Small Family

We're back

2006-08-13T07:33:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

Well, we are back from our fantastic family vacation. We have been back for a few days now but things have seemed so hectic that we didn't get a chance to update this yet. We had an absolutely wonderful time. It was sad to leave but still good to get back. Tyrone, Randy and I nearly froze in the Deer Lake airport (a whopping 12 degrees when we were used to 30-40 degrees). We saw and did so many things in that 2 weeks that we will never remember it all. However, here are a few reminders of some of our favourites.

Here we are at MGM studios! My favourite!!

Tyrone is getting soaked at the Curious George
water park! (He is in the orange tank top under
the water)

This is what Randy calls his "paparazzi shot"
of Pluto!

Ty and Randy enjoying the Mighty Ducks
pool at Disney!

We saw some gorillas at play...amazing!

We also saw tigers lazing around.

We rode a roller coaster through Mt.Everest
(as shown in the background ) and were
chased by the infamous Yeti!

Randy reunited with his first love...Gremlins!

Chip and Dale would not pose with us until we
gave them some of Ty's candy that he just bought.
Little Devils!

Finally, our favourite ride, the rockin'
roller coaster! Upside down loops and
corkscrews...what a thrill....rode it 4 times.

Sea World!!!!

2006-07-28T20:05:00.000-07:00

Hello to those of you who are checking this blog regularly. We had another fantastic day in the sunshine state. We hit Sea World today. It was fantastic. The very first ride we headed for was Journey to Atlantis (the drop part of the ride can be seen in the background behind Ty!!!

We fed birds and even chipmunks!! With all those french fries though, Randy figures the animals will soon have a heart attack!! Poor little clogged arteries!

It was a beautiful day and the scenery is amazing! Of course, we did see none other than the famous Shamu!!!! The Shamu show was great but we were sitting in the soak zone, which meant that Shamu splashed us with his tail and we got soaked...and I mean soaked. I did, however, manage to get a picture of Shamu before I had to put the camera away so it wouldn't get soaked as well.

Tomorrow, we are going to take it a little easier and spend the day by the pool and near the hotel. We may go play some minigolf and catch a movie too!! Even though there will be no theme parks, we will still have a blast.

Catch you tomorrow.

Melanie, Randy and Ty

What a day!!!!

2006-07-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

We spent a very full day at Universal Studios today....it was awesome!!! We left the hotel at 8:20 and returned at 11:00. We rode quite a few rides...the mummy ride was the most extreme of the day but Ty's favourite was Men In Black (Alien Attack). We are having a wonderful time. Here are a few pics of the day. Tomorrow we are heading to Sea World. Can't wait. Till tomorrow!

We're here!!

2006-07-26T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

Well, it was an early rise of 3 am but we are finally here. We have already been to the hotel pool for a swim and we are now going to look for something to eat. It's a beautiful day and we are so excited to be here. I will update again later. Bye for now.

Back at Marble again!

2006-07-18T06:49:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I am writing to you from the wonderful Marble Mountain again. This is my very last course for my masters (yeeeaaa!!!) I will be completly finished in a few days. It has been a few weeks of hard work doing research and writing a research paper.

Ty is having a fantastic summer. He had an excellent report card so his lazy summer attitude is well deserved.

Ty, Randy and I are heading off to Florida next Wednesday, July 26th. We are all exciting (I'm a little nervous over the plane but I guess I just have to deal with it) We are hitting Disneyworld, Universal Studios, Seaworld, and god knows what else (Randy is always in charge of the itinerary). We will be adding photos daily of our trip to this blog so don't forget to check out our pics!!!!

Keith is home now....so good to have him back for a few weeks! He's off to Korea again in just a few more weeks. What an interesting world he lives in!

Dwayne will be home in a week or so. Can't wait to see him too (although Keith visits the Small house much more than Dwayne will....yes Dwayne, that is a challenge!). We will be in Florida when he lands but we will see him when we return.

Aunt Joy is coming in one week (yeaaaa!) I will get to spend a few days with her before I go.

Anyhoo, I must be going now and get back to work.

Remember, keep checking the blog from July 26 to August 9 for Florida pics.

Bye

The end is near

2006-04-01T15:20:00.000-08:00

Hello again,

I thought that I would write a little update again while I am waiting for some pictures to upload onto my email. Everything is going excellent with us as usual (we are so blessed, aren't we?). Ty is still doing excellent in school (although he sometimes needs that little nudge, as we all did ) and has gotten the highest mark in class in his last Social Studies and Math tests. Randy, Tyrone and I had our first barbeque of the year today (April 1st).....can you imagine. There is no snow left on the patio and it was warm enough for Randy to barbeque with just his t-shirt on! Ty and I are counting down the weeks until summer vacation which is not too far away. Tyrone had his 12th birthday party two weeks ago (20 twelve-year olds....AAAAHHHH!). Then the week after that, Ty, mom, Erin, Denise (my colleague at school) and I went to see Rex Goudie in concert...he was really good live! We have been keeping busy and happy. Bye for now.

P.S. Check out Keith's blog...it is very funny! His address should be linked on my main page.

It's been a long long time

2006-02-28T13:10:00.001-08:00

I know it has been a long time since we have updated our blog but I guess if my big brother has created one, I am not to be outdone!!! I have actually tried to update this blog 3 or 4 times with pictures, but it won't publish for some reason. Oh well.
Anyway, all is well. We had a fantastic Christmas! We even hosted 2 parties which turned out to be a very good investement with all the alcoholic beverages that were left at our house by various guests. Randy was impressed with that investement!
I have to go now and eat some pancakes....it is pancake day!!!! I will hopefully update again soon.
Bye

Getting ready for school!

2005-08-18T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

It's getting down to the crunch now. School will soon be here. Tyrone and I can't wait (ha!)
For those of you who are wondering what both of my brothers are doing in Asia, they are teaching English. Randy and I are slowly but surely getting the house done the way we want it...we have our kitchen island installed and the ceramic tiles are sitting on top....in the box! We'll get it finished by Christmas hopefully. I'll post pics of the finished rooms soon so that you can see the differences (for those of you who have seen the house before). By the way, those of you who shared in the Masters seminar this summer will find it interesting to know that I am posting this blog through my laptop while standing in my kitchen. I was so inspired by the wireless communication at our seminar, I went and bought a router! I know...I'm a nerd :)
Maple is doing fine but Gizmo is not so great. The dog is not very nice to the cat. Although she is playing with him, she plays super rough and her tail now has 50% less fur than before. Poor thing. Hopefully Maple will calm down when she gets spayed next week. Anyway, I will try to continue updating my blog...keep checking because you never know.

Slow going

2005-08-06T11:05:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone
Sorry I haven't written in a while but I thought I would write today for those of you who are checking up (right Michele...ha ha). I am now finished my masters course so I am now concentrating on getting my house straightened up as we only moved in just before the masters course began. Before I know it, I will be travelling to school to get my classroom all fixed up...time moves fast! Both of my brothers are now as far away from me as possible...Keith is in Korea and Dwayne is in Japan. I decided to include a pic of Keith in Korea since I had it and because he is so darn handsome (but I didn't get his permission...I hope he doesn't sue me :). Eventually I will have the whole family on the page. I am going to take a pic of myself and Randy and Tyrone soon as well for those of you who requested it (Aunt Joy :) ). Well that's it for now. I'll update again soon. Bye

Trying to keep this updated

2005-07-25T00:10:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I am trying to do my best at keeping this weblog updated. Our weekend was pretty busy. On Saturday night, we went to Randy's cousin's (Dave) wedding. It was really nice and their little girl is absolutely gorgeous. On Sunday, we celebrated our anniversary. Well, I cannot really say celebrated since I was doing work for my masters course for most of the day (up to eleven o'clock at night!) Happy anniversary to us :) Anyway, I don't have any more pics to upload yet. Keep visiting.

Gizmo

2005-07-21T06:32:00.000-07:00

Since I posted a pic of our new puppy, I realized that I cannot leave our cat, Gizmo out. Here he is.

New addition to family

2005-07-21T06:06:00.000-07:00

Hey, I'm back sooner than I thought! I am still at my masters course but I decided to try and place some pics on my weblog. For anyone who doesn't know yet, we have recently adopted a beagle puppy from a rescue organization called BeaglePaws (www.beaglepaws.com). She is a sweet (yet hyper) pup who is very happy to have a good home, I'm sure. Here is her picture.

Just starting

2005-07-21T05:13:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

I am at Marble Mountain at the moment doing my masters course and this is what we are learning about...creating blogs. I don't know if Iwill keep this updated. Probably not. Anyone who knows me should understand this. I will post something about the whole family later hopefully.