Well this one comes to mind. My Brother Kevin was flying into Vancouver after spending 8 months in Australia. I had flown out to Edmonton with plans of driving with Fred to Vancouver to pick up Kevin and drive him back to Edmonton. Well Fred and i left Edmonton a little later than planned and arrived in front of Johns building at 3am. At this point, is when Fred informed me he hadn't gotten around to calling John to tell him we were coming yet. So Fred calls John from a pay phone (before everyone had cells). I can hear Freds end of the conversation, "John, its Fred, what are you doing". Well surprise surprise he was sleeping. Well within 10 minutes John, Fred and myself were into our first beer and first story and many beers and stories later the sun came up and we thought it best to go to bed seeing the beer was all gone. We woke up just in time to pick Kevin up at the airport at 3pm i think it was. That was the first time i spent time with John in Vancouver. And also that is when i feel i really got to know him well.
Last week I tried to "encourage" my family to post to this blog. I sent them all TERRIBLE pictures of themselves and threatened to post them here if they didn't post their own. Although they all responded soon enough to my threat, nobody has updated this blog yet. To be fair, this sort of thing is easier for me to do so I'll give a general update on the family. I won't post those nasty pictures just yet, because I'm sure there are some of me floating around and I don't want to start a war. You may remember there are 6 kids, in order of age: Mark, Colleen, Paul, David, Kathleen & Kevin. Hearing it listed like that reminds me of being called for dinner. :) Mom and Dad (Maureen and Al) are both in good health and living in that big house you remember in Ancaster. The house and property itself would look very different to many of you as my Dad's projects have really transformed the place. There are no more big willow trees (and no more treehouse!) :( ...
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