Latest pictures

Christian won a pizza from a local pizza/sub shop last weekend at their Saturday night "guitar hero" contest! He was so proud. He's actually in this picture, but the sign was so bright it just didn't turn out. They usually put the last initial, but could not fit the "P."!

Come on Felix! Eric installed the new "kitty-door" today. The cats are not too thrilled with the thing so far! They sit on the other side of the door on the top stair meowing or scratching at the door! I'm glad it's installed though as Sally loved to venture down into the basement to munch on the cat's food!

Sarah had a friend come over for a visit. like Christian, she is a HUGE Harry Potter fan. Here they are trying to out-do each other with some Harry P. trivia. It looks like the answer is on the tip of her tongue!!!!

Pillow fight!!! you gotta have one of these when a friend is over.. Sally wanted in too, so Eric let her have a whack! She's got to be wherever the action is...(see all of the little round specks in this picture??? DUST!!! It's time for a cleaning I guess!)

I was "sprit day" at school Friday..here is Sarah and Mikayla sporting their school's green and white colors! Their mascott is the raptor after the raptors that next in the cliffs that are not far from and school. Sometimes we see falcons while playing on the playground. I got chills on September 11 of this year.. we looked up and saw a bald eagle flying overhead.. amazing and on such a memorable day...

What sleepover is complete without riding the futon mattress down the stairs????

I got an "I love your blog" award from Jenny!!!!

Thank you JENNY. I enjoy creating my blog for all to keep up with our happenings! Love your blog too!! You will find some of our answers are the same or are similar!!
1. Where is your cell phone? Actually I don't own a cell phone, Eric does and one is enough. That thing is always ringing!!!.

2. Where is dh? Call me silly but what is dh? If it means my hubby he is right here in the same room as me. (I don't know this one either Jenny, but eric is right here too..! )

3. What is your hair color? I don't really know how to describe it.. but I remember my pal Jenny telling me it was "butterscotch" back when we were in school together, I never forgot that!.

4. Your mother? best friend.

5. Your father? My buddy

6. Your favorite thing? spending time with friends and family, watching my kids learn new things, finding out what their interests are and them succeeding with those and having fun doing it!

7. Your dream last night? Hmmm I can't remember .

8. Your dream/goal? Do lots of traveling and visit historic spots.. I LOVE being in the same place where something really special happened once upon a time!

9. The room you are in? Living room.

10. Your hobby? Horses, music, horseback riding, crafts, baking, cross stitch (even though I have not done this in a long long time!) and books, books, books!

11. Your fear? Something happening to someone I love or myself.

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? whoa, I haven't thought that far ahead!

13. Where were you last night? After work Sarah and I stopped at the video store and picked up "Kit Kitteridge, an American girl"(which is GREAT by the way!) movie at the movie store, then we went to the library, next we went to pick up her friend for a sleepover at our house, on to the barn for chores and letting Kit in, then finally HOME! Whew, what a night!

14. What you're not? unfaithful

15. One of your wish list items? a pair of uggs (sp?) I've heard nothing but wonderful things... maybe for xmas???! :) oh, and I want the mini kind, dark brown... !

16. Where you grew up? Upstate New York

17. The last thing you did? ate dinner.

18. What are you wearing? Jammy pants and comfy shirt.

19. Your TV? If you mean what's on right now, it's football (not my choice!)

20. Your pet? Horse (yes, he's a big pet!) , bunny, bird, dog, two cats

21. Your computer? When I have time!

22.Your mood? happy

23. Missing someone? family and friends back in NY, kids I had in the preK who have moved away (WILLIAM in Oklahoma! I miss you buddy!)

24. Your car? SUV

25. Something you're not wearing? jewelry (Ex for wedding ring that I don't take off.. :) )

26.Favorite store? I don't shop much, there aren't many stores around here, but I do like to visit "farm-way" (the complete outfitters for man and beast!) in VT once in a while but I also like to look through catalogs.. horse catalogs, LL bean etc.

27. Your summer? Yes, way too short.. ! Never enough time for everything we want to do. horseback riding, taking Sarah to riding lessons, Christian to golf, playdates, library, going to the pond to swim, walk etc. oh and BBQ!

28. Love someone? I'm in love with Eric! :) of course my kids, family and friends too!!

29. Your favorite color? Blue

30. When is the last time you laughed? Today

31. Last time you cried? If you mean REALLY cry I don't remember, but I did laugh so hard that I cried while listening to Bob Marley's comedy on my IPOD while Sarah was in her ballet lesson last Wed... TOO FUNNY! People probably thought I was nuts while driving past...

Now for my three favorite blogs : Jenny's but she sent this to me, so I guess it stops here b/c I don't know three more! oh and I can't figure out how to put the "award" picture on here.. I'm not very computer saavy....

Speaking of my pal Jenny... her and her husband Brad are expecting their FOURTH GIRL in March!!! Congratulations you guys!!! Stop by to congratulate her on her link above!

More Halloween

Belle and Zorro went trick or treating with Sally the ballerina. Sally got biscuits from some houses!! We went to the masonic lodge's annual haunted house, trick or treating to a few houses, then on to a halloween party. It was a late, but fun night!

Zorro

Christian attended a 4-hour long baseball clinic at school this AM with former Red Sox pitcher Rob Woodward, here they are pictured together. (I think he pitched for them in '86, but don't quote me on that!) He got a ball signed by Rob... he had a blast!

pumpkin lighting

After homework, barn chores and dinner the kids carved their pumpkins! I carved a tiny gourd and Daddy helped with Sarah's HUGE pumpkin. Christian chose to carve a smaller one.. he knows all too well all of the "guts" that are involved with the biggies! I will take some pictures of them in their costumes tomorrow by their lighted pumpkins to share.

After the ghastly pumpkin carving was done we went to a small farm in the next town north of ours to visit their annual pumpkin lighting. There were some pretty neat pumpkin carvings there and at the very end we saw:

"happy halloween!"

update on Cecily

I wanted to post an update that I got for Sarah's friend Cecily, things are looking up, but she still needs all of your prayers! Thank you!!


On Friday Ceci sat in a chair for a couple of hours, listened to stories from her Uncle Andy and Aunt Laurie. It was pretty clear that Cecily was very aware of Andy, Laurie and familiar with the relaying of these stories. She also has shown recognition of other familiar voices and faces. She is doing some more moments of focusing and tracking with her eyes. All fabulous news.
Today Ceci will be transfered to Children's Hospital in Boston. There are no complications. Nance & Harry wanted to be close to where she will begin rehabilitation as well as to Harry's family. The best news is that Ceci produced urine last night, about a half a cup. Nancy & Harry had a "pee party"!! This is great news and may indicate the kidneys kicking back into gear.
Ceci seems to be headed most firmly in the right direction in more ways than one. She has the fight to deal with what's ahead. She has great support from family and friends which will help pull her through.

a nice long weekend!

Our family had a nice long weekend. There was no school on Thurday or Friday and we spent the days relaxing with our family (and the pets too!) Here are some pictures from our time at home! What's so funny Sally???

Lacey-cat can be found in Christian's room just about every morning after the bed is made staring at Tommy-bird. Tommy stares right back and will usually sing a song or two.

She looks forward to cold weather every year so she can bask in the warmth of the (HER) stove! We usually take a picture every year of Lacey with her stove.

My parents came to visit this weekend! We went out to eat, walked around Hanover a bit and went for a ride to see the remaining leaves. Christian played mancala with Nana a lot too and beat her every time! (don't feel bad mom, he beats everyone!) He's the master and even beat Daddy this morning too!

Felix loves my Dad... whenever Dad comes to visit Felix has to be right beside him on the chair. They took many naps together! :)

helping out!

This group of ghouls helped at the church "halloween supper" on Saturday night. Mommy washed dishes and Daddy moved tables. It feels good to help out! :)

We stayed on at church this AM after the service with other families to help clean up the church yard. We all enjoyed a yummy lunch of chowder and chili afterwards. Eric with his gang!

Christian and I bagging leaves

More leaves! Christian and one of my pre-school friends helping to rake up part of the church lawn

prayers..

Prayers headed out tonight for Sarah's friend Cecily. She is very very ill and has been in the hospital for a while with E-Coli poisoning. They have done kidney dialysis and a blood transfusion and many complications have happened... please think of her and keep her in your prayers.

Thank you,

Jen and Eric