Quote of the Day

Words of wisdom by Kristen.
"Mom it's weird it's pregnant then baby, pregnant then baby, pregnant then baby!"
I chuckled and replied "Yes Kristen, that's usually how it works!!"

Babies Babies Babies!!!

As you may know our family has had a baby boom.
Jay and Jen- Annika almost 1yo
Jen and Doug- Brayden 1 week old
NOW
we have another baby to anticipate
Yes that's right!!
Graham and Rebeka are expecting in July.
Congratulations!!

1st Game

My 1st exhibition game was good. We expected to loose badly, but only lost by 5. I had 4 fouls against me and 2 fouls on me. I was the biggest guy out there and did well (if i do say so myself.) We played th Borden Jets "A" team and i am on the "B" team so this was our 1st game and we played our best.
Jacob
5:52 PM

Brian Littrell- (BackStreet Boys)

Interesting day yesterday!!
I was listening to Life 100.3 yesterday morning and I called in for Breakfast Club Trivia. The question was how did Brian Littrell meet his wife. Well I was caller #1 and I guessed high school sweethearts. ( like Al and I) well I was WRONG!! so they took caller #2 who was WRONG, caller #3 had a 50/50 chance and was still wrong so I called again and was caller #4 and won by default. Yeah!! I won a $25 gift cert for Crock and Block. (Enough for appetizer and dessert). At least it was something. BUT then they took all the winners of the week and did a grand prize draw for Back Stage Passes to Brian Littrell Concert in November to meet Brian Littrell.
http://www.brianlittrellmusic.com/ - check out his website to listen to his music and learn more about Brian Littrell!!
Well guess what I WON AGAIN!! and Al and I are going to the concert in Novemeber and meeting Brian Littrell who just put out his first solo album of Christian music. He is a member of the Back Street Boys a main stream pop group. So today I went out and bought his CD so I can become more familiar with his music.
All this by 9:00 in the morning.

The rest of the day I spent chaperoning the grade 11's to Stratford to see
Much Ado about Nothing. It was great!! If you get a chance to go GO it was so funny and of course like all Stratford plays very well done.
I drove through Kitchener with the kids and wanted to stop off and see my new nephew but of course we were on a tight time frame so I will have to wait ....

Brayden Thomas

Congratulations to Jennifer (my sister) and Doug on the safe arrival of their new baby boy. Brayden Thomas. Mom and baby are doing great. You can see pictures of Brayden on Jen and Doug McLellan link from this web page. Please feel free to post a congratulations. Jen loves getting blog mail. This will be our first nephew on the Wagensveld side and the first boy cousin for my kids on this side. Yeah!! Welcome Brayden to our family.
Kim and Al

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING

Cross country meet was yesterday and both Jake and Melissa are on the team. Melissa was a sub so she didn't run in the meet but she ran each practise which is about 3 km three times a week. I wish I could say I'm doing that .
Jacob ran in the meet and came in 8 out of 18. His team came in first in his division so they got to take home the big trophy again this year. Good job Jacob. Funny enough the shortest kid in that age group came in first. Boy he can run like the wind. Melissa team came in 2nd. Melissa and Jake are both trying out for Volleyball now and Melissa just found out yesterday she made the team and Jake finds out today. Still 2 after school practises a week. Lots of driving back and forth. Maybe we should have bought a house closer to the school. I'll keep you posted about whether Jacob makes the team.
Kim

Kristen's Project on the dodo bird

So the grade 4 project is on birds and Kristen picked the dodo bird. We started out not knowing much at all about the dodo bird but now we all know more than we ever wanted to know about the dodo bird. Part of the project was to write a poem or song so Kristen decided on a song and with the help of her dad this is what they came up with. Enjoy.
PS the picture above has no copyright on it since it is so old a drawing. We are allowed to use it.
To the tune of
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”

Dodo dodo dodo bird
You’re extinct haven’t you heard
You ate berries and some fish
Then you ended on a dish.
You weren’t used to seeing men
So you thought they were your friends.

When you got so very close
they turned you into a roast
And because you couldn’t fly
There’s no refuge in the sky
So they caught you left and right
Then began your final fight

When the humans left the land
They left behind some dogs and ham
But the ham it had some legs
And it trampled all your eggs
And soon there were no more of you
That’s your story sad but true…..

Dodo dodo dodo bird
You’re extinct haven’t you heard.

By Kristen Borgdorff

Hearty Potato Soup

Well with this cold weather we have had this past week and the morning being so dark. I'm thinking about cooking some of my old favourites. Here's one I thought I would share.
1- medium onion- chopped
1/3 cup of green pepper -chopped
1 clove (at least) of garlic- minced
1 tbl spoon of margarine (you can use olive oil too)
Saute above ingredients for 3-4 minutes you can do this in a soup pan then...
Add
1/2 cup of chicken broth ( I use the packets and make my own from that)
2 carrots slice and diced
1/4 cup of celery
4 small potatoes
pinch of nutmeg - (I have used currie powder instead for a different taste)
2 1/2 cup of milk
pinch of salt and pepper
Simmer 35-45 minutes
Puree when it's still warm and serve.
I sometimes grate cheese on the top of my cream soups it looks nice and it taste great.
I generally double this recipe for my family if we are eating it for a main course and I will usually have enough for lunch for 2 people the next day.
Let me know if you try it sometime this winter.
Kim

Today

Yeah it's the weekend. It was a short week but for some reason it still took a long time for the weekend to come. We plan to kick back and relax and wait for a phone call from my sister who's is due any day. Please feel free to post a note and say hi!

Basketball

Jacob made the Royals Basketball team and is practicing 2 nights a week and his first weekend tournament is in November. So far he is loving it!

Graham and Rebecca

Al's brother Graham and his wife Rebecca enjoying an evening with family and friends.

Melissa and Katelyn Entertaining

Melissa and Katelyn played their flutes for the dinner guests at Al's parents 45th wedding anniversary. Summer 2006

In Mexico- March 2005

Enjoying sun and surf in Mexico!

Going to Mexico

Al and Kim on the life boat going to Mexico 2005- Mexican Riveria Stampin'Up! cruise.