Poppa Columbus

We were treated to a great visit with Orville Lee, Shawn’s dad, or, as the kids call him Poppa, over the Columbus Day weekend.
He flew in on Thursday morning and by Thursday afternoon, the fun had already begun as Jake escorted him to IRP to watch Joshua playing with the North Reading High School JV soccer [...]

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Frivolity on the Fourth

We had some fun on the fourth! After a ridiculously rainy month of June, the weather finally broke on July 4th weekend just in time for the BBQ we’d planned.  We had a few friends over and they helped us have a grand old time!  While the kids splashed in the pool, tossed water balloons, [...]

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Easter Grampa

A lot of folks were recently visited by the Easter Bunny. But at our house this year, we were treated to a long weekend visit by the Easter Grampa!

His much anticipated visit began the Thursday preceding Easter when he showed up just in time to see Jake’s end-of-session indoor soccer tournament.  Jake promised Grampa a [...]

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Tubin’… On a Monday afternoon…

With apologies to the Young Rascals, “I can’t imagine anything that’s better“!

MLK Monday. 14″ of new snow. No school.

So we grab a couple of buddies and head for the Amesbury Sport Park for some tubing.

Just good fun.

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Holidays ‘08

We had a great time over the Christmas and New Year holidays!  It all started when Shawn’s Uncle Cleon and Aunt Ellie arrived at our place the day before Christmas Eve. Both John and Shawn got off work a bit early and the celebrations began. We weren’t really spun up though until Christmas Eve [...]

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Merry Christmas 2008!

We had a couple of big storms this past weekend that should ensure that there will be a White Christmas at our place…

We’re happy and well and looking forward to having some family visit for Christmas – and we’re fortunate to have a bit of time off to play afterward.  We hope you too are [...]

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Yule Gruel

Like last year’s party, we dedicated our Holiday Party this year toward gathering some donations for the North Reading Food Pantry.  Oh, and having fun!!

As usual, our neighbors and friends came through with flying colors! With a record crowd in attendance, the house was rockin’ both upstairs and down. We were honored to host friends [...]

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Family Feast(er)

We were blessed with an awesome Thanksgiving holiday!  It all started on Wednesday afternoon when Shawn’s nephew Pete arrived to help beat the dog…

Pete’s a Junior and one of the stars of Colby-Sawyer’s soccer team. We haven’t seen him for a bit so it was really good to have him around!
Thanksgiving day itself started with [...]

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Halloween ‘08

We had a great Halloween!  The weather was awesome and Grams came up to help hand out candy and see the kids.  In a few rare moments of silence, Jake was a mime…

He still made a lot of noise terrorizing the neighborhood with his buds. Joshua, on the other hand, was launched into space…

Or at [...]

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Christmas ‘07

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 [...]

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