Baby Shower

 Yesterday was the baby shower for Jeremy and Emily. It was held at the Bridgeport Firehall and was a really fun time. The food was delicious, the decorations adorable and the dessert was exceptional. The lucky couple received beautiful and useful gifts and little Addy will be the best dressed baby around. I think Emily will be able to change her outfit 5 times a day and not repeat for at least a week.

Felling Trees

A few weeks ago Jim took down a couple of 60 foot trees . One was dead and needed to come down but in the process it fell onto a live tree so that had to then be taken down also. Now all that's left is the clean-up.

Jim and Josh Come To N.Y.

The boys had a few days off from school so Jim and Josh decided to come to NY for a visit. Chris had made other plans with his friends so he elected to stay home this time. The boys arrived late Thursday night ( they left Ohio after Josh got out of school). On Friday Papa, Jim and Josh took a hike over to the State Park to check on their Geocache. Due to the lack of snow they were able to cut across park land instead of having to take the paved road.In the afternoon Josh and Papa did some science stuff. The hit of the day was the "Lava Lamp" they made using oil, water, food coloring and Alka-Seltzer. Saturday they went into Syracuse as Jim was looking for a good pair of hiking boot for his upcoming trip to Alaska. Jennifer came later in the morning and after lunch we played Dominoes. On Sunday all the kids came to dinner and we had a great time talking and laughing like we always do. On Monday Jim and Josh headed home around 9am and arrived safely back in Ohio later in the afternoon.

New Year's Eve

Jim and I both were down with nasty "Christmas Colds" so we didn't fell like doing anything special. Jim and Cathy had their belated Christmas get-together with Cathy's family. Her brother, Matt and his family and her Mom came and they spent a nice evening together. It wasn't a late night as Jim had to do his first shift of the new year on Sunday.

Wednesday-December 28th

Today Jim and Cathy took a day for themselves and went to Syracuse for shopping and dinner out. Jim, Jennifer and the boys went to "The Four Seasons" to do some tubing and they had a great time. The hill was icy from the rain yesterday and was very fast. The only disadvantage was the mud at the bottom of the hill, a lot of  which they managed to bring home with them. Needless to say, the washer and dryer were called into use to get the boys coats clean before their trip home tomorrow.

Tuesday-December 27th

Today Jim and Chris spent some time going over what Chris is learning in science at school this year. It's always amazing how much more they are being taught now then when we were in school. After lunch we went to Syracuse to see the movie " War Horse". It was a great movie. We returned home to have a wonderful meal of Crock-Pot Mac and Cheese-one of the boys favorites.

Monday-December 26th

This year Jeremy and Emily spent Christmas day with Emily's family in Hancock and came to our house on Monday. They will alternate each year so next year we will have them with us on Christmas Day. They arrived around 4pm and, after opening their gifts from us and our opening the gifts from them we had a great meal of Lasagna with tossed salad and Italian bread. Jennifer had made her fabulous Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake for dessert. It was like having Christmas all over again.