's alot of other teams that wished they could be here" Especially now with 8 of the 16 teams that started this Playoff series are out. prove you deserve to be here, show them you want to stay.. Then I'd do something crazy like through the "predictions" from every sports commentator on the table that says "ducks in 6 or 7" and say PROVE them wrong too!

GO CANUCKS GO

LET'S BBQ SOME DUCK THIS SERIES

LOVE THIS TEAM LOVE THIS GAME!!

WOW WOW WOW I can't even begin to explain how happy and stoked I am tonight What an amazing game seriously! I have to admit I was a little worried after the first period, but then when I saw Willie Mitchell in the interview and quoting Alain Vigneaut "There are a lot of other teams that would kill to be in your shoes right now" I KNEW things were going to turn around and Turn around is EXACTLY what they did. Vancouver DOMINATED the rest of the game the whole 40 mins belonged to Van. Dallas had a total of 4 shots in the 2nd period and 7 in the 3rd. We finally scored on a Power Play and it was a GREAT GOAL beautifully setup by Daniel, Henrik was not going to miss and it FOUND the back of the net to tie the game.

Even Linden's goal was a power play goal was amazing I LOVE WHEN he scores (I've made up my mind I'm getting his jersey, there's one on E-bay SIGNED I'm taking donations) anyways to quote Canucks.com's recap "Linden played a monumental game that looked like he got a hold of the DeLorean from Back to the Future to travel back to his younger days.
“It might have been his best game of the whole year,” said Brendan Morrison." I completely agree the energy that he had was like watching him in his younger days. It's the game seven he shines in Game 7's :-DTaylor Pyatt and Brian Smolinski to get the Empty netters thats not something you see a lot of but Dallas didn't have much for choice at that point in the game. Sealed the deal ending the series 4-3 with score of 4-1 Vancouver stuck true to its stats with games that they scored at least one goal they won. My hat's off to Dallas and Turco you guys played a great game and showed spirit all the way through, never gave up and kept on pressing. Couple of great shots in the last game including Modano's cross bar wringer that bounced off the inside of the cross bar to ALMOST tie the game. Great job, great series. Probably THE BEST and most evenly matched series in the playoffs this year (so far) Thanks for the stress and the gray hairs.



My Vancouver Stars of the series: Roberto Luongo, was consistent throughout the entire series stood on his head, played his heart out! with his play off stats at: Record: 4-3
GAA: 1.41
Save %: .950
GA: 12
Great first playoff performance, feels good to have a goalie in net that you can count on as a Last Line of Defence MVP!!

My Second Star goes to Willie Mitchell he played incredibly made some AMAZING plays kept us alive on numerous occasions was the backbone along side Luongo great effort and again like Luo played his heart out!
My Final star is a no brainer! was a hard toss up between second and third but Trevor Linden you've captured our hearts once again, displaying incredible leadership qualities and grit like he always does. To quote The Insider; " But there is something about Linden fans know for certain: He’s as clutch as they come.
Need a crunching hit on the forecheck in a do or die game seven? Send number 16 over the boards and watch him pick his spot to rattle the glass and swing the momentum in the Canucks favor.
Need veteran leadership to rub off on two of your franchises’ players of the future? Put number 16 on the power-play with the Sedin Twins and watch him score the game winning goal with the man advantage.
Need someone who gets so nervous before huge playoff games that he can barely keep his lunch down? Trevor’s your guy. "

My favorite play by Trevor in the whole series was when he gave Brian Smolinski the puck for the empty netter, selflessly handing it over great great great play. Awesome!! True Leadership!



So to wrap things up Anaheim, Vancouver is coming to BBQ some duck. Burke were coming for your team!







For a bonus picture!! CLICK ON THIS IMAGE TO SEE FULL SCREEN!!
Wish you guys were there with me and could've enjoyed it as much as I did!!! Keith hows it feel to get texts FROM THE GAME!


PS: just kidding I wish I was there but CRAZY how much it looks like me (with the jersey I want)

Vancouver's Critics = Too Many!!

I've come to the conclusion that Vancouver fans are the hardest to please. Don't get me wrong that loss last night was hard on me too. But with all the ranting that people do "The Canucks have only made it this far riding Luongo's back, Cooke Crumbles or Sedin Twins Can't Find the Net" What do you expect we have got to be one of the hardest City's to play for. With fans criticizing or worshiping your every move, its hard to get anything done. After all they're still just human.

Lets talk about Dallas, don't get me wrong they've been playing good hockey (for the most part) but Turco is doing his job. He's the last line of defense yet you don't hear people saying Dallas is riding a Turco train, or Modano (America's leading goal scorer) hasn't found the trick to beat Luongo. Even Morrow has only squeaked two goals past him. And yes I do say SQUEAKED last nights goal was a very lucky goal, thats what happens when you keep putting them to the net though. If only that rouge puck would've went in, if only the line change would have been done properly, terrible penalty to take :(... Sorry back on topic.

Last nights game was by far the best game of the series both teams came out fighting hard, Vancouver had 6 shots on goal to Dallas' 1 before the game was even 4mins in. They were finishing their checks (Devin would be proud :P) Diggin for the puck, you knew it was going to be a battle of the goalies right away. With Turco making some UNBELIEVABLE saves right off the bat. Luongo answered back both goalies getting a shut out in regular time, one of them was bound to make a mistake sooner or later. Dallas broke its curse of the OT and Vancouver sunk deeper into it's curse of the Clincher, not being able to finish them off :( They fought hard though. Game 5 is by far my fave game of the series, however I would've loved for the outcome to be different. The Hockey god's didn't agree with my call though.


Let's talk about Willie Mitchell "WOW" Kudos to him he's playing with heart and lots of it! Never gives up constantly diggin for the puck racing for it, as usual, was a force in the Canucks own end. He put his body on the line and had five of the Canucks 20 blocked shots. The entire Stars team combined for 9. When he wasn’t blocking shots, he was getting his 63 inch piece of lumber in the way of the Stars. He prevented three or four top quality scoring chances in a game that had very few. Mitchell finished with 26:13 of ice time.

Thanks Willie keep playing hard it will continue to pay off for you.

Sopel... Wow he made a straight pass... Trade him, get rid of him, why'd they bring him back I can't stand Sopel he's slow and clumsy, my sister was like "I hope he gets the winning goal" cause I was riding him so bad haha. TRADE HIM DROP HIM I don't care.

Well here's to game 6, One of the best road teams, and one of the worst at home teams (in play offs) GO CANUCKS GO. You guys can do it BELIEVE!!!

2-1 Win Reg time!!!

If there's one thing I love its when Trevor Linden scores! I hope and pray for his sake they win the cup this year, he's been faithful to Van for almost his whole career. If it were up to him I'm sure he would have stayed the whole time! Great goal anyways!

Few things though, Brent Sopel... Get rid of him, he's good for nothing. Well almost entirely. I've never liked him he's clumsy and slow, bring someone up from the minor's who knows, but get rid of him. Second, once in the lead they switched to a dump and protect style of hockey. I know Dallas is a good offensive team but they have to keep the pressure on them. We owned them out there when we put the pressure on, when we kept going to the net creating scoring chances. Thats the type of hockey we need to continue to play. Great game tonight though! I was a little bummed to see Van sorta "run outta gas" in the begining of the third period especially when they played great hockey all night long, but they quickly snapped out of it.

Game 4 on home ice with a 3-1 lead!! YAY thats AWESOME NEWS

Playoff central continues at my place. Make sure to wear Canucks gear!

Couple picks to leave you with

Turco making it look "dramatic"

oh and how could I forget this MITCHELL talk about Awesome play way to stick with the puck dude!!!

2-1 Win OT

I was quiet bummed I didn't get to watch the game last night. Tom and I had to head to work 3hrs early but rest assured we tuned in on the radio and were following the play-by-plays. Good game, few things I wasn't happy with Linden and Pyatt not playing that hot but they made up for it in OT to give us the win. I'm pretty stoked for sure, do you realize that we "technically" haven't been down at all in this series. We won the first game, Dallas tied the series on the second game and now were up on the 2-1. In order for Dallas to win they'd have to win 3 straight now.

So something has been chappin my butt, I'm getting sick of everyone riding the Canucks saying they're on a Luongo train. He's not putting points on the board, sure he's a great goalie but do you hear them saying Turrco is keeping Dallas in the game? or Kipper or Brod? no you don't people need to stop saying that. If anything Turc is keepin Dallas alive and thats it, sure they've had plenty of scoring chances but SO HAS VAN. Grrr I hate critics :P

Thats my vent :P

So the game is on Tuesday at 5pm make sure your wearin your Canucks gear, and let me say it again for the record. IF YOUR NOT A FAN and only come to Dis the Canucks with NEGATIVE ATTITUDE... DON'T COME!!

GO CANUCKS GO

2-0 loss very disappointing!

Two early goals, Turco standing on his head. Its not that there wasn't enough chances we had plenty. Series is tied at 1 a piece.

Let's go Canucks show'em your serious!!!

I'll edit the post when I find out what time the game starts, however I'll be heading out to work around 7:15pm I'm sure it will be cool if you all hang out anyways (let me clear it with my lovely wife first haha)

Good News/Bad News

Good news is that I've got the potential of making some pretty decent coin upwards of $300/day possibly $400 or more. For 6 days work 8pm-8am. Bad news is if this gig does go through Playoff Central will be on hold until the gig is up! I can't turn it down though cause that would be dumb. So I'll be counting on ALL of you guys to keep the party going. As soon as I'm done though Playoff Central will continue at my house!

I'm sorry for those of you that were counting on the game being here but they will commence when I'm done

GO CANUCKS GO

Canucks win 5-4 in Fourth OT CRAZY GAME

WOW intense crazy game 72 saves Frigin insane. My only disappointment in the game was blowing a 2 goal lead and not playing hard for 2 periods. But WOW WOW WOW when they turned it up they owned it out there! Great game. I was on the edge of my seat all night long hoot'n and hollerin after every goal/hit/save. Or getting mad that they weren't playing hard hockey. I hope and pray the rest of the series doesn't go like that. 5.75hrs is along time you can bet they're gonna be tired after that game.
Had a good time glad you guys all came over ~ you know who you are. 6pm Friday is the next game show up early if you want.


On a side note I made dinner tonight :P It was REALLY Good, a few lucky people got to sample it other then my family. Gwen, I had to bring some to her cause she was helpin me out with some tips, things I was unsure of. Rossburger cause she didn't get to eat dinner seeing as she came from work to Playoff Central.

I've been craving Thai Sweet Chili sauce and today my wife was like what do you want for dinner. I always say the same two things Steak and Lobster or I dunno. She's been getting frustrated cause she wants to cook Yummy delights for me and I don't know what to cook. My excuse is that I don't know what we have for food so "you pick" Well today she went out for the day so I had the house to myself and thought why don't I do dinner for her.

Here's the recipe I used:
1/2 Onion ~ diced (could've used more but I thought it was to much, when it wasn't)
couple of garlic cloves crushed
some oil in the pan to saute the garlic and onion
fresh mushrooms sliced and sauted then added to the onions and garlic
4 boneless chicken breasts. (First I bbq'd them with sweet chilli sauce, seasoning salt, garlic salt and coarse pepper.) Then I cut them into bite sized pieces.
Red and Yellow peppers diced up. Then I added the chicken and peppers to the pan and 2 cups of cream (I actually used 3.5 on accident but it worked) then I used 1 cup of a dry white wine, I actually would've preferred to use more but I didn't (next time though)
Then I added some more of the sweet chili sauce to the mix about 3/4 cup and stirred in and let simmer for about 15 mins or more (needed the alcohol to be gone for my wife as she's still feeding the baby)

Then by my wife's choosing I used some angel hair spaghetti noodles and walla there you have it. Dinner ala Chris style. I've always loved cooking just hated the clean up part. So I don't do it a lot. But I might just have to get back into it.

Here's one of the dishes!

Front Window Painted Ready for the Game!!

Puck drops at 7pm show up early!

If your not a Canuck fan don't bother coming.
(that is if your only coming to dis the Canucks)

"YOU HAVE TO BE WEARING CANUCKS GEAR TO GET IN!" For those of you that care there's a Pre-game show to honor the Heroes of '82 that should be good! I'll have some goodies out but if you want to bring something that'd be cool too!

LET'S GO CANUCKS BRING IT HOME!!!

Canuck Central!!!

OK guys here's the deal Playoff central at my place, BYOB I'll try to have some snacks and drinks but seeing as Vancouver is going to go ALL THE WAY that'll get crazy expensive for me so if you bring an appy and some drinks or whatever that'll help out!!.

Here's the catch, if you want to come you HAVE HAVE HAVE to be wearing something Canuck anything I don't care if its old school or new school, or if you have to paint your face. IF your not wearing Canucks gear your not getting in the door!!! Sorry no exceptions!!!

GO CANUCKS GO

Ok Guys Need your input!

We're pretty much sold on the design but please give your input.
Tom and I are finally going to go gun-ho on our business we've talked about it for years and each done it solo, he started it and I continued it when he moved to Vancouver. Now he's back from Australia and Van and were ready and roaring to go.

Here's the card tell me what you think!
**Click on Images to see full resolution**

(Front)


(Back)Anyways please comment and let me know what you think!

Cait sent me pics!

They're gonna get some better pics for me tomorrow with a digital camera. These were taken with his phone and I'm told it does no justice for how swollen it really is.



Here's a good one of Jer trying to make the best of it LOL positive attitude makes for faster healing process I guess haha

Anyways another small prayer request, that God would help provide for him and Cait in this time as he obviously is going to be off work for awhile now and with Truck payments and general life things to pay for its gonna make things tough. Maybe he'll get insurance I don't know So ya just for God to provide for their needs!

Thank you!!

Latest news straight from the Horses Mouth!

OK I talked to my brother today. They did send him home last night, they've asked him to go and see a specialist about his heart. Once the swelling goes down in his eye they will remove the pellet. It's quiet swollen but he's OK, he tried to open it to see out of it but could not *n00b* I told him to leave it alone and to listen to the doctors. Or he could lose the eye completely.

Here's what he said happened.

They were goofing around with the pellet gun, he was carrying a stack of CD cases and the gun, it was loaded but he was holding it by the barrel he set the gun down to set the CD cases up and the gun discharged. It is one of those old school spring loaded pump action guns, the trigger is probably really sensitive and when he put it down thats all it needed. He said his eye was open when it hit, so I'm not sure exactly the extent of the damage. We do know that the pellet is behind his eye in the socket. So please everyone keep him in your prayers/thoughts whatever were hoping that the extent of the damage is done and that he will not lose site in his eye. He said he was going to try and send me a picture, he'd get Cait to take it if he does I'll post it up ;)
Thnx already for your thoughts and prayers!
Chris

Please Pray

Ok this is going to sound VERY crazy, I want to assure everyone that its not what it seems. But it is VERY VERY serious.

My brother was goofin around with some buddies shooting cd's with a pellet gun and dropped a cd cover and went to pick it up and accidentally shot himself in the eye. The good news is that it didn't go through the eye, it went around the eye and its lodged in the back of the socket. They can't do anything with it right now so they're monitoring him.

The REALLY weird thing is that his heart stopped twice... Were not sure exactly why possibly the combination of drugs ***that the hospital gave him*** OD'd him or what we don't know but they've got him on a heart monitor now and watching him.

ANY and ALL prayers are appreciated at this time

Thnx
Chris

UPDATE:
Just got off the phone with my Mom, she said that he is having irregular heart activities so they are checking him for drugs or something. One thing I know he does is smoke pot. Other then that my brother is not known to do anything except drink. She said that when they were in Richmond before being transferred to Surrey that the nurse came in twice in a 30min period and gave him shots both times, shortly after the second time his lips turned blue and he wasn't breathing his heart stopped. They had to bag him and get him going again. This happened twice. Now with the inconsistent beating of his heart they're doing more tests... Please keep him in your prayers

Update 2am
Just got off the phone with mom, was in a bit of a panic... Last time I talked to her she was telling me what was going on and a nurse approached her and she said I have to call you back.. I hadn't heard from her in two hours and both the cell phones weren't answering anymore. So I called the hospital at 1:30am and they said he had be discharged. I was confused but ok, so then ANSWER the phone please someone. Now 2am just got off the phone with Mom and Dad, Dad said that they weren't goofin around with it that Jer was carrying the gun and a pile of CD's and that he was carrying it barrel up, he dropped some of the cd's bent over to pick them up was about 1.5-2feet away from the barrel and somehow accidently triggered the pellet gun. The Eye specialist said that he's VERY lucky where it went in and there's a good chance that he may not lose site in his eye So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray that God has had his hand in this and that my brother doesn't lose his sight in that eye. They did infact discharge him, he wanted to go home anyways he's like me lol.
So the hospital did the tests and found that he's not a crack head and wasn't on other drugs, so they want him to see his GP and get his heart tested. As for the Eye the specialist gave Cait, his girlfriend his card and said that she could call any time day or nite even with simple questions. They gave him some T3's... I guess they're good for him not me :P and he's on complete bed rest for 5days minimum, he has to go in on Tuesday to see the specialist to see if swelling has gone down. To be able to remove the pellet. Apparently the outside damage is really bad, swollen completely shut and ooozing stuffs, even the white of his eye is going to be all bloodied up..

Crazy I'm going to phone him tomorrow and hopefully be able to talk to him and tell him to smarten up with the heart thing and the no breathing thing.. I'll kick his butt later for the pellet thing...

Thanks guys please keep praying I'm gonna go get some sleep.. I hope..

New Post... Yes Dear!

OK so you guys gotta know I'm not updating this blog everyday.. Probably not even every week.

But because my darling wife asked me to update I suppose I should. I recently re-installed my computer.. I hate doing this because I have SOOOO much data to move and so many things configured into my computer that I always seem to miss something. Well this time being the n00b that I am I seemed to have screwed up some how my bookmarks backup. I triple checked it to make sure that I got the right one but some how some way I didn't get them so I've lost ALL my bookmarks. Now to some of you that may not be a huge deal but to me it is, I've got 2 home based businesses, each of which I have a tonne of stuff that I do through the web. Well along with the bookmarks being gone it means that all my User names and Passwords that were saved with the sites that I frequent are gone as well. It hasn't been till the last year or so that I've started using the same 3 passwords depending on the level of security I need to have. So long story short I don't have my bookmarks or my profile :(

Other then that its a few minor things. Office needs to be "validated" now which is LAME, like Microsoft doesn't make enough money.. Oh well "Hey Bill I hacked XP Pro again" haha jerk :P I bought a copy of Vista Ultimate, but I'm not installing that on my old computer and I'm not buying XP cause I don't want to. Part of the problem is that I own more then 4 computers at $180 a pop.. Forget it, why should I have to pay for 4 copies or more... GRRR

Today, Tristan and I walked home from Papa's it was cool except it started to get a bit cold for him. We had a nice walk though. Its always fun to bring him to Dad's for Reno's he brings his tools in and says "OK guys, lets get to work" Such a fun kid!

So its almost 2am and I'm still awake, dumb I know... I don't want to turn back into a night owl but I was so tired today that I had to sleep for a couple hours I was getting a headache, which always seems to turn into a migraine.

Well anyways my lovely wife is letting me sleep in tomorrow after that I'm heading over to Dad's to do some work, the Lozza has graciously accepted to come (in the evening) help me put a couple sheets of drywall up, that will be nice cause I really want to get the roof done. So it feels like another little project is completed. Craig and I were there today and we both think that we need to bring a professional in cause the house is so crooked that its gonna be a BIG BIG job, especially for a couple armature dry wallers :P Since its a finished project that paint can't help to hide it only amplifies the mistakes made, and if we do it were afraid there's going to be allot of mistakes made. I hope Mom and Dad opt for the pro's to come in. They'd have the house done over the weekend no problem. Even if we just get one to come in and give us some pointers or whatever.

My Mom is going to be here in 11 sleeps that's going to be fun, she told my Dad that if she can find work here she's not coming home this time. He can pack the house up and deal with the sale and stuff she's tired of missing everything with the kids. She wants to be around for her grand kids. It would be great to have her and my step-dad here. More babysitters :P Jk In all seriousness it would just be nice to be near family that's from my side for once :P I haven't lived with my mom technically since I was 8, however I did live there for a couple months when I was 20 I moved to Van for work. Anyways Tristan loves his "Grammi" so it will be good, and she hasn't met Olivia so that will be exciting. Especially since its the first girl in 4 generations, well except for on her side obviously :P but a granddaughter is always exciting!

Haha quick side note before I go to bed. My little Diva dropped a bomb on Mommy today, Christy was changing her bum and was about to put a clean diaper on her and she blew up, got her all cleaned up and she did it again!! Funny stuff, I didn't like that it was getting on the carpet but its funny now LOL

Joni says its time to Update. Must listen ;-)

Ok so I dunno what to post, things have been good at home chillin with the fam is AWESOME. Thanks to everyone who spoiled my daughter. Setting the bar so high for me now I'm always gonna be broke instead of most of the time. HAHA She's not getting her own cell phone and credit card though I'll tell you that now ;)

I've got the spring cleaning bug I want to fix my shed up, insulate the roof and finish the gip-rock inside maybe make some new shelves.. Clean up the back yard too. I wish it would stop snowing and warm up already.. Thats not something I normally say I love winter and snow but Enough is Enough.

My mom is coming soon she's getting all giddy like a school girl to see the kids, it will be nice to have her here. Becoming her annual visit, there's talk of her and Dad moving here so we'll see. It could happen Dad is between jobs and could probably get on at Alcan without trying.

Anyways I'm just chillin right now listening to Smashing Pumpkins, oddly cause I don't usually listen to them. So ya there's an update


Let me leave you with the Champ and my beautiful girl "Little Diva"!
Be blessed everyone!

My First Week off as a Full time Dad

Well I thought I'd post just to update you all on family life. I sure am glad that I took time off to be with my family I love being able to play with Tristan and help Christy with Olivia as much as I can, however with all the laundry, dishes and cleanup I've been doing I'm THAT much more thankful for my wife and all the wonderful things she does for us! I'm used to helping out but doing the majority of things this past week is crazy. What a blessing it has been that everyone has been preparing meals for my family, I don't know if I could handle cooking and all the other tasks I've been doing :P We've some great meals and treats dropped off. Joni keeps surprising us with phone calls and yummy delights its great! Thank you Thank you! Thank you to all of you who've cooked meals for us its been awesome!

A nurse (Katherine, friend of the family) came by today and did a check up on Olivia and she's gained all but 2oz of her birth weight back, she's a little jaundice but apparently not too much to worry about because she's having enough feedings and bowel movements, we have an appt. with the Dr. on Tuesday at 10am so we'll see what Skippy says. She also reassured Christy about some things she's been nervous about which is good.

So ya things are going good, oddly I'm sorta missing work. Not going to work or getting up for work but not being at work seems odd for me. Maybe because I know its not just for a week or two but till June 4th. Crazy Crazy Crazy. I don't know if I can do it :P I might go batty we'll see though.

Anyways thanks for reading I'm out

Blessings

Home Sweet Home

OK just a quick update to let you all know that we are in fact HOME!! Were just chilling out right now, if you want to come for a visit give us a call and we'll see how the girls are doing.

The nurse came in and said I've talked to Dr. Almas and she won't be in till later in the afternoon but she said if you want to go you can. We both jumped up and I took all the gifts and flowers to the Van and then came back for Mommy and Baby.

We stopped at Walmart quick and headed home, some friends from outta town stopped by and are hanging out fun fun :D

Blessings all

Edit:
Our friends all took off and were just chillin out, such a blessing to have good friends. They blessed us with Lunch from Pizza Hut and there's enough left overs for us to pick at it for the rest of the night. Tristan was holding Olivia again and getting her a blanket. He's enjoying her and when she was sitting on the couch he wanted to get changed into a sleeper like hers and cuddle beside her. He brought his cars blanket and covered her up cause she was cold. Its cool, I pray that he will treasure her always! We're making a point to include him in everything because we don't want him to get jealous or anything. So far so good. Mommy is going to spend some quality time with him after the next feeding/changing he'll like that!

Later!

Day 2!

Hi All!
Thanks for the comments we appreciate them all Christy can hardly wait to get home to be welcomed and congratulated by her blogging buddies and family members! Thank you to all the visitors today you blessed us!

Mommy and baby both did Great last night Olivia slept pretty much through the night one hick-up is about it but I won't go into to many details, long story short Christy had to get some assistance which she hates doing especially when the nurses who already do so much are swamped like they were. But it was all sorted and taken care of.

Olivia slept great cuddled with Mommy for a little bit and all was well. Throughout the day there was a constant stream of visitors which was awesome especially for my sake ha ha I had a migraine and it was killin me I stayed till 1pm and brought Tristan home for a nap, we both slept for almost 4hrs so he must have been tired as well. My migraine cooled to a headache and I went back to the hospital, but it was pretty bad I felt pretty nauseous.

Tonight I hung out for the rest of the night and tucked Olivia and Mommy in for bed at about 10pm they were both pooped. Christy and I went for a nice little walk through the halls and just chilled out it was a nice night with our daughter. Tristan hung out with Nana and Papa, which I have to say have been a HUGE blessing for Christy and I we appreciate them SOOOO Very much! Nana is already spoiling her new girl, been shopping twice today both times with an abundance of goodies and clothes!! Sure blesses our socks off.

So I leave you with a few pictures some of which are my fave. I was looking forward to this moment the most besides the arrival of our daughter. Tristan meeting his baby sister. He was pretty excited Nana and Papa took him shopping and bought sister something and he came running in wanting to give it to her..







Awesome eh!!

Anyways Olivia wanted to say goodnight to everyone out there and thanks you for your love and prayers!




Quick Update: Were hoping to head home tomorrow morning and get settled, please feel free to stop by and visit at home!!

Olivia Grace Colborne!!!

My BEAUTIFUL daughter blessed us with her coming at 9:09pm She was 9lbs 11.5Oz and 22inches long. She's got strawberry blond hair maybe darker, we'll see after her bath. She's gorgeous though!!

My wife is the most incredible woman EVER. The epidural seemed to not really work this time with Tristan there was almost nothing for pressure until "Go" time with Olivia there was pressure almost all night so ya I can't believe how well she did. The pressure started getting really really bad, and the nurse checked her and she was 6.5cm's and then the pressure got REALLY REALLY bad and about 5mins later or less she was 9.5cm's It was really incredible how fast it happened. The birth took about 2mins honestly, its on video. 3 really big pushes and there she was.

A Big thanks to Mom Dad and Ruth, Dr.Almas and the Nurses!! Huge Blessing thank you thank you!

Now for the revealing of my beautiful baby girl!!



All tucked in and ready for bed!

Good night my princess!!



Quick update: Christy wants Visitors, so don't be shy!!

She Got her Drugs lol

Wow what a trooper I'm SO proud of her she went FOREVER without anything, couple Demerol's last night and that was it, the Contractions obviously started getting a bit worse and the pain a lot worse but she pushed through. The hospital has been a MAD HOUSE literally. They had to medi-vac someone to Vancouver so Christy sorta got put on the back-burner till about 6:30 then she got her glorious epidermal and finally chucked her cookies (had been feeling like it since about 2:30 3:00 o'clock. Now she's basking in the drugs and only feeling slight pressure. She's gonna catch a couple mins maybe an hour of Zzzz's and then they're gonna move things right along.

At current she's just over 6cm's and rounding and the baby is +1

Thanks for all the support and Prayers.

Just a shout out to Mike, Moe Mark Leah and Ryan. Watching my boy!! HUGE Blessing guys REALLY really appreciate it!!

Quick Update

I Dropped by Mike and Moe's to see Tristan and have lunch so I thought I would quickly update you guys..

Were in the hospital LOTS of progress and Dr. Almas decided to break her water at 10:30 she was 1cm left on her Cervix and VERY soft and I think she said 4cm dialated. She's still feeling sick and contractions are still happening so everything is still progressing. She's having a bath and trying to relax so here I am. but I am heading back to the Hos now that Tristan is sleeping.

Thanks for your prayers everyone!

Blessings.

Quick Update

I Dropped by Mike and Moe's to see Tristan and have lunch so I thought I would quickly update you guys..

Were in the hospital LOTS of progress and Dr. Almas decided to break her water at 10:30 she was 1cm left on her Cervix and VERY soft and I think she said 4cm dialated. She's still feeling sick and contractions are still happening so everything is still progressing. She's having a bath and trying to relax so here I am. but I am heading back to the Hos now that Tristan is sleeping.

Thanks for your prayers everyone!

Blessings.

9:30AM Were going back to the Hospital.

So here's the scoop, We slept last night the contractions were constant but Christy slept thats the important thing. Her nauseous-ness has turned into full blown puking and me being the wuss that I am can't help her. Seems that Tristan (stayed at Aunty Ruth's) is having sympathy puke's for mommy. Thankfully he made it to the bathroom... REALLY Sorry guys I promise he wasn't sick when he left!. Were heading back to the hospital, to be gelled again I'm assuming however with the progress thats been happening I don't know if they are going to Gel her so I guess we'll see. She's relaxing right now in the tub and then were going to head down so again Thank you for keeping her in your prayers I, we really appreciate it!!

Blessings

12:14AM Off the the Hospital 1:41 Home

We thought, possibly that her water broke. Seems it was just some mucus, well a lot I guess? I don't know these sorta things. Anyways... we were going to go but the nurses said to come. So we did. Now its 1:41AM and were going back to bed. She's feeling a bit nauseous and I think she chucked her cookies when we got home. I can't help with that cause then we'll both be puking :( I did last time with Tristan and had to go get fresh air after the third heave ho... Yuck..

Anyways this is crazy fun exciting I couldn't even sleep, before we left I just started to sorta fall asleep and I was dreaming of the slugs from "Flushed Away" they were singing to me, then Christy says "Oh Oh Hun I think my water just broke" Ha ha

So she got another shot of Demerol and were going to try to get some sleep.. Thanks for all the prayers guys we appreciate it!

OK Here's an Update!

So were back from the hospital sorry for putting everyone on alarm, here's the latest news she's progressed about 2.5cm's on her cervix and the baby is dropping, she dilating but not quite ready. They gave her a shot of Demerol and she's already not making any sense when she talks (It's Great) Were actually REALLY REALLY happy it didn't happen right now, I know that sounds weird but their were 3 other girls in there when we were in. All came in within about 20mins of each other, one or maybe two got sent home not sure and one delivered a baby girl. Everyone in our room was crying (except me :P) it was cool, I'll admit I was a bit emotional sitting next to my darling wife as she was having her contractions. She's a trooper I'm proud of her. Anyways, the reason we were happy is cause we got put into Delivery Room 4, which is basically a storage closet with a bed. So yah we called Joni to tell her that she's "Most Likely" the winner of the baby poll. She laughed and said that Olivia isn't ready her nails aren't done! I like that funny stuff she'll come out when she's all glamored up HAHA good stuff. Anyways there you go 3 posts in one day.. I think I'll post a link to on my wife's blog cause I don't want to type it twice!

Blessings

Contractions Contractions Contractions

Ok I'm posting in two places.. here and on my wife's blog (or trying to anyways) were off to the Hospital Contractions happening 3-4 mins apart and 1-3mins long so I'll try to keep you all posted. Keep her in your prayers

Blessings

Finally I'm Done!!

OK the day has finally arrived, I am officially done work until June 4th or possibly November... Depending on some "things" at work. I may never go back to CGI. I might just look for a new job OR if my business picks up enough during my time off then I'll just keep doing that. Anyways on to more important news. My darling wife whom I love ever so much. Will be in the hospital tomorrow getting "gel'd" so we should see our new baby any time now. I'm so excited I could pee Ooooops... But seriously its going to be loads of fun and we can't wait. We've been eagerly anticipating the arrival of our new baby and were OK with it being either sex. We've been told a few times that its a girl, but were prepared and more then happy with whatever it is. Olivia Grace or Zachariah Daniel. I know a lot of people are riding on it being a girl and so are we.. At least my Credit Card and Bank Account thinks so anyways. But like I said, either way and were gonna be happy. Yes even me :P Whatever the sex, its a precious gift on loan from God, and we'll do our best to honor that and raise our kids up in the way that they should go!! Thank you everyone for your prayers covering my family, we appreciate them all. I'll try to be diligent in posting news and pics of the baby each night while my wife is in the hospital. We love you all and your a blessing to us..

Thank you and God Bless!!

I guess were day to day now!

So time is winding down for my wife. She's getting anxious nervous and excited all at the same time! She thought that last night was possibly the night, was probably just "gas" ha ha I guess we'll see could be a little midget coming in the next couple hours? Or any day now, either way were stoked. I think we've finally made up our minds on a name. If its a girl (which were pretty sure it is) her name will be Olivia Grace, if its a boy, his name will be Zak Daniel or Zachariah, so we'll see what happens. I'm counting the days though, its tough cause I've already in my heart given up on work cause I'm taking 4months off, maybe more. With the raises going south (for all of us) we've sorta got this mentality at work right now too, it really sucks. The truth of the matter is that I've been spending a lot more time with my family and particularly with my son, not that we didn't before but it seems to be all I'm doing lately, and I've REALLY enjoyed it. We were running around being silly all last night dancing and making Mommy laugh. He really is an amazing kid so happy, and so excited to being having a baby in the house, he wants to hold her like Daddy holds him. I know he's going to be protective too cause we were wrestling and I said lets tickle Mommy and we started and it was cool till Mommy said "Stop" and he grabbed my face and was like "No Daddy, Leave my Mommy alone" :D I've been teaching him to not hit girls ever so I hope he sticks to that cause its one of those things that I'm really strict on. We protect girls, we don't' hit them. He'll be a great big brother though I know it. Anyways as the final days/hours wind down we can't wait for the new addition to our family! Any day now, so please keep my wife in your prayers. Thanks guys!