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Christmas Day 2017

December 25, 2017 richardt

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It was a white Christmas this year.

Our tree.

Chloe finding one of her presents, she then proceeded to unwrap it, not waiting for everyone else.

The girls just like Christmas mornings of years gone by.

The girls with their Bubba’s, all ready for Aruba!

Gillian delivering Angela’s heavy present to her.

Another family photo.

In the afternoon we headed out to Lori and Dale’s for Christmas dinner. We also got to meet Willow, our newest grand-niece/first cousin once removed.

Willow.

Before the chaos starts.

Lily.

Bear.

Angela, Claudia and Willow.

Brad putting together the kids toys, he just wanted to play Rockem Sockem Robots.

The big kids playing Hungry Hungry Hippos.

Angela, G-pa, and Willow.

Mom and Dad with all the grandkids and great-grandkids, we were only missing Jesse. If Shanna sends me a picture of Jesse stating against a plain background, I can photoshop him in beside Angela.

Kaiden.

Grandma and Willow.

Fernando playing with Bear’s whipper snipper.

Goggles on for safety.

Bradley did a great job of carving the turkey, here he is getting some extra schooling from G-ma.

Lori and Dale’s new puppy, Harley, he was pooped by the end of the night. He was looking to play with Todd and Chloe, but they were having much to do with that.

Merry Christmas!

December 24, 2017 richardt

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Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family. Setting up for the photo.

Our Christmas photo.

and with Chloe.

The girls.

Gillian and Angela holding up Claudia.

Shanna and David

October 22, 2017 richardt

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Shanna and David were in town for a wedding (his nephew). They weren’t in town very long, David was only in for an extended weekend, and Shanna a few days more. We were able to see them on a couple of days. Sunday we were in Hamilton for dinner at Atami Sushi. It was delicious, thanks Mom and Dad! Here are Claudia and Angela with Shanna and David.

Shanna had brought back the ninja turtle costume Lori had made for her kids, Claudia tried it on.

2nd Annual Family Get-Together

August 5, 2017 richardt

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family reunion

On Saturday we headed to Mark and Gaila’s for the 2nd Annual Family Get-Together. The weather co-operated with sunny but cool temperatures. There was lots of food, games and catching up to do. Here are Raiden and Darin playing some giant Kerplunk.

Claudia and Gillian playing giant Connect 4. Claudia, Angela and I made the Connect Four in a few days. Kerplunk was made on Friday night.

There was no shortage of munchies and appetizers.

Mark plotting his early strategy in giant Jenga.

Eventually his early strategy would be his downfall.

The giant yard games turned out to be a big hit. Taking requests for next year.

Just Danny thinking about his next move caused the balls to start falling.

Julie and Margie playing Connect 4.

There was family tree information for each family.

Joyce helping to fill in some of the blanks.

Next up was somen and the awesome somen moat that Fumie had brought for Mark and Gaila at last years get together.

Emi, Claudia and Gillian.

Cheryl, David, Julie and Carey.

Melissa, Darin and Raiden.

Warming up the grills.

Complete with the official chef hats.

Chef Carey.

Lori and Chef Mark.

Mark before the feast.

What happens when you put the camera down, someone picks it up and starts taking pictures.

It was a great meal, we were all stuffed. Julie, David, Terrie, Danny, Joyce and Susan.

Danny moving the Jenga, in case someone was looking for firewood.

Time for the group photo. It was a good turnout, Mark and Gaila are working on a date for next year.

It was time for Bingo. Here was the prize table.

Raiden was the big winner of the night, it seemed like he won the first 5 games.

Gillian calling out the Bingo numbers.

The bingo hall.

Joyce and Angela picking their prizes.

Dessert time.

The ice cream sundae station.

It was a great day of family, food, fun and lots of laughs. Looking forward to the next one. Thanks to MG and the funky bunch for hosting.

Giant Jenga

July 3, 2017 richardt

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The girls and I are making a Giant Jenga game for Mark and Gaila’s family get-together in August.

We started with some 2×4’s.

And ended up with 54 game pieces. Angela and Claudia have been sanding them before we apply some finishing paste wax.

Mother’s Day Family Photo

May 16, 2017 richardt

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blue jays family mothers day

We had a family photo taken at the Blue Jays game on Sunday.

Happy Easter!

April 16, 2017 richardt

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easter family

Happy Easter to family and friends. We took a photo when we got back from Church this morning.

Angela was home for a night, she wrote her first exam on Saturday and then got a ride back to school with Grandma and Poppa tonight. She has her second exam on Tuesday.

We had Mom and Dad, Steve, Miranda and the boys over for a delicious turkey dinner. Here we are before digging in.

Gillian helping to cut onions for turkey soup.

We’re Of The Same Blood

April 2, 2017 richardt

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I’ve been working on another website for sharing family information. It is called wereofthesameblood.ca. It is another medium for sharing information other than Facebook. Information on The Facebook comes and goes so quickly, it would be nice to have it in one place without weeding through a bunch of other posts. Currently it is focused on the descendants of Kameso Okashimo, but it will be expanded to cover the Tanabe side as well. I have put the family tree information behind password protected pages.

Happy Birthday Dad!

March 18, 2017 richardt

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birthday family g-pa

On Saturday we headed out to Lori’s and Dale’s for G-pa’s 88th birthday party. We ordered chinese food and Brad and Chelsea were making sushi. Somehow Brad got out of actually making sushi as Chelsea, Melissa and Claudia did all the hard work.

My buddy Bear.

As long as he was sitting with his grandma or grandpa he was happy.

Chloe was good as usual.

Brad and Bear.

Mounds of sushi.

Chloe and Todd eating dinner together.

The sushi turned out well, it was delicious.

The food has arrived.

Bear wearing Kaiden’s hat and tie.

Angela missing Chloe.

Claudia brought the Rumoli board.

Time for birthday cake.

G-pa with enough lung power to blow out the candles.

Lily and her new favourite Jesse.

You think we would learn and do the photos sooner than later. Sara, Brent and Bear had already left. Danny and Emi didn’t make it due to hockey, so it wasn’t quite the whole gang.

After the grandkids, it was family photo time, however we don’t all fit on the couch.

And then Chloe jumped up to get in the picture.

I was still squished, so Shanna and I headed for the back row.

Happy Birthday Mom and Dad!

5th (almost) Annual Family Skating

December 30, 2016 richardt

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family skating

We hosted our almost annual family and friends skating, this was the 5th year we have done it, we had a break last year. We rented the ice at Meadowvale 4 Rinks and had family and the girls friends out for a fun time.