Another photo of Zoe!

Our gal! Always the interesting personality, always adding a little spark to the day. She isn't ever camera shy, with a photographer for a Daddy... but sometimes the pictures we get are are packed with well extra ...personality. Trent has titled this one "do a little dance" and anyone who sees her on an average day with music playing knows that she is the dancing princess.

Mommy, Why are those boys (half) naked?

You teach your child decency, you tell her keep your clothes on. Zoe knows that undies are not for public viewing, so when she comes into the room during Dillon and friends photo shoot to half naked boys trying to be studs... it seems an appropriate question!
So this is the life of a photographers wife. And while Trent doesn't (always) get to choose the model, and as you can see some may not be completely svelt, he has the amazing knack of taking and making a great shot out of anyone! But please, don't all clamour to strip down to your skivies in our home please,...

Morning Sickness

need I say more?

Zoe's Thoughts on Zippers

Zoe has issues with her winter jackets, they zip up really tight to her neck. She always asks specifically that we don't zip her jacket too high. She owns pants with zippers too, which she's ok with because pants don't zip up "too high."

Today she put on her zipper shirt. It's a crew neck red shirt with a zipper on the shoulder towards the neck, this allows her to get it over he head, and then it zips up the side so she likes it. This is what she said: "I like this shirt, I don't like the other zippers though, they make me too up and downey."

So there you are, sideways zipper are good — up and downey zippers bad. The world according to a 3 1/2 year old!!!

Tumbler Ridge Triumphs over Bell Mobility

After six months of hell where my friends, family and I suffered due to the lack of customer service and a system error that created incredibly high bills that had to be solved by monthly phone calls to Bell, and a multitude of "so sorry, no we are trying to fix the problem, yes we understand your frustration... I finally found the right email address to contact and lo! Got a call from one of the executives who actually is letting me out of the contract without paying the extreme price of $300 bucks! And the cool thing is that our Police department also bought the same phones, and now all of Tumbler (or at least all that I know) are all getting rid of their phones too, same thing, no cancellation fee! So while I will no longer have a phone to talk to my friends free with (only after explaining to the customer service dept. that no I should not be paying for the Bell to Bell calls, yes it's in my contract that they are free...) I am happy to be out of this amazingly time consuming terribly frustrating situation. Want to know what I sent on that email? Along with a unhappy letter explaining how I feel I sent the cartoon you are seeing! Hah!!!

Presenting Princess Zoe

Zoe has fallen in love with her dress-ups she got for Christmas. While she prefers the beautiful dresses from Aunty Danielle, Aunty Jerrilyn & Santa, she is also partial to the crowns and has even tried wobbeling around in the dress-up "heels" and did quite well! Zoe loves the new computer too, and is always asking mommy to take pictures of her on the computer's photo booth. This is what happens when the dressing up meets computer photo silliness. Not bad eh?