deck_finished

deck_finished
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And here is the finished deck, well almost finished,we still have to redo the stairs down(that will benext weekend)

deck_start

deck_start
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This weekend Murray(my father in-law), my Dad, and myself build a deck of the back of our house. Theis is the deck half way done.

104.4km

104.4km
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odometer from my ride on Saturday morning. This is th efarthest I have gone on a bike at one time.

grandpaD_keir_

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From this weekend, Keir and Grandpa skipping stones.

cottage_feet

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here is the re-make of the pic at the top of the webpage. Keir's feet are a little bigger than the first pic.

cottage_flying

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Keir flying in the air.

cottage_flex

cottage_flex
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This is Keir flexing his "muscles" for the camera! We spent lots of time in the water as it was pretty hot the whole weekend.

bird_nest

bird_nest
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Pics from our long weekend at the cottage, look close there is a little bird sticking its head out.

cowboy_keir

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Keir being a cowboy!

dad_day1

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From Father's Day pinic we had the sunday after the triathlon.

-triing-

Last weekend I did my first trithlon of the season. It was the Ottawa Riker Keeper Olympic Distance Triathlon. This was also my first Olympic Distance. Olympic (or International) is 1500m swim 40km Bike and 10km run. I had a lot of fun, the swim was interesting... the morning was actually a little stormy and the wind made some strong waves. The swim was three laps and going out was very diffcult as you were going into the waves and wind. The first lap was diffcult but by the third lap I was actually feeling good. 34min was my swim time (including my transition, change from swim to bike), I was a little disapointed with that time but considering the conditions I will take it. On to the bike, I felt good my calfves were a little tight. I started to make up ground on the people who had passed me on the swim. Finished the bike 1hr12min. The run went well, I could have pushed a little harder on the first 3km's but it was a learning experiences. I finshed 46mins for the run and a total time of 2hr 33mins, 39th overall. I really did learn a lot and know what I need to work on for the next triathlon in August.
The are some photos below and you can see some more here at the photo services website
Keir had fun watching dad and actually wanted to follow me into the water!!
That is all fo now
Take care

rk_tri5

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Keir playing with my finishers medal

rk_tri4

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The start of the run

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on the bike 2

rk_tri3

rk_tri3
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on the bike

rk_tri1

rk_tri1
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running on the beach to give Keir a kiss on the second lap

rk_tri6i

rk_tri6i
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diving at the start

rk_tri7

rk_tri7
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the start of the swim

blue_eyes

blue_eyes
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Blue eyes, blonde hair.

driveway_dig_up

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This is a pic from when we were up at the cottage at the end of May. Keir decided to dig up the driveway.

marathon_2006

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Me at about 26-27km, I was not smiling 5km later!

gran_keir

gran_keir
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Keir and his Granny H on Grandpa D's birthday

waving

waving
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Here is Keir waving to cosmo(our cat) who is inside our house.

-RUGBY-

So on Wednesday, my Dad and I went out to watch Scotland play Canada in Rugby. It was part of the Barclays Churchill Cup. It is an invitation tournament put on by Rugby Canada and USA Rugby, they invite different teams each year. This year in pool A was England, Scotlan and Canada in pool B in was Ireland, New Zeland, and USA. Most of the country don't send their top squad except USA and Canada. The idea is that the teams get experience and Canada and USA top teams also can play a "competitive" team.
Anways, it was a great game Scotland won 15-10. The Canadian were unlucky to not win, they carried the play in the second half and if it wasn't for a couple of dropped balls they could have had a couple of tries.
My dad and I both enjoyed it very much.
Take care
Ewan

-Back at it-

All right two post in one week, that has got to be some kind of record!
Just wanted to post so photos on my marathon weekend.
There are a bunch of photos here.
It is a rainy weekend here, a lot different than last weekend and the heat.
That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

Man I am slacking...

Again I have let a couple of weeks go between posts. I got to get back on track.
Anyways, update time: Keir is doing great. His vocabulary and speaking skills are really growing everyday. He is speaking in sentances, he also seems to be a bit of a song bird. We catch him regularly breaking out into songs. His current favorite is "Itsy bitsy spider".
The basement is finished and we are enjoying it. It has been very hot the past couple of days, and the basement stays nice and cool.
Last sunday(may 28th) I finished the National Capital Marathon. I missed my goal time by a one minute and 30 seconds. My time was 3hrs 21min 30sec, but it was very hot and humid on race day so I was happy to finish so close to my goal time, I passed a lot of people who were walking as the heat had gotten to them.
That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

feeding_teddy

feeding_teddy
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Been a while since I put up any photos, so there is a couple of new ones below (also of the finished basement).
In this photo Keir is sharing his cookie with his teddy bear (Neal if you are reading this you might reconize the bear, Keir borrowed it one day while he was over at my parents place!).
We thought it was very nice that Keir was sharing...

feeding_teddy2

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This is where "teddy's" cookie ended up, in Keir's mouth.

say_cheese

say_cheese
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This is Keir saying "Cheese", he is a bit of a ham!

trampoline2

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Here he is jumping of the "trampoline"

trampoline1

trampoline1
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So here is Keir on his "trampoline", it is actually the top of his sandbox, but he seemed to get some good bounces on it!

finished basement1

finish_base1
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So the basement is basically finished!
Just have to finish a little paint and the light fixtures

finished basement2

finish_base2
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Here is a good shot showing the carpet and most of the basement

finished basement3

finish_base3
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Here is another shot of the basement, the stairs to go up are on the left behind the wall.

finished basement4

finish_base4
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All the tools from the basement project

keir_couch_wave

keir_couch_wave
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Keir waving to everyone out there.
Hello!

keir_couch2

keir_couch2
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Seriously watching the movie

keir_couch

keir_couch
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Now here are some photos of Keir sitting on the couch. He is watching his new favorite movie, Wallace and Gromit (http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/home2.asp)

Reason not posting a lot 1

basement_no_dry
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So here is what we have been up to for the last little while. We are finishing our basement. It has been an learning process.

Reason not posting a lot 2

basement_dry1
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So here is a shot with the dry wall up. The room in the photo will be a storage room. The room on the right of the small room will be the family room.

-Long Time-

Well it has been a long time since I have updated this page. Here is a quick update:
Things have been busy at the Hardie house. Of course it is winter time in Canada so our whole family has been sick basically for the last month. Keir is doing really well at day care, he understands both french and english. He can actually count to 10 in both french and english.
We had a great Xmas and News Years.

That is all for now, I will get some new photos up as soon as possible.

PS don't tell anyone but it is my B-day today. How old you say? Somewhere between 30 and 32....

Take care
Ewan

Keir_Dad_Skiing

Keir_Dad_Skiing
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Keir and I went skiing yesterday, well I did the skiing and Keir was towed all the way around. This is us a couple of minutes into the ski.

keri_dad_skiing3

keri_dad_skiing3
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End of the ski

keir_dad_skiing2

keir_dad_skiing2
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Half way through the ski (still awake)

Keir_sliding

Keir_sliding
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Here is Keir "speeding" past the camera while we were sliding.

keir_sliding2

keir_sliding2
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Keir and I went sliding yesterday, Keir enjoyed the sliding part but liked eating the snow much more

2nd_bday2

2nd_bday2
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We had a little party for Keir tonight. Both Grand parents were here. Keir had a great time, he was very excited to see everyone at once. We sang him "Happy Birthday" and Keir tried to sing along. He sang his version with the words "Happy Cake" instead.

2nd_bday4

2nd_bday4
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Here Keir is trying to blow out his candles, I had to help him out a little bit.

2nd_bday3

2nd_bday3
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Opening his gifts was very funny. We got him lots of Thomas the Tank Engine stuff. Needless to say he was very pleased with all the "Thomas"

2nd_Birthday

2nd_Birthday
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We got Keir a Thomas balloon, so he was watching his Thomas video with his ballon
Thomas overload

Look who is two!

Look_whose_two
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Well two years ago today Keir was born and things haven't been the same since. Keir has enriched our lives beyond imagination.

This photo is a combination of two photos. The photo in the upper left corner is the morning after Keir's delivery and the larger photo is from halloween night of this year.

Happy Birthday Keir!
Love Mum and Dad

Halloween 3

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Last night was halloween. Keir's second halloweeen. Keir was dressed as a monkey. We actually took Keir out trick or treating. Our street gets really busy with kids, so I took Keir out while Jen manned the fort at home. Keir enjoyed looking at all the costumes while we were walking down the street. We only went to 2 houses on our street (we also visted my parents). Keir was a little shy about the part were you go up to the house and ask for candy, so I didn't want to push it. I think he had fun on his first night "treating".
Here he is hiding behind mom, checking out the kids at the door.

Halloween 2

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Keir watching the kids who were coming to our door

Halloween

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Last night was Halloween, Keir was a monkey, this is Keir sampling some of his treats