Monday, August 21, 2006

And we're off.....

So we're off to go camping.

To find where we are going, check out Jim's blog.
 

I was going through the pictures on one of our digital cameras, and found this wonderful picture of Justin on his first birthday. He really liked his birthday cake. Posted by Picasa

Friday, August 18, 2006

immunization

Today Justin had two shots! They were due when he turned a year, but chicken pox happened so...he had them today. He received the Measules, Mumps, Rubella one and then the meningococcal C-Conjugate.

he cried.

he got a bubba (bottle) of milk.

he relaxed again, holding mom-mom the bottle and Collie.

He played for 15 minutes.

He went and got him weighed and measured. He is 31.5 inches long and weighes 26 lbs, 2 oz. he's growing.....

Thursday, August 17, 2006

He follows instructions!

Justin can do it!

I can ask him...Go find your collie. And off he trundles to find collie (as long as collie is on the same floor as he is).

It's cute!
It's fun!

For those who don't know...collie (also known as col-col) is his most treasured stuffy in the whole wide world! He is a stuffed collie dog that he found at the towns rummage sale benefit for the hospital. He occasionally gets into other stuffies but ONLY col-col gets that special smile and special bite on the ear!

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Here is the article about my second cousin

Boy, 12, dies in go-cart mishap

Youth is hit by tractor on country road

BY: MELINDA DALTON

KURTZVILLE, ONT. (Aug 12, 2006)

A 12-year-old Palmerston boy died yesterday only metres from his grandmother's house after the go-cart he was riding in was hit head-on by a tractor.

The victim, Alex Van Oostveen, was celebrating his 12th birthday and visiting his grandmother in Kurtzville at the time of the crash.

The collision happened at about 4:15 p.m. on Perth Line 88 near the intersection of Line 178.

The boy was riding around the yards of several neighbouring houses in a homebuilt motorized go-kart, said Perth OPP Const. Glen Childerly.

The go-kart pulled out onto the shoulder of the highway and was crushed by a tractor pulling two grain trailers, Childerly said.

"The front end of the tractor collided with the go-kart and it was dragged," he said. "It hit almost straight on . . . The tractor then rolled onto the lawn of a residence."

North Perth firefighters and emergency crews arrived a short time later and an air ambulance from London was summoned.

CPR was performed at the scene, but the air ambulance was called off before it landed. The boy was taken to Listowel Memorial Hospital by land ambulance where he died, police said.

The boy was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, but his injuries were too severe, police said.

The tractor wasn't travelling fast, but the nearly 3,000-kilogram load of wheat it was pulling made stopping quickly impossible, police said. The driver of the tractor was not injured.

Yesterday evening, the tractor remained on its side on the front lawn of a home, the crushed cherry-red go-cart under its wheels.

Solemn neighbours filed past, some shaking their heads at the scene.

The roadway is generally quiet, they said, but this time of the year traffic picks up as farmers bring in their crops.

"It's wheat harvest season and there's a lot of farmers taking their wheat to the mill up the road," said Murray Williams, who lives around the corner from the scene of the collision. "It gets pretty busy."

Police were continuing their investigation.

mdalton@therecord.com

found online "the record" at this address.

Please Pray

My mom phoned yesterday, and I learned a bit more today.

I have a second cousin, 12 years old, who has just passed away.

He was at his Oma's (grandmother) house celebrating his 12th birthday. He was riding around on a cart, having blast with a neighbour boy, waiting for his mom to pick him up after work.

And he got in front of a tractor with two grain wagons behind. The tractor couldn't stop. There would be no way he could have stopped with two full grain wagons behind him.

His grandmother rushed out to see what happened and found him dying.

The medical people say that he died on impact.

Visitation is Monday and Tuesday with the funeral on Wednesday. Two of his uncles are ministers and will be doing the service. It will be tough.

Please, if you would, keep his family in your prayers.


UPDATE::::

I found a newspaper story with the information on my second cousin. It is found at The Record. I have no idea if they will allow you free access or not. In case they don't I'll copy the article out and paste it as a separate entry.