Posted in Family on April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Confirming what his parents have been suspecting for some time, Joshua is now officially an attitude-laden, cell phone-toting teenager!!!!
The celebration was rather low key - a home pizza party followed by cake and presents. He’ll have a second party with some buds soon - but he’s clearly entered a new phase! Congrats Josh - we knew [...]
Posted in Family, Grampa on April 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Grampa’s chorus, the Young@Heart, are making some noise with the new documentary movie that’s come out about them - see the trailer here!! They’re getting press all over the place - including a story on the Today Show, a New York Times review, an appearance on Nightline, and an MSNBC recommendation!!
Grampa was a guest celebrity at [...]
Posted in Family, Weddings on April 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Over the first weekend of April, we participated in the wedding of John’s running buddy, Thor. The previous month we’d hosted the Stag Run bachelor party - so of course we’d get to help with the wedding too! In fact, that ball had begun rolling back at Christmas when Ironboy and his fiance, Heather, had [...]
Posted in Family, Italy, Vacation on February 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »
For the last few years we’ve talked, sometimes fancifully, about the possibility of taking Grampa back to “the old country“, from where his father had come to America in 1902. As his 80th birthday approached, the time seemed more right than it might ever be again. So, last March 29th, we presented him with a somewhat [...]
Posted in Church, Family, Scouts on February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A scout is reverent.
And a father is proud when he gets to go to Scout Sunday service with his two boys.
Posted in Family, Skiing on January 26, 2008 | No Comments »
January 26 marked the annual Chestnut Village ski day…
We’ve got this one nutty neighbor whose idea of fun is organizing this thing. He charters a huge “luxury coach” and gathers orders for lift tickets and lessons. We pack 50 or so folks into the bus, share coffee and doughnuts, drive 2-1/2 hours to beautiful Bretton [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on December 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Despite being buried in the snow, we were blessed with visits from family over Christmas. Marie was up and her brother, Shawn’s Uncle Cleon, and his wife, Aunt Ellie joined us for the holiday.
Christmas Eve day began with John joining the local running group’s Jingle Bell run…
Our festivities began in earnest with Christmas Eve dinner…
Our [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on December 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We had our nearly-annual Christmas Party on December 15. A houseful of ~85 revelers celebrated the season with warm wassail, salty snacks, and delicious desserts. The house was packed with many friends from work, previous “works”, our church, and our neighborhood - even the Cub leaders got into the spirit of celebration…
The locals lingered into [...]
Posted in Family, Holiday on November 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
No, not bored. Board. But we’ll get to that.
Our Thanksgiving began with the family participating in the 20th annual Feaster Five road races up in Andover. As he’s done for the last few years, John was the MC for the kids’ races and then worked at the finish line encouraging runners up the final hill. [...]
Posted in Family on October 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
As always, we had some fun at Halloween…
The guys repeated a couple of costumes from last year - the Bandito and the Banana. Grams came up to join the fun and help hand out candy. Josh went over to a buddy’s house to trick-or-treat in his neighborhood and help celebrate his grandmothers birthday while Jake [...]
