Happy Birthday Stefanie!

Family life is many things

And one of the nicest joys it brings

Is having a daughter as dear as you

Who's thought of in a special way

Not only on a special day

But warmly and with love

The whole year through!

Happy Birthday Stef!

~ author unknown

Love,

The FAM!

xoxo

15 days until Easter

Oh what a perfect day!  22 preschoolers, an Easter egg hunt, friends and family, prizes and treats, the warmth of the sun, bunny helpers and 'Big Bunny'.  A perfect party!

xoxo

Happy

St. Patrick's Day!

A wee bit o' corned beef on a green hard roll! Bryan's doing it right in SLC! He's cooked his corned beef, made his colcannon and carrots and feeding his friends a wee bit o' Ireland

on Spring Break!

He's making his Irish Grandmother proud!

(cell-phone-to-cell-phone photo by Bryan)

Roger's Sister, Susie, came out from OH for the weekend. We had a girls' night sleepover! Linda, Susie, Stefanie and me! It was so fun, Rog bought us dinner and made sure our glasses were never empty. We watched old family movies (my father-in-law narrated the best family movies). We ate 'Grinders Keepers' grinders and

'Wings over Bristol' wings.

We laughed and cried, and laughed some more!

Jasmine has bronchitis ...
but she seems to be on the mend! Poor puppy ...

Jasmine's cousins, Callie and Jack,

came to visit her!

"Jack, where are your eyes?"

Back yard stuff ...

It's hard to see in the above photo, but that is NOT a pile of snow in our back yard. It's a Red-tailed hawk lunching on a Seagull. Tried sneaking up on him instead of getting the telephoto lense, but you can't sneak up on a Red-tailed hawk! The Seagull was bigger than the hawk and he carried it away. And all that was left was ....

Have a great-rest-of-the week!

xoxo

Updates from MM

Updates from Moose Manor up North! Estimated date of completion is end of May/beginning of June 2009! Here's just a few pics! Rooms are painted, knotty pine cathedral ceiling is being installed ... time to pick out drawer pulls, etc.

Shell and Snowshoes on the trail

that runs through their property!

the view from the kitchen/dining room area!

view from the upstairs bedrooms ...

... rather breathtaking!

and by the way ...

YAY!

xoxo

Halloween in March ...

I never seem to get these pieces done on time!

"ghoulish gourdies"

Bat and Ghost and Bead embellishments by

Dana Bates

Gourds by God!


painting by me ...

i'm optimistic, i'm not late ... these are 2009 Halloween pieces!

xoxo

Happy Birthday!

Happy, Happy Birthday Bruce!

.... you've come a LONG way baby ...

enjoy YOUR day!

xoxoxoxo

Snow, Snow, Snow!

waiting for Spring ...

(new flip flops in the snow)

Thank YOU Robin!

poor OS Man!

         b r r r r r r r r ....

stay warm,

xoxo

Where in the world is OS Man?

"Where in the world is Old Saybrook Man?" He's so darn cute! Rog found him in some of Auntie's treasures and he made the trip this weekend to GHB to check out the dock that needs to be replaced on Buckingham. You'll be seeing a lot of him this summer. He's very vintage (solid cast iron) and glad to be back amongst family and friends. Stay tuned for more Old Saybrook Man adventures. Oh .... and by the way, he needs a real name .... Rog thinks it should be "Norman", but I'm not lovin' it! Got any ideas?

the dock sure does need replacing ...

i think we're missing a step here ... EEWWW!

xoxo