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It's SO GREAT to read these updates and I'll admit it makes me a little homesick. Technology certainly has advanced since the old "Ford Family Favourite" cookbook days!! I've read family updates from some of you that I haven't seen in over 15 years! Now on to my family. We now live in Singapore. I fled Canada 4 years ago, with my wife Carol, after narrowly escaping pursuit from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. There was a warrant for my arrest since I didn't ice skate, follow hockey or ski. Luckily most of the federal agents were tied up with an investigation over a store sign that didn't comply with Canadian French/English translation laws and had spelled "Color" without the "u". That was close. For those of you that don't know where Singapore is, here's a map. (I'll admit that I wasn't sure - I just figured it was near China). It's 100 km (60 miles) north of the equator, sandwiched between indonesia and Malay...

Jackie and Bernie celebrated 51 years of marriage in September so it looks like they're going to make a go of it. They are both in fairly good health and keeping active. Bernie is working for the City of Hamilton in the Public Works Department. He is still as witty as ever and is the very lovable "Uncle Boon". Brian and Louise were married on October 14, 2006. (Brian's wife Susan passed away suddenly in August 2004.) Brian works for Canada Post and Louise is employed with the Hamilton Public Library. They live on Hamilton mountain. They are enjoying their grandson. Jason (Susan's son) and his wife Amanda have one son, Xander,1. Tim and Cindy welcomed their fifth daughter, Shantel in February 2006. Tim's daughter Krystal is now 13. Cindy has three daughters Crystal, 19, Lacey, 18 and Yvonne, 10. Tim has been working at Stelco close to 30 years. Cindy is currently on maternity leave. They, too, live on Hamilton mountain. At least a couple of Sunday...

The Marangoni (Mathews) family is alive and well and living in Stoney Creek. Mark is a "computer geek" with the City of Hamilton. It's a good thing we have him or we wouldn't have mastered the blog. Debbie is a dental hygienist working part-time in Hamilton. Brittany is a ten year old fifth grader who loves to socialize, swim, attend Girl Guides and watch T.V. Nicole is six years old and looks very petite among her grade one classmates. Small but mighty, she loves to mother her brother, do homework and crafts, and sing and dance. Two year old Spencer keeps up surprisingly well with his sisters. He spends a couple of his weekdays teaching Gramma Jackie and Papa Bernie how to play hockey and soccer in their living room. Since being invited to the blog last week I have been anxiously scouring for updates. I'm either very interested in my relatives or I have a lot of time on my hands. I assure you the latter is not true! It's so nice to be in touch with everyone. ...

Hi everybody. This is Christy (Gallagher) Randall. I finally figured out how to do this blog thing. I guess I'll give the quick update like Nikki did. Well, my parents and all 4 kids live in Southern Maryland now. Mom and Dad live about a mile away from each other, and are doing well. My dad struggles with his health still, but he's a fighter. He is actually in the hospital right now, and has been for about a week, but I'll hopefully be busting him out of there tomorrow. My husband Robert and I have 2 boys. Kyle is 9 and Kevin is 6 AND A HALF, as he always reminds me. We celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary in June in Las Vegas. That was fun!! Robert runs a construction company, and I am a stay at home mom. Our boys are beautiful and fun and keep us very busy. They play football, baseball, and basketball depending on the season. Next comes Ryan. He is married to Jennifer and they have Samantha who just turned 1 this month. She is the first red head in ...