Brittany and the boys have gone to Ontario with Danielle to visit John and Deborah, leaving me alone in the house with Sam. I take a great deal of pleasure in a numeber of the things contained in that last sentance, I will explain.

With the arrival of Oliver I now have had several occasions to refer to Gabriel and Oliver as, The Boys. I don’t know why but using this term to describe my children brings me great joy. I woudln’t have expected that having Oliver would have changed my perception of our family unit, but it has in a very positive way. I have always enjoyed having a large and loving exended family (relative to many that I know) and I think this feeling is the same, only much more intense as my own family grows.

The second thing that brings me great joy is spending time with Sam. She is a wonderful companion, both when Brittany and The Boys are here, and even more so when they are not. I think she is greatly under appreciated, but I hope that as the boys grow older, and she doesn’t grow to old that we will have many great years of outdoor activities and adventures.

As I have been left to my own devices, I went and picked up a Nikon AW100 which is waterproof, shoots 1080 HD videos and has a built in GPS. Some sample videos can be found here and here.