Posts Tagged ‘ family ’

Here’s a photo that I took on our second or third day in Hawaii: the legendary and iconic rainbow tower of the Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel on Waikiki beach in Oahu:
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It’s been tough re-adjusting to normal life after our Hawaii trip. This morning was cold, wet, and punctuated by the arrival of 200+ stampeding emails flooding my work in-box. Ah well … it was great while it lasted. Every so often, I’m going to post pictures of what we did and saw in Hawaii...
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We went to my sister’s place yesterday where we were having a family party for my nephew Jacob, who was turning 14. The place was lousy with iPhones. I had one. My sister Maria had one. Her daughter Megan had one. My sister Renee had one. Her husband Jeroen had one. Naturally, since I’m...
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Just overheard in the dining room … Teresa (my wife): “Aidan, what’s your address?” Aidan (my 4-year-old son): “Aidan.com” Funny little man … funny little man.
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Sir Edmund Hilary Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier This is Ethan on Sunday earlier this week, climbing on park equipment. We’ve been having wonderful weather lately … sunny, warm, clear. I’m hoping it lasts!
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Triumph Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier My daughter Gabrielle won her school’s spelling bee this past week Thursday. I was in Winnipeg for a quick business trip, but my wife Teresa took pictures and our son Aidan (4) took video. The really cool thing beyond Gabrielle winning is that she’s in the lowest grade of...
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Well, I haven’t gotten around to doing anything at all on my new combined blog in the past week or so.  Part of the problem is the new job and the tremendous workload as I transition out of the old and squeeze into the new. Another part is the two courses I’m taking for my...
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(This is a story by my son Ethan, who is 8 years old.)Chapter 1Once upon a time there was a boy who loved to swing.One day he swung so high that he slipped of and flew though the air! Then a peregrine falcon stuck him down flying the fastest he could! He fell and...
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The kids all got their medals today from the Fraser Valley Regional Library summer reading club challenge.Aidan, when he came home with his, said now he’s got his first medal “so he can feel like a winner.”
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Ethan’s instructions: 1. Blow both balloons up first (to stretch the balloons) 2. Let the air out of both 3. Blow up the balloon that’s supposed to be bigger (on the outside) 4. While holding the outside balloon put the other balloon inside it 5. Blow up the inside balloon6. Blow up the outside...
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We’re currently on BC’s Sunshine Coast taking a week’s holiday. A couple of days ago we took a two-hour hike to Skookumchuck Narrows, which is where the tidal flow into a huge basin is constricted through a narrow passage and can exceed 30 km/hr. Really cool rapids and standing waves … which the kayakers...
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Ethan and Aidan were playing around with Photobooth, Apple’s fun picture-taking software that accompanies the newer iMacs and MacBooks with built-in cameras. A couple of the results: And one that they liked better: The painting you see in the back? It’s Jeroen Vermeulen‘s … their uncle (and my brother-in-law). ethan, aidan, john koetsier,...
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(a poem by Gabrielle Koetsier, age 10) Children sitting, solemn, silent. Bell rings! Screaming, yelling, violent! Running, rushing, up the stairs. “Children, wait!” nobody cares. School’s out! It’s summer! Time to play! No more teachers! Run away! We are going to the pool. Perfect way to keep us cool. Let’s go buy some lemonade!...
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This past Easter we, naturally, had an easter egg hunt. Each of the kids had a chance to hide the eggs and let the others find them. And Gabrielle, being the creative girl she is, had to make it more interesting … with clues. Here they are … Hrm …. in the library? Outside?!?...
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I took the day off today and we spent the day at Mount Baker. Tubing, playing, feeding the birds … absolutely gorgeous: Here’s a short video that I took while tubing … following Gabrielle down the hill: mount baker, tubing, john koetsier
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