Alfred Gordon McGreagor Killah, my papa...

passed away this week after a long battle with Alzheimer's.

This is a picture of my grandma and papa with my mom when she mom was about two years old.

KILLAH, Alfred Gordon McGregor (Alf) - February 5, 1925 -- September 8, 2009 (RCAF) In loving memory of our father, grandfather and great-grandfather who passed away peacefully at Southlake Residential Care Village. He leaves behind his loving wife of 61 years Margaret Bernice (Cole); daughters Lynda (Ian) and Karen (Dave); grandchildren Kim (Martin), Derek (Michaela), Kevin (Kerri), Christal (Mike), Tracey (Shane); great-grandchildren Scarlett, Alexis, Kaleb, Blake, Brayden, Justin, Clara and Avery; also he leaves behind his loving sister Marg (Harry), sister-in-law Lil Cole, brother-in-law "Best Friend" Ralph Cole (Kathy) and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by sisters Mary, Jeannie, brothers Sandy, John, brother-in-law Vernon Cole, and granddaughter Katherine Louise Tokarski. Family viewing and committal was September 10, 2009 with a private burial September 11, 2009 at Pine Hills Cemetery. Dad, you took such good care of mom, Karen and I, we will lovingly remember you always as the best father in the world. "Our memories are a gift you gave us". A special thanks to staff at Southlake Village, especially the nurses and PSW's on 3 East that lovingly took care of dad and the staff that still lovingly care for mom on 4 East. Please sign the guest book at www.starclassifieds.com and please write down any memories you have of dad for a Memory Book for present and future generations.

Soccer Pictures 2009 .....

Kaleb was on team Italy this year. The boys were great, and won all games during the regular season.

Crazy Hair day .....

Today was crazy hair day at camp, so Kaleb and I went shopping to see what we could find. He choose Toronto Maple Leaf blue and silver hair gel.

He asked that I spike his hair then add the colors. So I back combed his hair the best I could and added the gel.

The poor boy went to the mirror took one look and started to cry, he so didn't like it. but it was time to leave for camp so he was stuck with it for the day. These pics are about a half hour after I finished, and the spikes were not staying up, but you get the general idea with the colors.

Soccer, Soccer, Soccer

The things you find while on a walk ....

My dad was out for a walk a few weeks ago, and came across a strange sight. Plastic cups being held down by two forks. He continued walking along the path they made, and realized what it was.

The cups that were still attached to the ground had tiny little marijuana plants under them, these pictures are of the bigger plants.

Needless to say he hasn't walked out in these fields again since.

Canada Day 2009 .....

We watched Canada Day fireworks in Lindsay this year. It was a great show, and the kids loved it.

I have to say these are two pretty cute kids.

We got my dad a Nikon D90 for his 60th birthday this year, and these are some pics I got of the fireworks. Now I just have to convince Martin to let me buy the same camera. I can only imagine if I new the proper settings what this first one would have looked like,

Kaleb's Kindergarten project ...

Road Hockey 2009 ....

if you want to find my guys just look for the hockey nets.

Any night we let them they are outside playing road hockey, last night they wanted pictures taken of rough and tough players.

Catherine has the look down, but Scarlett and Kaleb are not quite there yet.

A boy and a piece of ice ....

How long can a boy play with a piece of ice, for Kaleb it was over an hour.

Kaleb started by kicking and trying to shovel the ends of the driveway, when that didn't work he decided to break it up.

He was determined to clear the road of all of the ice, one hour later he finally had the pieces smashed into movable pieces.

2009 Oakville Hornets Tournament .....

What a fun yet exhausting weekend. Scarlett's team was in Oakville for a three day tournament.

Friday started off with a game against the Oakville Pink Panthers which the girls won 2-0. Friday afternoon was a game against the Oakville Orange Pumpkins which again the girls won with a score of 3-1.

We them headed back to the hotel for a swim and a night of crazy girls running around the hotel.

I remember going on vacation with my parents and staying at a hotel with a hockey tournament and thinking what kind of parents do these kids have. Now I'm one of them. The girls spent most of the night going from one room to the next, checking to see who had better snacks.

Saturday was a game against the Burlington Red Hot Chilies which the girls again won 4-2. This meant they made it into the semi-finals Saturday morning.

Scarlett wanted to go out that night for a girls night so off we went to Baton Rouge for some ribs. We ordered dinner and while we waited she snuggled up to me and promptly fell asleep.

I ended up getting dinner to go and we headed back to the hotel. Needless to say there was no running around the hotel that night, instead Scarlett was asleep by 8:30.

Saturday we had some very nervous girls as they dressed for the game. It was a tough game and a very hard fight but the girls again triumphed 2-1 against the Burlington Flyers and were now set for the final gold medal game.

Sunday afternoon the girls played the St. Catharines Inferno for the Gold Medal game. It was a very hard game, the girls were amazing. The game was played on an Olympic rink and it always amazes me how much energy all of the girls have in order to be able to do that much skating.

The final score was 5-2 for St. Catharines.

We are so proud of our girls to have made it into the final round , here's a picture of the girls with their silver medals.

Kaleb's Team Picture .....

Kaleb was so excited to see his team picture this week, little did he know that he wasn't in the picture.  I was away the weekend of the pictures, and it was left up to daddy to take him.  Instead they decided to go hunting up at the hunt camp, typical boys hunting and fishing comes first.

So far Kaleb hasn't played any games, they do drills for the majority of the year.  Sometime in March they will begin to play mini games.

Kaleb can't wait to actually play a game, I think he is a bit jealous of Scarlett's games every weekend.

Georgina Girls Novice Team take Silver ........

Wow, what a weekend.  Scarlett's first tournament was this weekend, and it was a lot of fun.

Martin thinks I'm turning into one of those mothers, you know the type that takes the game really really seriously.  But I'm sure I'm just a typical mother.  

Aren't you supposed to be stressed, and yelling at the referee's.  This is very important to me, ahhh I mean the girls.  

Of course I'm just kidding, I am all about the girls having fun.  Who cares if they win, as long as Scarlett's gets off the ice having had fun.

It was easy to get pulled into the excitement, and sure there were times where you wondered if the referee had been drinking, or maybe needed glasses but for the most part it was just a lot of fun to watch.

Getting to see the girls beaming with joy as they got their medals was a great thing to see.

At this age they are still having fun, Scarlett got her medal and thought they had won the whole tournament.  She had no idea that silver isn't as good as gold, to her it was the fact that she had a medal hanging around her neck.

The girls next tournament is over the Christmas Holidays in Whitby, and I for one can't wait.

Here she is patiently waiting her turn to go on, of course her stick should not be over the boards while the game is on.  What you can't see is me waving at her trying to get her to put the stick away.

Playing defense.

The Silver Medal Winners, Scarlett is back row, left corner.

 

 

 

Good girl defending the net, and notice she is not in the goalie crease, its taken some time but she's finally got the hang of it.

Just missed her blocking a shot here, but you can see she's ready to pounce.