Help required

My girls need help.

Here is the problem: Two little girls(age 8 and 10) are arriving in a new country.

In their home country they have one Grandmother, and two uncle and aunties and less than five cousins.

In this new country they have: One Great Grandmother, Grandpa Canada, Nana Canada, Auntie Lisa, Cousin Josh, Cousin Dylan, Auntie Barb, Cousin Sadie, Auntie Maureen, Uncle Nick, Auntie Angie, Auntie Pat, Uncle John, Auntie Shirley, Auntie Linda, Uncle Rob, Auntie Joan, Uncle Dan, Uncle Jack, Auntie Darlene, Auntie Sharon, Uncle Lionel, Uncle Hal, and that is before we start on the cousins, first cousins, second cousins, extra cousins and other cousins.

This seems a bit scary to me. Here is my solution.
If you have time would you make up a family tree of your family - with names, ages and interests and send it back to me at dbernhardsen@shaw.ca If possible send pictures. I will combine it all into a walking around directory for the girls. They are practicing now to remember who belongs to who but this will not only help them while there are here but should be a great keep-sake when they return.

Thanks for your help - We have four really excited Aussies coming this way.

The Ausse's are coming! The Aussie's are Coming!

We have the word - September 15, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. the Aussie's will land in Canada and we may never be the same.
That's right - David, Tracy, Paris and Ashley land in Vancouver on Sept. 15. They will be in Canada until October 25. We are planning a get-together at the Lake on Saturday, Sept. 19 - but we have booked the hall for Friday, Saturday and Sunday so that gives us a lot of time to talk, play horeshoes, walk on the beach, on the pier, ride on the swing, walk the 4F Trail, watch the birds, camp, and do whatever you want in the fresh lake air. There is plenty of camping space, so make a weekend of it. We would love to see whoever can make it. If you have questions, give me a call at 780-222-9913 or our home number 780-760-9949. Now I am going to take a tranquilizer and go to bed.

O'Hara Reunion - what to Bring?????

We will provide hamburgers and hot dogs and birthday cake. If anyone would like to bring salads and drinks ....that would be great. Just let me know.

Zippety Doo Dah

Zippety doo dah!!! Zippede aye!! My of my what a wonderful day! Seems appropriate to sing and do a jiggy or two. We attended the Cancer Clinic on Friday and Mom received word that she remains cancer free. Mom has decided to received some preventative treatment whereby she will be undergoing radiation of her brain. This will entail a 10 day regime of radiation. The amount of radiation will be minimal and hopefully only have minimal side effects....nothing like the whammy lung treatment. She will lose her "slighty" white blonde locks again during radiation but I hear there is a red flaming wig up for loan. Truly the way her hair follicles have sprouted from the last round of radiation......it will be no time at all before the next silvery streaks will return!

Thank you Dan and Joan for hosting another family rebellion! We just attended one in North Battleford, Sask and returned with some great ideas. Should anyone wish to bring a small family picture album from years past or the past year or just random pics, please do so. We could just leave the albums on a table for others to peruse. Another idea - Guess the baby pics - sure maybe the O'Hara crew might have an advantage but with so many spouses and kids - it's anyones game!! Let me know if anyone is interested! I will bring a poster board for the baby pics and maybe come up with a few crowns or trophies - since we are all a bit competitive.

Hope everyone is having a zippety doo dah summer and looking forward to many songs and laughs in August!

O'Hara Reunion Update

The O'Hara reunion will be at our place,22 Donlevy Place, St Albert , on Saturday, August 8th at 2:00 pm until late into the evening (jam session).

Send an email with any questions to dano@scottbuilders.com or call 780-460-6071.

See you there!

O'Hara Reunion

Hi Ya all (Sorry, Just got back from the Calgary Stampede)

We are planning a family reunion for Saturday August 8th in the Edmonton area. The exact location will be determined based on the number of people that will be attending. Nathan, Lyndsay, Robb and Linda will be comming from Vancouver.

Please let me know how many in your family will be attending. Email me at dano@scottbuilders.com before July 16th.