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Episode: Borden Golf Weekend

On June 27, the long awaited Pearson Golf outing came to pass. It has long been the plan to scatter Ed's ashes on the golf course in Camp Borden which he helped to build and played at as a young father in the late 50's early 60's. The older of the seven kids have fond memories of their childhood there and they love to return to see their old stomping grounds. The group arrived Saturday morning and had a lovely breakfast before heading to the old neighbourhood and then on to the course. They had beautiful weather and enjoyed a great round of golf, fellowship and lots of memories and laughs. It was so much fun they plan to return for the second annual in 2010 !

Episode: Horticultural Society Bus Trip & Mini Vaca

On June 13th, Mom, Wendy and I went on our annual bus trip. This year we went to Toronto where we toured Casa Loma, Allen Gardens and Humber and Kimglow nurseries. Lunch was at Mandarin Restaurant ...yum. The next day we drove to Niagara on the Lake where we looked through the shops and had a loverly dinner of prime rib at an olde English pub downtown. Monday we went up the parkway for a wine tour and tasting at Inniskillin winery. On the way home we stopped for a walk around the Niagara Botanical garden and because we hadn't looked at enough plants we stopped at Terra Nursery on the way back to my place. We hope to make this an annual event. Newcomers are most welcome ! Next year the plan is to go on the bus tour again, then to Toronto the next day, possibly to Woofstock dog festival.

Episode: Serious Countdown

We're getting down to the wire....only 25 more sleeps till we hit Grand Bend ! Ice cream...mmmmmm....! Coffee on the deck in the morning,long walks, picking out some fun jewellry, playing on the beach, watching the kids have a nap under a towel on the sand, frozen margueritas !

Episode: Happy Canada Day !

Even though I'm working on Canada Day I will still celebrate our great country ! We are so blessed to live here and I'm proud to be a Canadian ! Hope you all enjoy your Canada Day and have fun !

Episode: Laura's 30th Birthday

Happy Birthday Laura ! You are an amazing daughter, sister, mother, wife and friend. We always have fun when we are with you and if we need someone to talk to or a shoulder to lean on, you are there. Hope you have an awesome day today ! We love you lots !

Episode: Happy Birthday Randy

Happy Birthday Randy Pearson ! Not so old geezer with nine, (yes - 9) Grandchildren. Hope you have a great day !

Episode: 47 Sleeps !

...till we're where we want to be. Hope the warm weather is here by then. Our new venue "Grand Bend", new kids splash pad on the beach, cool new digs complete with outdoor bar, new shops to explore. A new adventure for the PMS's !

Episode: Spring has sprung

Things are happening in the family...and it's all due to our nicer weather ! Gardeners are gardening. (We have the aching bones to prove it) The Silvas have just returned from their Florida vaca...(I'm sure they will have an exciting post to tell all about it). The Mart Pool is officially open as soon as a brave soul decides to take a plunge. The Mart Major Landscaping team has been hard at work cutting down a huge tree (lumberjack=Andy) and planting to bring the Winding Way showplace up to snuff. The Pearson/Bronson abode is sporting a new BBQ, firepit, patio fence, pond fountain and pretty green umbrella set. The Silvas have spruced up their spruces with a haircut. The ball season has begun with the team yet to hit their stride with a new slate of rookies on the roster....but we'll get there ! We wake up each morning of the weekend to the sounds of birds chirping, lawnmowers humming and chainsaws wailing. Ahhh Spring !

Episode: Karate Kid !

Congratulations to Miss Gabby Silva who has achieved her Junior Yellow Belt in Karate ! Gabby has worked very hard attending classes and practices and this was recognized at the recent grading. Good work Gabby ! We're proud of you !

Episode: Tree Planting at Onondaga

Saturday April 18th, 2009 Ali, Mary, Rui, Kathy and Rob ventured out to the Tim Hortons Kids Camp at Onondaga to plant a few hundred Red Oak trees, followed by lunch and a tour of the camp.

The Marts and Silvas showed up later and joined the planters for a supper at Uncle Gils farm just down the road. The kids had a great time running around, and trying to name all the different types of birds.

Happy 11th birthday to Mary Watson. Hope you had an awesome day. Can't wait to see you all in Grand Bend.

Episode: Olympics...Here we come!

Tierney had her first gymnastics lesson on Saturday! She was so excited. Her coaches name is Meredith and she attends Tumble Tots. The first lesson was awesome they learned so much and Tierney could do almost everything without any help. We are looking forward to all the weeks ahead.

Here she is on the balance beam,

And on the trampoline,

And the bars.

We can't wait to go back and learn some more and have some more fun .....and ps Daddy had fun too!

Episode: Everything's coming up Everett

Well, Here he is ........finally! I had to take many many pictures of him to abolish the old adage that the second child does not get as many pictures taken of him as the first. Oddly enough after this sitting Tierney remarked that "There are no pictures of me when I was a baby ya know"

I had to laugh because there are literally hundreds anyone who knows us knows this to be a truth maybe thousands I would have to check.

And Yes he did pee in the air during this photo shoot. I did not get a shot of it but it would have captured the true Everett.

Tierney had no qualms about kissing her brother when asked to for a picture. However my vantage point was not always the best there were about 50 outtakes for every good kiss shot.

As you can see he is filling out quite nicely pretty soon we should see some nice ham hawks starting to develop.

He naturally looks into the light! Perfect for those

"Reflective Baby" type poses. What do you suppose he thinking about? Perhaps reminiscing about his time in the womb.

We hope you enjoyed our photo montage! Stay tuned for more as I am a snap happy mama!

Episode: A new Grandson !

Everett Xavier Hanlon Mart, born Sunday March 22nd, 2009
Welcome to the family Everett !

Episode: Waiting for Tomato.......

So excited! Can't hardly stand it. The Mart household is abuzz with anticipation, I am placing an order of Samosas with Cam. We're going to get things going! Already dialated 3cm and 70% effaced! This baby's headed downtown! We're getting this kid out one way or another!






Tierney is majorly pumped to be a big sister we have started a baby video journal, so we can look back and see just what happened when we were waiting for the youngest Mart to come!!








Top 5 Things Tierney will do with Tomato

1.Change it's diaper
2.Hug him/her
3.Make funny faces at him/her
4.Teach him/her about the Easter bunny
5.Kiss him/her



Bring on the baby!