A Girl is a Girl.......

When Renee was pregnant with our second child, we decided not to find out what it was going to be...a boy or a girl. I figured, I had my son already with Scottie so whatever popped out would be great. I never gave it much thought what it would be like to have a girl since all I knew was what it was like to have a boy since Scottie was already 2 years old. So when the Doctor yelled out, "it's a girl!!", I was thrilled! Since the first day, Cori has been my princess. When she was a baby, I would love to hold her while she slept. She has been and always will be, my little girl.

Cori's birthday - turning 10!

Father's Day picture - my favorite picture of all time....

Obon

Daddy and his princess

Cori has always loved to take pictures...funny thing is, she would never allow big while bows in her hair now....

Goal of the Year ?

Another reason why I think hockey is the coolest game on earth......


Goal of the Year ? Of the Millenium ?

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A Day In The Snow......

So what do you do when you are stuck at an airport with more than an hour before your flight? You blog! But let's think about this for a quick second....10 years ago, I would not be able to do something like this because I would not have been able to get on the Internet in a public location like this. We have made some amazing advances in technology and I often wonder where we will be at in another 10 years.....

Now on to the subject at hand....a day in the snow. The other week, we took a trip to the snow with a few of Renee's cousins. They all have kids around the same age.....actually, Amy and Ritch have kids exactly the same age....all 3 months apart from ours. Jimmy and Jane have baby Eva who is still a toddler and this was her first trip to the snow. It was fun to see her reaction to snow for the very first time in her life. I can't take credit for the pics....Jimmy is the photographer extraordinaire so I need to give him props....thanks Di-Di.

Cori and her best cousin, Amanda.

Justin and his arsenal of snow balls...

Justin

From left to right.....Jared, Scott, Justin and Alex

Base camp....

Baby Eva and her introduction to snow....

Cori

Scott with Jared in the background

Amy and Renee - When Amy and Renee were young, they used to play together a lot. It's fun to see how their daughters (Cori and Amanda) are now best cousins with each other much like they were when they were young....

Life is going to the dogs....

So the other night, I had a dream. I dreamed that my old dog Jordy, who just passed last year, came back to visit me. In my dream, he was still "dead" but he was alive...if you know what I mean. He was very dirty and very smelly. In my dream, I gave him a bath and and brushed his hair and he was fine again. He looked and smelled clean. After he was all clean, I hugged him and he was happy. Jordy has always been an outside dog. We tried bringing him in the house but it would freak him out, he would try to dig his way out. So he always stayed outside and he was always rolling around in the dirt...so he was always dirty and stinky. As soon as I would give him a bath, the first thing he would do was go roll in the dirt. Strange dog....but I always felt guilty for leaving Jordy outside in the hot or cold weather...dirty and stinky. But when I layed him down to rest, he didn't seem dirty or stinky to me but that guilt has always hung over me. I think in some way, Jordy came back to me to let me know that he was okay. I still feel guilty but I do feel a little better....

This is a pircure of Jordy when he was young and before we had kids....why else would you dress your dog up for Halloween?

So our dog now, Zildjian, who we adopted about 3 years ago, is really not a dog. He is a dog who thinks he's a person or a person who is a dog....not sure yet. But he is very much like me in everyway possible. We even look alike, at least I think so...he is my best buddy. When I am home, he follows me everywhere I go....if I go to the bathroom, he waits for me outside the door. If I work on the computer, he lays next to me. If I'm upstairs watching TV, lays with me. Everywhere I go...he's there. Sometimes it drives me crazy but in the end, all he wants is a pat on the head and a scratch on the belly. I wish life was always this simple....

Zilly, as we call him, laying on my home office while I work........

Zilly poking his head in while I work

Zilly just being Zilly

Zilly poking his nose through the opening of my work chair, try dealing with this while talking to customers on the phone...