basketball and birthday

Sarah's actual birthday fell on the night of the holiday concert at school. Christian had an away bball game the same night.. we have been VERY busy running kids from place to place!! Thank you to everyone who sent cards to Sarah and made phone calls! She was thrilled with them all! :)

Sarah and one of her teacher's Mr. N

(these are uploaded backwards..)after the holiday concert Sarah, Cec and one of her teachers (who is AWESOME!) Ms. W. (Christian also had both of these teachers and loved them!!! We are so happy that Sarah can be with them too. :)

Sarah and friend Cecily

Sarah playing in the band at her school holiday concert

outfit for Sarah's dolly "Rebecca" is from Nana



a favorite movie Sarah loved to watch on vhs.. now updated!

Thanks again Nana!

sometimes Lacy-Cat just wants to be in the picture too. :) Wherever Sarah is, Lacey is never far away!

Sarah got the sweatshirt she's been wanting for her birthday

after the Lion's Club tournament..my two number 14's with their trophies!!

Sarah waiting to get in the game

Cutting down the tree '10

We went to "Uncle John's" tree farm this weekend in our town.. Uncle John is Shannon and Liam's (our kid's good friends...) Uncle (and his wife was both of our kids' 1st grade teacher.. a dear friend!) Here is the gang by the snacks and hotdogs that Uncle John always has available every year! (Thanks John!!) L-R Sarah, Christian, Liam and Shannon.

sawing away. Sarah chose the tree this year, it was Christian who cut it down


almost!! hold on Liam!!

Christian and his pal Liam carrying the tree

Christian's turn to put the angel on this year

problem fixed

I'm way behind with pictures due to my memory card acting up.. I finally uploaded all 900 and something pictures tonight to fix the problem only to delete 3/4 of the pictures since they were already uploaded a while back.. so these are from the beginning of November! (something I could have done earlier if only I had the time!!!)


We desperately needed new windows in the downstairs level of our house. We finally got it done this fall. They are so nice!! Easy to clean and no more drafts!!

Christian (with Sally) poking his head out of his bedroom window

Sarah poking her head out of her bedroom window

Moving Day!!!

TODAY WAS MOVING DAY!! Kit has safely arrived at his new home! Sarah rode him there, as now he lives right behind our home on top of the mountain (not far from his previous home) Our neighbors put up a new barn and have invited Kit to live there too. Their new horse "Reba" a Kentucky Saddle horse arrived today as well from Connecticut.

Kit looking at his beautiful new home!

Kit is now at his new house.. we're waiting on his new friend "Reba" to arrive!!

Here comes Mike and Linda's new horse!!! YAY!!!

Reba is off the trailer and at her new home!! Here is Mike with Linda's Cousin (Also Reba's previous owner.)

in her new stall

pretty Reba

heading out to their new pen

Kit getting used to his pen

Reba's turn to get a walk around her pen

These were taken in Sept. We had heavy rains and a local farmers pumpkin field flooded.. there were thousands of pumpkins floating down the Connecticut River (which flows across the street from our home.)this was in our view for weeks afterwards.



Christian and Sally posing by the new railing Eric just installed. GOOD JOB ERIC!! :)

our pumpkins this year

at a friend's house for trick or treating! (Sally came too as a jack-o-lantern!)


super girl for trick or treating

Sarah was a cat for a Halloween party we attended

Sarah and I

fall family hike

We didn't see any that day, but Falcons inhabit these cliffs and built their nests here during nesting season.


About these pics: We hiked up the Fairlee Palisades and visited the old cemetery in our town (a favorite thing to do by my brother and I especially!) during a wonderful family visit from my brother, his wife and son. We found the grave of Samuel Morey (inventor of the internal combustion engine which well known Robert Fulton received credit for) and John Mann (founder of our town, which was charted in the later part of the 1700's) visit www.ctrivertravel.net/fairlee.htm to learn more on the history of the area!