Busch Gardens

Went to Busch Gardens today! Wicked Day! No Line ups! Basically ZERO wait times! So much better than Disney! We arrived at the "Gardens" early enought to be the first few people in the doors. We hit tons of rides in the first 2 hours - way more than we would have done in a whole day at Canada's Wonderland. Hannah, Wendy & Kevin loved the ride called MONTU - smooth, fast and twisty. Noah loved a ride called GWAZI which was totally old school looking with wooden stilts holding it up. We checked out a bunch of animals and thought the orangatang's were the coolest, one of which pulled a handstand for us. Good Times in the sunny south!

2010 Training

December 11... The snow has arrived in Southern Ontario. I guess winter has officially started. I was forced to do a 'trainer' ride in the basement last night so I guess winter training has officially begun for the 2010 Mountain Bike season. We will all get a small dose of summer on our annual pilgrimage down south to Florida but other than that, it's back to riding rollers and XC skiing for training. 36 week until National Championships in Canmore Alberta! Here we go!!

BEGATS

Growing up I use to hear my mom Lizzy & my Granny Delaute yattering on about all the new 'begats' that were being born and that it was amazing to get all the new recruits together. I have never heard that word 'begats' other than from them. Is it a real word? Anyway, I am pleased to announce that on the SIMMS side, I have a new neice and nephew to go along sister Heather's Torno! Congrats to my sister Sharon and husband Jamie on the birth of Riley and congrats to my other sister Wendy and husband Norm on their new baby boy Tycho. The 'begats' are growing. I know my Mom will be happy and searching for date to get everybody in the same place at the same time. 'Begats'... just thought I would say that word again!

Bathroom Renovation

Well it appears as though bathroom renovations are running in the family this fall. This room is the final room requiring demolotian here at Cathedral Pines. I hired Hannah to assist with the project as she is startig to take more of an interest in "making money" (read.. it appears as everybody else her age has an ipod touch but her, so she is saving!). Anyway, she was a great help and the room is totally down to bare walls and the reconstruct process will commence this week. GEO came over to help unhook a few electrical items and help with the new roof line - THANKS!

Halloween Night

So... Halloween 2009 has come and gone. I got a chance to develop a couple pictures from the spooky night on Cathedral Pines. This year, both kids were happy to take off and trick or treat by themselves. No need for Mom & Dad this year! As well, we noticed a significant larger quanity of candy coming in the door. It appears the swift travellings of the Simms kids throughout the 2 hours allowed for copiuous amounts of candy collecting. Hannah dissappeared before I could get a shot of her but I managed to catch Noah and his fellow condiment - Logan House.

Cartoon Fall Updates

Check out this cartoon update on the Simms Family Fall activities!
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5712147
CLICK ON THE LINK TO VIEW.

Hockey Season

#11 Noah Simms
Atom AE ORO THUNDER.
Quick highlight reel for the fans!