Happy Birthday, Sister!

Happy Birthday to my favorite bassonist!

Picking up Mom

On Sunday, we met in the parking lot of the Sheraton (only the best parking lots for us) and picked up my mom and wished the Flemmings a safe trip to Wisconsin. It was really cold and no one except my mom and Joy were wearing their winter coats.

The Guys:

Teenagers, what else?

Aunt Joy, proving that you can be warm AND stylish:

Best Wishes, Kate and Alejandro

My niece Kate got married on August 15th. All the best to you and Alejandro! Have a great time in Greece (and no, I am not going to stow away in your luggage. Your Grandma Phyllis advised against it, and I always listen to my mom).

Thank you to brother-in-law David for the lovely pictures!

A Year in Pictures – 2007

Here are some pictures to sum up the year. We had lots of fun, most of which didn’t make it to the blog.

There are a lot of photos in this post, so if you have dial-up, go get a cup of tea while this page loads, then come back and view them.

First, pictures of the 2 handsome boys – Spragoon:


& Adidas:


Spragoon playing the cello in the orchestra:


Spragoon crossing the finish line of his first 5K race:


a ninja playing the flute (this is a CANDID shot, taken through the screen door):


All the 4th grade classes make a cake in the shape of NJ. 3 years ago, Spragoon’s class did it by counties – he had Mercer. This year, Adidas’s class did it by regions. This is looking from the north. Hershey’s kisses are the mountains in Sussex county – pretzel sticks are the pines in the Pine Barrens:


Adidas at a soccer game:

Some pictures of birds (taken by Adidas):

1 – Chickadee


2 – House Finch


3 – Gold Finch


Our Civil Union on 4/1/07:


Music provided by Spragoon on piano and friend on guitar, assisted by Adidas:


Washington DC trip:

1 – the National Zoo




2 – Air & Space Museum


3 – A visit to a Smithsonian Gift Shop (of course):


Mom and me (Hooksett, NH, May 2007):


Hull, MA:

Dad’s birthday. He was holding the cake backwards so that we would think he is 58, but we weren’t fooled!


Dad showing Spragoon how to make an origami Pegasus:

Kite flying:

Dad


Spragoon

Dad and Adidas walking on the beach:


My sister and brother-in-law’s sailboat and their “crew”:


Miniature Golf, Nantasket Beach:


Our “couples” vacation in July:

The view from our porch, Burkehaven Lodge, Mount Sunapee, NH:


Me in Ashfield, MA


At our shack in the Catskills (AKA “Shacko”):

Spragoon and a friend in the lake:


Here’s Adidas and me in the kayak:


Spragoon, Adidas, and 2 friends in the kayak:


Spragoon and Heather:


Spragoon putting together the cupboards for our new kitchen:


Adidas relaxing by the pavilion:


“Camp Shacko”

6 boys ages 10-12, 2 moms, and a 2-room shack. What a week!


Jill in our front yard in July:


And, my vote for the strangest picture of the year – our friend Anne and an alien:


Happy Holidays, everyone! Have a wonderful New Year.

Vaulting. On Horses. Running Horses…..

My niece does something called vaulting which is gymnastics on a horse. She assures me it is perfectly safe. Yea. Right. But it is awesome to watch. Here are some pix and videos from May when I went up to NH for a visit (at a practice and at an exhibition).

This is at the practice. The horse is “Lola.” (27 seconds).

A still pix of E. during the practice.

This is the entire team at the exhibition:

Lovely E.:

And this is one of E.’s routines (14 seconds):

Proud mom and proud aunt, watching E.:

R. is the photographer — a big thank you to him.