Halloween '10

We continued tradition with friends, young and adult, coming to our house for Halloween. The boys (5 of them) went out trick or treating. The adults enjoyed good food, good wine, and good company.

Beach 2010

We had, as usual, a fabulous time at the beach in Bethany. It was our 24th year together. All were there at some point, except Shelley in Minnesota. Hot, relaxing, fun, yummy, wonderful, loving.

4th Weekend, 2010

It's been way too long since we've posted here, but we had some photos to share. We had a wonderful weekend with friends and enjoyed the beautiful features of Vermont.

New Years Visit

We had a great visit with Jan and John (and Dexter) over the New Year's weekend. We even got almost 3 feet of snow! We also went to Bill and Lyn's for dinner to meet up with JoAnne, Casey's new wife as well as a longtime Birdsall friend.

Visit to Maryland

We visited family in Maryland for a few days. We had a Hanukkah celebration and went to see ICE. ICE is a show near the Gaylord Hotel. It was indoors and was 9 degrees inside- with amazing ice carvings for the holiday season. It was cold!!

Some photos and a video:

Dave Matthews Movie

Some of the girls went to see the Dave Matthews 3D concert movie last night. They handed us the 3D glasses, and we felt the need to take some photos.
Wanted to share...

Hanukkah

We celebrated one night of Hanukkah with friends. Kim and Harry had us over, along with Gail and Bob. The kids put on shows. The meal was amazing, potato latkes and sweet potato latkes. Yum. It was a wonderful evening. Photo of Cooper and his friend, Renee, at the bottom.

Thanksgiving '09

It all began at the Shaw's with some backyard football. The cows looked on. Some very serious ball players had a great time.
We then went to the Zullo's for an amazing feast, great company, and fun games. Thanks to all for making it a special day.

Flowerish

testing out how to save some Animationish files in order to share them.

Halloween 2

We had our traditional gathering to celebrate Halloween with friends at our house. Cooper was with others in another neighborhood. We had Sam and some of his friends here, as well as others. Stu outdid himself with this year's pumpkins.

It was a great time- good food, great friends, and lots of candy!

Halloween 1

Our town has a parade (about a week ago) to celebrate Halloween. Cooper was dressed as Swine Flu. Sam immediately found friends (none of whom went all out for costumes) and was off. Cooper scratched that idea for a costume and we spent the week brainstorming other ideas.

Just Trying New Things

Trying out new ways to save an Animation-ish file before doing more with students this week.

Ausable Chasm

We went with Nanny and PopPop today to Ausable Chasm in New York. We took the ferry across Lake Champlain. The walk along the chasm was awesome, with views of rushing water and amazing sandstone cliffs. We boarded a raft with others for the last part of the journey. The raft got stuck for about 20 minutes in some mild rapids. It was a blast! We had to bounce up and down and rock back and forth to dislodge the raft. It was beautiful scenery and a great time.

A few photos:

Sam Turns 12

Sam had a sleepover (oy) with 6 friends. We went bowling and then they kept themselves busy at home until forced to go to sleep at about 2:30 a.m. The only photos taken were at the bowling alley...

Beach Part 3

Here's a sampling of the last photos taken while at the beach.

Family Photos

Here's a sampling of this year's family photos taken by Jeffrey.

Beach photos, part 2

Here are some more photos- from the beach, of the family, at mini-golf, and more. Enjoy!

Beach Photos, part 1

Here is a sampling of the first set of beach photos. We begin in Point Pleasant, NJ on our way to Delaware. We went to the boardwalk there and tried a few games. We're in Bethany, at the house in the photo posted below. What a fabulous place, great time with family, fun on the beach, and more!

Some captions can be found if you put your mouse on the photos.

Beach 2009

We're in Bethany Beach, Delaware for our 23rd annual trip with family. We are in a new house this year. Here's a photo for viewing, taken by my brother. More updates and photos to come.

July 3rd Celebration

We were fortunate to share Burlington's fireworks on July 3rd with friends. Due to the weather, we gathered at the Shaw's house. It was perfect and a great Plan B.

View the photos below, or click below the photos ("View all Images") to view them in a gallery style.