rand harward family

September 2010 San Diego

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Liam is a fish. You can lead him to the water - but good luck leading him out of it!

Colin at the Shamu Show 'Believe'.

Sea World with Grandma and Grandpa. Shamu Stadium.

San Diego Zoo -one of the elephants got out and stocked us to the car.

July 2010 Nehalem Bay Camping

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Soccer with Dad. Log piles are better than "play structures".... except for the slivers!

Had a blast playing on the dunes and log piles until high winds gave us enough incentive to pack it up and go home a day early!

May 2010

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Costa Rica is Paradise!

The kids loved the animals, and swimming in warm water everyday.
We loved the people, food, and relaxation!
Backyard pool in Atenas, Costa Rica.

Hot Springs at the base of Volcan Arenal.

April 2010 Henry Reunion Cruise

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We spent a few days in Birmingham on the way to the port in Mobile, AL
Colin and Liam with their cousins, Connor and Cole, at the Birmingham Zoo.

I don't recommend taking a 1-yr-old on a cruise - unless a 5-day game of chase sounds like fun to you. That said, no one went overboard and we had a blast (especially when we nearly missed the ship in Progreso ... enough said)

On the dock after a day of fun in Cozumel. Aysha, Jacque, and Dawn swam with the dolphins and Rand and Christian did some scuba.

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November 2009

The '3 Olders' and kids

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Cami arranged to bring Calvin and come up to Vancouver to see baby Liam. Blaine gets the 'Father of the Decade' award for holding down the fort in PA for nearly a week.

Kell drove down from Seattle. We caught up and spent some time on the mountain. It had been at least eight years since Cami and Kell had seen each other and longer since all three of us had been together.

Calvin, Grant, and Colin had a blast in the hot tub. (We all questioned the purity of the water after a few minutes of soaking.)

More photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/randharward/CamiAndCalvin?authkey=qq5wocXQ7pw#

Liam is born

2008-09-09T23:43:00.000-07:00

And the newbie is .....
Liam Douglas Harward! At 21 inches tall, 7.5 lbs, and a mullet that would make any 80's rocker jealous, he is the newest member of the Harward clan. Welcome home Liam!

"Douglas" is Aysha's father's name - and he shares the same long toes too. "Liam" was a name that Aysha had really liked, and when she put it with her dad's middle name it just clicked. I never even had to crack a baby-name book.

Colin is so excited to be a big brother - (see photo).

If Liam brings him a new Thomas Lego set everyday from now on - I think he'll be just fine.

Click here to see the online photo album - (including mullet and toes): http://picasaweb.google.com/randharward/LiamDouglasHarward

May Snow

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Colin Posts

2008-06-04T15:22:00.000-07:00

If he could type, Colin would post the following:

That's a pretty cool stick dude! (eyeing the 2x4 in my hand)
It looks pretty nice, dad. (surveying my yard work)
I woke up! (every time)
That's not too bad! (following a butt-sore diaper change meltdown)
I mowed da wan (lawn).

No. 2 In View

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For the sake of being ultra-prepared we had the baby scanned for gender. Looks like Aysha will be out-numbered with a capital O.

Crib Free

2008-06-04T15:08:00.000-07:00

Colin moves across the hall and into more freedom. (Freedom to ambush mommy and daddy at 3am from a dead sleep!)