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August 2008

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So now we are full swing into summer...Meshach lived through summer school and now gets to go to Whitehorse for a few days before we go to Hawaii. I took Liam Camile and Shach up at the beginning of August and Bill went up to get Liam and then had to go back to get Meshach because when Aymie went she couldn't get a flight! So aymie got stuck in Vancouver and got a room at the Radisson at the hotel...yes I know I thought the same thing especially after I ended up staying there with the boys when I arrived in Vancouver and decided to wait for Bill and Meshach to go to Hawaii....yes this is turning into another Rome trip!

So on Saturday when there was only one seat on the plane to Honolulu we decided Aymie should take it to be sure she'd be there in time for school to start. I decided to check out of the hotel and get a car to go stay with Coby and Kevin - So they had Liam and Zach and I for two days until Bill and Meshach got there from Whitehorse and on Monday we got on a flight to Honolulu...!!! YAY!

We had such a great trip. We rented a house with beach out the back door! so great we could hear the waves all night and loved it. Meeting Bill's family for the first time was very nice. Everyone is so happy to have Aymie there. Bernie and Sharyn and Cody were there as well as

July 2008

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This month we went to New York with the girls...and by we I mean Grandma Easterbrook, Zach and Me...It was such a great trip...except for the trip from the Hotel to the Airport...but I'll tell you about that later.

We stayed in Soho at the Holiday Inn. I was totally shocked at how small the rooms were. We did mange to get a bigger room that would fit a cot so we could all sleep comfortably...I had to work so Grandma took Zach out every moring and after his nap and they just walked and he loved it so much! I was still nursing so I had to take Zach...

The girls went shopping and sight seeing AND they went to the Gordon Ramsey NY! What a great night. They each had their own waiter and a guy that just explained the dishes as they came out. They said the food was unbelievable...and after they went to a show on Broadway...and totally loved it so much they got the sound track and we all have it on our IPOD's ...

I had a great time. Work was fantastic I had no trouble getting into our VPN and in the evenings I could go out walking with Zach and Sharyn and one day we got to do some sight seeing with the girls. It was a fabulous trip. The girls hit some really great sales and Zach got to bond with Grandma E and I got to see a bit of NY to...I was really glad I took the baby carrier and a stroller some places on the train were not stroller friendly!

All of us thought we'd like to go back again.

June 2008

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Hey there, June is HUGE! Aymie has graduation ceremonies this month. The guest list includes Grandma and Grandpa Haslam and Easterbrook,Cody, Megan, Me and Bill and Grandma Evans and Will. Her date - yes her dAte...is Spencer Davis...She had a custom dress made and He got a tux to match..well the tie for the tux matches...they look fabulous together! It was a busy week and we definately soaked up every minute of it. Cody and Meshach made a bunch of lay's for her and Cody had picked up some fabric ones when he was in Hawaii. It was so fun after the ceremony to put them all on her...you couldn't even see her neck!

After the ceremony we went out to lunch with Camile and Nicola and their families. Which was so great! The parents decided to give the three girls a trip anywhere in North America for a 4 day weekend. They were so excited.

It was sooo fun to have the family around for the week!

May 2008

2009-01-25T09:47:00.000-08:00

We moved into the new house this month! So great to have all the room! I have an office I can close the door to that has a deck and huge windows! I LOVE that! I can even work out on the deck if I want to. And Aymie is excited we'll be settled before grad!

We got a new bed YAY! Kingsize so all the kids can climb in...and they do! Great matress! I never feel Bill tossing and turning (now if we could just get a matress that would make him stop snorring!)

The kids love their new rooms, although Liam usually sleeps in Zach's room and his is kinda the playroom...

Aymie is downstairs and of course that's great she has her own space in the music room to...and Adrian has the room with the biggest closet! Funny I know!

Meshach is up in the add on by the office and it's great for him cuz the windows look out on the street and it's really bright and warm up there.

Zach is accross from the Master ... perfect!

The only down side is we don't have a back yard, but we don't have neighbors either....

It takes longer to clean, as one might expect, and it was last renovated in "83 so there is some upgrading to do. It's perfect for us right now and we are greatfull to have it!

April 2008

2009-01-25T09:41:00.000-08:00

Aymie is heavy in it at school, drama and the whole thing. She's in a play and we're excited about that. Zach is growing like a weed, Liam is too smart for any of us. And Meshach - yes Meshach is going to give us a run for our money...good thing we don't have much!

Ah...the red car! Aymie drove it to school one day and was too sick to drive home so I went to pick her up but we had to leave the car there. It was locked but of course being an easy target was stolen and taken for a joy ride! there was damage to the frame so the insurance company wrote it off thank goodnes! Lucky thing they didn't take the sterio Bill just put in!

Meshach has been in volley ball and wrestling and he does so well in sports! We love to see him play!

We finaly found a house we can agree on and it's perfect. In Silver Springs walking distance from the church and Liams current school and the new one he'll be going to K at. Everyone agrees it's the best one we've found and with 6 bedrooms no one has to share! We take posession on the 1st of May!!

March 2008

2009-01-25T09:20:00.002-08:00

Ah March! In March we went out to Kingston to visit Sean and Libby and the kids. We had a great trip. The kids were a little frustrated because we were supposed to fly and at the last minute we had to drive. The good thing was that Aymie could share some of the driving. We made it there in record time and only one speeding ticket when we hit the Ontario border! We left Thursday night and were there Sunday evening! We stopped in Beaverton to go to church with Bea and Bill Warren and had lunch and a little visit. Then we piled back in the truck and Aymie drove the 401 to Kingston! She did great. It was so nice to be there we really didn't do a whole lot because we only had a few days, but we did manage to drive up to Ottawa for a couple of days. It was supposed to just be for the afternoon but we got there just a bit too late for the Parliment tours and decided to stay over so we could take the tour. We got rooms at the Marriot which was sooo fun for the kids there was a play room with a climber and a pool. Aymie and Meshach were great about taking Liam along. We also got to go to Chucky Cheese which was fun cuz we don't have one in Calgary. Aymie went to young womans and doubled their numbers! We ended up leaving on Friday and decided it would be faster to go through the states. However...when we were driving through Chicago I got distracted by all the tall shiny buildings and we eneded up at the Sears tower for a tour! I just thought...when is the next time we are all going to be here? So that blew a day! Then we stopped somewhere for petro and the kids saw a CiCi's Pizza and that was it we had to stop for dinner there! It was good fun though. Quite the experience for the kids. Then we stopped over night in Wisconsin and the next day had breakfast with an old Friend of mine, Sandy Plank...she is one of the nicest people I know and she was so excited to see the kids! The rest of the trip was pretty quick. Zach got a little frustrated being in the carseat but he did pretty good I thought considering. And in this little small town called Minot in North Dakota there is the best hotel with the coolest water park! Sean told us about it so we just had to stop there. We got in a little late to swim but the next day the kids went and had a blast! We finally got back to Calgary on Monday night, tired and needing a vacation from the vacation!

February 2008

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February 2008 Bill got hired on with Air Canada ! Halllleeeelllluuuujjaaaa! is all I can say! He's so excited but stressed out about all the tests and paperwork to fill out! You practically need a law degree to decifer some of this stuff! Any way , he's on his way to the job he know's he's gonna' love!

We've been looking at houses for over a year now and still nothing that we LOVE...we may never find it but it has to be better than what we have now on so many levels!

January 2008

2009-01-25T09:14:00.000-08:00

Wheeeellll...I have to think, what happened in Jan last year? Well the birthdays for one! Bill - 15th, Drew - 17th, Helamen - 18th, Aymie - 23rd, and me - 24th, I really can't think of anything else that stands out. I'll have to check with the kids and come back to it

EWWWWW

2008-01-01T14:47:00.000-08:00

unfortunately for Bill not only was there food at Sam's ...there were LIZARDS (yech!)

The Clan

2008-01-01T14:44:00.000-08:00

Well this is all of us for this year. Adrian Aymie Sam Cody Liam Sheri Zach Bill Meshach

After we oppened all the presents we piled in the truck and went over to Muznic's where we ate and we ate and we ate!!

the Estabrook pens

2008-01-01T14:40:00.000-08:00

Meshach is showing off the Estabrook pen that Grandpa Easterbrook gave each one of us. It was pretty neat reading about them. He got each one off e-Bay and had a little tidbit of information about them for all of us. This was probably Meshach's favorite gift...

Pictures from Cody

2008-01-01T14:37:00.000-08:00

Cody made some pictures for us that he'd done in photoshop. A family pic for me and a cologe for Bill. they are really cool....

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Ken's card

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Christmas Day

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Presents YAY

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Sean Amir

Adie and Coby

Karaoke

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Sean and Lib brought a Karaoke game that was way fun...and Meshach tied with Gillian...weird...

Bingo

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The Easterbrooks sponsored a Bingo game...totally fun!

ya the food was good..

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Me and Zach, Barb and Bill

The Big Party

2008-01-01T12:28:00.000-08:00

Mom Haslam hosted a big party on the 23rd. Most of us kids were there and a few cousins. It was a lot of fun and the food was great. Nice way to kick off Christmas...

So left to right...Laura Aaron Meshach James and Chelsea

Why are we all inside? the lights are outside

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Samantha Meshach and Cody

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Kim and Abigail

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Zach and Harvey

Lovers!!!

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Bill and Braydon....trying to stay warm

Zoolights

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Brian, Sean, Drew and Braydon

Zoo lights

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Sean and Jon...

trying to stay warm

2008-01-01T12:01:00.000-08:00

So a bunch of us went to the Zoolights and it was cold...for Sean...and the Americans!

Zoolights 2007

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Cody Brit and Zach
Aymie and Cody

Into Vancouver...

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Vancouver

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Bill and I took off to Coby and Kevin's place for American Thanksgiving. We had a blast! they took us to this Turkey cook of one of their friends has every year. Sooo much turkey! It was a great weekend just to get away I think we're going to make it anual!

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the Borg!

2008-01-01T11:32:00.000-08:00

This is Aymie and Leah on Halloween. Aymie was some kind of future robot woman thing and Leah was hunting her...

Spiderman?

2008-01-01T11:27:00.000-08:00

Here is Liam for Halloween, the makeup scared him so he took it off right after I took these pictures! We never did get a picture of Meshach but he was a medevil guy who was scaring people over a the Johnsons place.

the Wrestler

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Meshach got into wrestling this year. He did pretty good, ended up 2nd in his weight class for Calgary...

???Liam...

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Liam was playing with the camera...and I really liked this picture.

The boys...

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we love the boys!!

MMMoore Pie

2007-10-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

Liam helped me with the pies, apple on the far left and blueberry in the middle...Mom I really need Grandma's recipe...the canned stuff just doesn't cut it!

mmm Pie

2007-10-09T20:24:00.000-07:00

My first pumpkin pie from scratch. It was sooo good! I'll send you the recipe if you'd like Lib! teehee

Thanksgiving

2007-10-09T19:53:00.000-07:00

So this is us at dinner. Bill Adrian Shach Dad and Liam. Aymie was in SLC and I'm taking the pic. El P is sleeping! (yay i get to eat!)

Thanksgiving

2007-10-06T21:10:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad for this weekend. Bill and I went on a date and the boys stayed at Grandpa's house. We took Zach with us and that drew some attention we really didn't want. Oh well, good thing he's so cute! Grama is in Kingston visiting Drew, B, and Tibby. Liam totally didn't get why he couldn't just get on the plane and go with Grandma! Spent the day with Dad and the boys. Got a few things done around Mom and Dad's. Watched conference. Aymie is there in person with the grade 12's from our ward. Can't wait to talk to her when she gets back. We are all going over again tomorrow and we'll have Thanksgiving dinner on Monday - nothing fancy just turkey. We're going to try to get a few things done around our house and if we're lucky we might look at a few houses.

Sher

The Girls

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And this is the only really decent picture of me that day so it's the one I'm putting on...I need a tan...Love Aymie's dreds!

The men of the house!

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Bill and Shach on the big day. He's a man now...Shach...not Bill...I mean Bill's a man just....oh never mind!

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And we can't forget Liam. He and Shach were "foolin' around" when Liam bit Shach on the arm causing him to drop Liam on his head...ergo this look on his face. He was more hurt and confused by the fact that Shach would drop him!

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Shortly after that truely spiritual experience, Shach and Aymie could be seen on the lawn of the church practicing fight scenes!

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Meshach was ordained a Deacon on the 30th of Sept. He was a nervus but he did fine when the Bishop put him on the spot!

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And this is why we call him El Presedente!!

El Presedente

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Ah here is our beautiful Zachariah...

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Well here are the founding memebers of the coporation...Aymie, Sheri, Bill, Meshach and Liam. Since this picture we have added one more shareholder...El Presedente (aka Zach).

The Corporation

2007-10-05T22:04:00.000-07:00

Well these are the founding members of the corporation Hasbrookinc. From left to right Aymie, Sheri, Bill, Meshach, and Liam. Since this picture we have added one more shareholder, who has quickly become El Presedente (aka Zach). He has truely redefined all our roles. Fortunately for Bill and I Aymie has been promoted to chaufeur (sp?). We love the teenager. Meshach has taken on more domestic roles, housekeeping, nanny, cook, entertainer...the list goes on. Liam is beginning to adjust to his new role as VP ( until recently he was the president). Bill and I maintain advisory rolls, ( I occasionally have to step into more of a dictator but ... hey...whadayado?) So far so good...16yrs strong! only another 20 to go...! (i'm smiling on the inside)

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ok so i'm blogging for the first time, Libby HELP!