FIVEWILSONS

New Pool.

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Barns

2007-03-18T16:04:00.000-04:00

Some barns in our neighbourhood ...

Foggy March Break Day

2007-03-18T14:51:00.000-04:00

Guess WHO the Snowman is ?

2007-01-21T15:25:00.000-05:00

Thor and the boys

2007-01-13T23:15:00.000-05:00

And this is COCO

2007-01-09T21:59:00.000-05:00

Meet Ginger !

2007-01-04T21:43:00.000-05:00

Brad with hair ?! - CONTENT EDITED BY SENIOR MANAGEMENT

2006-12-09T19:13:00.000-05:00

Before the haircut . . .

After a trimming . . .

Me and the girls . . . see what a little bit of hair can do for you ?!

Maryann . . . you copied my do !

Christmas Greetings to you and yours.

2006-12-07T22:50:00.000-05:00

Merry Christmas everyone. . . hope you have a safe and happy holiday. The fivewilsons look forward to the opportunity to bump into you in the County over the holidays.

We will be around for 2-3 days between the 27th-28th.

Happy Holidays . . . Brad, Kerri, Hayden, Nathan, Keaton.

Visitors from the County.

2006-12-07T22:40:00.000-05:00

Aunt Hilda and Darlene after a hard day of shopping.

Aunt Hilda and Keaton cuddling on the couch to read his spider book.

Halloween Ghouls !!!

2006-12-07T22:28:00.000-05:00

Ghoul #1 . . .

Ghouls #2 and #3

Kathy, Mark and Finney the Pooh !

Keaton and Tommy . . . and the snake coils of course !

2006-12-07T22:20:00.000-05:00

Boys in the Kanata parade

2006-12-07T22:00:00.000-05:00

The Glen Cairn pack in the Kanata Parade.

Local media celebrity Max Keeping lead the parade.

Can anyone spot Nathan in this picture ?

Joly Ole St. Nick.

Hayden got wrapped up for the event !

A stop in Manotick

2006-12-07T21:49:00.000-05:00

Hayden and Nate and I stopped in Manotick one weekend in the fall on the way back from Ray's Reptiles. A great little park by the river where they posed for a few snaps for me.

Fall colours and a great sky in Kemptville

2006-10-16T22:45:00.000-04:00

Nathan was uncharacteristically compliant and patient to pose for my camera this day. Needless to say I took full advantage. He was just happy he got to climb this neat little tree ! I was happy to get a couple of nice shots of him.

What colour is your pumpkin ?

2006-10-14T22:20:00.000-04:00

Keaton loves to pose !

2006-10-14T13:35:00.000-04:00

Keaton really worked the camera this day. What a ham !

Pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins !

2006-10-13T22:34:00.000-04:00

The boys had a great time playing in the pumpkins last weekend !

Pumpkin time again

2006-10-13T22:21:00.000-04:00

Visited a great pumpkin patch on the weekend with the boys.

The boys with Ray

2006-10-13T22:11:00.000-04:00

Ray posed with his favourite new animal and the boys for a picture.

Owls at Little Ray's

2006-10-13T21:41:00.000-04:00

These are two cool birds that our friend Ray gave us a close up look at the last time we visited the zoo.

Feeding time at the zoo

2006-10-13T21:35:00.000-04:00

Beaver in our midst

2006-09-30T22:00:00.000-04:00

Nathan started Beavers last week. Here he is in his uniform just before his first meeting.

more babies !

2006-09-30T21:52:00.000-04:00

Meet Mommy . . .

. . . and her five babies . . .

. . . and then came 12 more . . .

Nathan was pretty happy, we took this picture for him to take to show and tell at school.

Steve Irwin Tribute - by city boys in the county

2006-09-30T20:58:00.000-04:00

We were visiting Grandma Wilson and Hayden and Nathan pulled a tribute to Steve Irwin by catching two snakes, two salamanders, a centipede, a spring peeper and a pair of very healthy toads . . . all in about 30 minutes. Crikey are these boys animal lovers. Here is Hayden posing with a brown snake he pulled out of a rotten stump next to Mom's driveway.

This is a centi / milli pede found in the same stump.

Here is a good close up of the brown snake sniffing the air as Kerri holds him for a photo. Hayden also caught what we originally thought was a cornsnake but turned out to be a milksnake.

Here is one of the two salamanders.

Nathan sporting his two hefty toads. Their size didn't slow these guys down they were hard to hold onto and kept trying to jump away.

ALS walk 2006

2006-09-30T20:52:00.000-04:00

Wilson's Warriors after they completed the 5km walk for ALS in Belleville Ont. We were one of 13 teams participating this year.

Our team was 42 strong and raised over $8,000 towards the Belleville chapters total which was just over $70,000 this year.

See you all again next year.

Fungus amungus !!

2006-09-17T19:51:00.000-04:00

Nate climbed this cool tree and posed for a pic for Daddy.

Colourful fungus were everywhere . . . Hayden spotted this one 50 yards from the footpath !

Hayden posed with his prize fungus of the day.

Keaton stayed home and rested with Mommy. He made himself comfortable in front of a favourite movie.

First day of School Sept. 2006

2006-09-17T07:55:00.000-04:00

The boys could hardly wait to get over and say good morning to Tommy on the first day of school. This year Keaton joined the ranks starting in JK, he was very excited !

Nate tagged and ready for entry into the learning vessel.

Hayden found an awesome tree to climb in the schoolyard.

Nice smiles boys !!

Breathing FIRE !!

2006-09-13T10:50:00.000-04:00

Meet Genesis the Fire Breather from this year's OCL picnic. This dude was the star of the show for sure.

Fishing with the boys

2006-09-13T10:11:00.000-04:00

Hayden fishing at Heart's Desire.

The boys get together for a group hug.

Keaton found some cool fungus.

Hayden spotted this giant wasp nest.

Nathan on the lookout for fish.

Keaton in Fitzroy

2006-09-03T20:20:00.000-04:00

Keaton stands still for a second on a hay bale.

Keaton and his brothers pose for a group shot.

Keaton really liked the hay.

He especially liked jumping from one bale to another.

Nathan in Fitzroy

2006-09-03T19:58:00.000-04:00

Nathan perched atop a fence post.

A pose for Dad.

Caught in mid-flight.

Nate climbed the fence for the pictures.

Nate in a still moment on a round bale.

Hayden in Fitzroy

2006-09-03T19:30:00.000-04:00

This dock was a little tippy !

The boys met a dog who wanted to play.

Hayden looks out over the bay.

We stopped at a field full of sunflowers for a photo op.

All the boys posed for a picture for Daddy.

Sunflower fields

2006-09-03T18:01:00.000-04:00

Sunflower field near Fitrzoy Harbour.

Hayden at Sunset

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Cranberry Lake 2006.2

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Yours truly

Wardy and his weiner.

Oliver at rest.

Paolo checking out his new Nikon.

A late night snack compliments of Oliver.

Cranberry Lake 2006.1

2006-08-17T21:34:00.000-04:00

Paolo and Chris trying their luck.

Oliver, Chris and Brad.

Brad's cow picture.

Paolo, Oliver and Brad.

We weren't the only one's fishing.

A few of my favourite "people" pics from the summer . . . BW

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A few of my favourite "thing" pics from the summer . . . BW

2006-08-13T09:17:00.000-04:00

Keaton on Vacation '06

2006-08-13T08:56:00.000-04:00

This pic catches Keaton's sense of humour this year totally. He is forever goofing off for the camera and then haunting me immediately to see the image of himself.
This year was an exciting year for Keaton at the cottage. He conquerred his fear of the water and learned to swim. This series of photos is out of sequence a bit however you get the idea. Here he is screaming his 1 ... 2 ... 3 countdown to the entire public beach.
Here he is landing in the shallow water near this dock. We have video footage of him actually jumping off the dock in the deep area with a life jacket on.
Here he is in mid-flight. He repeated this activity literally hundreds of times over the course of the week.

Nathan on Vacation '06

2006-08-13T08:33:00.000-04:00

This picture captures the essence of Nathan's week at the cottage. From sun-up to sun-down he was truly the intrepid frog hunter. On a daily basis he captured a dozen or more frogs of a variety of types (bulls, leopards, etc.) and was most excited when he caught a frog that was missing a part of both of his legs on one side but was still alive.
This was Nate's big catch this year ! A small mouth bass caught from the bay next to the cottage using a rod and reel.
One of Nate's many catches in the bay next to the cottage.
This is Nate hunting for frogs, instead of swimming at the beach, always his first choice of activities. It didn't matter where we were he had his net with him and usually found something.

Hayden on vacation '06

2006-08-13T08:08:00.000-04:00

This was Hayden's best year for fishing by far. He caught over six bass (smallies and rock) using his rod and reel. He even graduated to using an open-faced reel with great success and plans on saving his money to buy his own for next year.

Of course there was a lot of time spent on the beach and Hayden did some snorkling and lots of swimming and jumping from the dock. He even met a friend with the same name, only a few months different in age, from Denver Colorado.
This is the only full size bull frog the boys caught this year. Hayden observed that this fella had a hole in the webbing on one toe ?
This was Hayden in the water at the beach. Probably his favourite place to be this vacation.

Fish and lots of them !

2006-08-06T20:13:00.000-04:00

Just a sample of the bass we caught on Eagle Lake. Hayden held the record for number caught making this our best year by far for fishing.

Take the long way home . . .

2006-07-27T00:42:00.000-04:00

After dropping the boys off in the county, Kerri and I stopped along the way home not only to save some turtles but so I could snap a few photos. Here are a couple of my favourites.

Turtle saviour

2006-07-27T00:33:00.000-04:00

Meet "Lucky" the turtle. He/She survived being run-over on Highway #7 with only a few minor scratches on the under-shell. Kerri retrieved Lucky from the centre line and we relocated him/her to a safer location down the road. This was the first of two turtles saved from danger this trip home to Ottawa.

Boys in the county.

2006-07-27T00:20:00.000-04:00

We set the boys loose on the county this past week. Each got to stay at a different grandparents house for 4 nights !

Reptile mania

2006-07-21T19:04:00.001-04:00

Each of Hayden's friends tries on Rusty the snake necklace.
Check out the cool tattoos too !

Feeding the geese

2006-07-21T18:47:00.000-04:00

Winny, Tony and Shane took us to their favourite spot Tuesday night to feed the geese. It was lots of fun and the geese were very friendly.

Birthday Boy !

2006-07-12T20:12:00.000-04:00

We celebrated a 9th Birthday today. Hayden asked to go to our favourite eatery with Kathy, Mark and Finley. Fish and chips at The Glen and then back to our place for a basketball ice cream cake.

Canada Day in Kanata

2006-07-09T16:19:00.000-04:00

We missed the fireworks but the next day Hayden and Nathan and Daddy took in the carnival at Andrew Hayden Park. All the boys went on the "Scrambler"!
Hayden even went on it alone. Nathan rode the aligator roller coaster and both the boys went on the ferris wheel. Daddy took some pictures down by the Ottawa River at sunset.

Everyone slept in the next day :) !!

A surprise patio party

2006-06-29T19:15:00.000-04:00

Some strange things have been happening in our neighbourhood lately. This morning we awoke to a surprise tea party on our new patio ?

Our friend Tommy

2006-06-25T08:55:00.000-04:00

Yesterday we enjoyed a beautiful afternoon in the Gatineaus with our friend Tommy and his family, Mary-Ann, Peter and Paul.

We had lots of fun on the water, fishing, swimming, kayaking and canoeing.

Birds of Prey !

2006-06-24T08:44:00.000-04:00

On our last visit to Ray's Reptile Zoo we were treated to a demonstration by Ray and his staff . . . see pics.

Fin came for dinner and a visit tonight

2006-06-17T22:35:00.000-04:00

Kathy, Mark and Fin joined us for a BBQ tonight. Hard to believe how big he is getting and taking unassisted steps !!
Mark enjoyed some r&r while the boys helped to entertain Fin.

We've added another room !

2006-06-17T22:07:00.000-04:00

In order to provide greater comfort to our two foster turtles . . . we made this little addition for them. Kerri dressed it up pretty nice for them to hang around outside during the warmer months. Still gotta put a screened lid on it to keep Thor out but they seemed to like it in there today for the first time. . . . Update: 9-July-2006, roof is complete and now three turtles are calling this home.

Hayden's Class Trip

2006-06-16T21:30:00.000-04:00

Hayden and his class went on a trip to the outdoor learning center last month. The class got to sit in a real pioneer school house, write with ink quills and complete math problems with slate tablets.

They also worked in teams to build a log cabin and tried a variety of traditional pioneer tools. They ended the day by making their own toy tops by hand.

A six year old smile

2006-06-16T21:19:00.000-04:00

Nathan lost his second tooth tonight . . . literally. We were out for dinner and it popped right out of his mouth onto the floor but Hayden was able to find it after a short search, so we could take it home to leave for the tooth fairy. As you can tell Nate was pretty stoked at bedtime tonight with the prospect of getting more $ !

Ice storm 2005

2006-06-15T08:12:00.000-04:00

Some of my favourite images from a shoot after an ice storm this past winter.

Kerri's Kritters

2006-06-15T08:08:00.000-04:00

Our menagerie
of reptiles . . . You'll see the product of the eggs in another post featuring our baby corn snakes.

A walk in the woods.

2006-06-15T07:47:00.000-04:00

This is a favourite spot for sure, the boys love to climb this tree which is very close to a little pond where we hunt for polywogs, frogs and toads.

Keaton in colour or bw . . .

2006-06-11T14:15:00.000-04:00

Colour or BW . . . Which do you prefer ?
I'm partial to the BW but would like your opinion.

Light in the sky !

2006-06-11T14:06:00.000-04:00

One night last week the sky really lit up !
This is the view looking over our back yard.

New members of the five

2006-06-11T13:36:00.000-04:00

We recently added 4 new members to our troop. Here are some pics of all four at less than a week old.

2006-06-11T13:13:00.000-04:00

Daddy's first post on our family web log.
Just some pics I threw together from our cottage vacation last summer.