The Rollins explanation

Hmm... Baby Charlie has the SAME chin. Coincidence? I think not...

SRK & I @ her wedding in Oct/06. No Rollins in our futures except one with puppy breath.

Dear old Hank in action.


Sonya forced me to go see Henry Rollins in Boston in '94 (was it '94?? I think I was around 22) and I don't recall if it was a spoken word show or a Black Flag show. I don't think I fell asleep during the show like I did when she forced me to see Soul Asylum at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. I was excited to see Winona Ryder's boyfriend Dave Pirner and then quickly dozed off in my seat. Soooo boring. I finally woke up when we hit Robson St. for some shopping at which point Sonya started dozing. I've posted some Rollins pics and a Sonya/Tracy action shot for your viewing pleasure. I'm always considering you, my faithful readers.

We have a winner!

You all came out of the woodwork with your fantastic suggestions for a middle name for our little Henry and we appreciate it. There can only be one winner though. The coveted golden doggie biscuit goes to..... Mr. Rolf Warnhoff!! Mister Puppers has a middle name. The full name for the boy is

Henry Rollins Martell

We think being named for Henry Rollins will give him a bit of an edge which he might need at the dog park, puppy kindergarten & getting by in this house. Henry seemed non-plussed by the whole thing. He certainly didn't seem thankful at all. Oh well. Rolfie, WE are grateful!

big love,

Trey xo

Aha!

The mystery of little Charlie loving his toenails painted pink & red has been solved. Here's a shot of big Charlie with his pink scarf, copy of Elle Canada & what you can't see is a smoldering menthol cigarette and an icy cosmopolitan beside him. Poor baby Charlie-- nice namesake. Shoulda named him Brent.

Henry's visitors

Gail & Andy came to meet Mister Puppy

Grandma & Grandpa came to say hello to their new granddog!

A boy and his dog

Charlie & his dog

Jamie & his dog

All my men. Aren't I lucky?

Henry is home!

Mr. Henry Martell has come home. So far, so good. If you call peeing on our bedroom carpet within 2 minutes of being in the door good. He's also pooped and peed under Charlie's bed but it was on a small carpet which is now in the wash. He's had some good playtime and is such a smart puppers he goes into his crate for a rest when he's exhausted. Hardly any crying in the car on the way home. I'm optimistic he'll have an okay night as he seems pretty cozy in his crate. I'll keep you, my dedicated readers, posted on the dog situ!

We're looking for a middle name for the guy. Someone (ah hem, Nancie!) said he looks like Jerry Stiller who is Ben Stiller's dad who played Frank Costanza on Seinfeld-- and he sort of does. Anyway, in the running for middle names are Mancini, Higgins and Frank. Any other suggestions? Speak now or forever hold your peace. I was going to name him after my sis or bro but, wait! they didn't name any of their babies after me. Hmmph!

A nice, fat lip for Jim!

Silly Jim went mountain biking at Hartland Road dump on Boxing Day. He took a bit of a header resulting in his good-looking bloody, fat lip. I gather he slid on his face for a bit and then crashed head first into a rock. Needless to say I chucked out his cracked, smashed helmet. Boys WILL be boys!

3 Mamas

Here I am with my mama and my sister who is a mama to 3 lovely young ladies. Some Christmas
Day good times.

boys keeping busy

Charlie on KP duty. The guy's got to earn his keep.













Jamie & his favourite guy-- Grampie!!

Charlie's favourite pastime

Charlie loves to spend most of his waking hours "climbing walls".

Introducing Henry Martell!

Henry Martell & the little man's birth parents.

Jamie and I went and found our little pupster today. We will bring him home on Friday when he's just 8 weeks old. Now Jim can go for that vasectomy as this little dude will be our 3rd child.

We really think he's smashing and will be a fine addition to our family. Jamie had Henry and his 6 siblings crawling all over him when we went for a viewing. Both boys are very excited (as are Jim & I!) about all this business.

You betcha we'll keep you posted on how it all goes down. Any bets on which item we own he'll destroy? Which one of us will be the most devastated by Hurricane Henry? Stay tuned...

Okay, here's a shot of the boys in Puerto Vallarta. Pretty handsome dudes, if I do say so myself! Charlie is now 3.5 and Jamie is 5.5-- in French Immersion Kindergarten. Yoinks! Everyone is getting old.

Peace out.

And so we begin...

Hello and welcome to our blog! We are spotty about keeping up with you by emailing pictures and we rarely drop a line so we thought if we kept you posted about what we're doing it might prompt you keep us informed about what you're doing.

We just wound up a Martell family Christmas dinner. Yes, on January 14! We all just returned from Costa Rica to celebrate Jim's brother Bruce's wedding to Vanessa. Jim, the boys and I were all in Victoria for Christmas (my folks took the boys to Mexico for a vacation while Jim & I shot off to Costa Rica for an adult vacation) (YAY!!) but the rest of Jim's family spent Christmas away. It was oddly quiet this year. I was surprised at how I missed having everyone together for Christmas. I'm getting more and more like Larry as each year passes... Anyway, we're all together -- my parents are, of course, wintering down south so they're not here! -- and here's hoping new stuff keeps happening to keep y'all entertained!

Stay tuned...