Cape Codders

Maize maze

2009-10-21T10:09:00.003-04:00

We went to Sauchuk farm on Columbus day....here is Gigi in the "cow train"
This is a pretty cute idea...a big sand box, but instead of sand it is filled with dried corn. It was a big hit with the kids.
There were many "cornundrum" signs throughout the maze. Thought this one was cute!
Annie, Auntie Anna, and Uncle Don came with us. It was a nice afternoon.

First day of school 2009

2009-09-08T11:48:00.004-04:00

It didn't take very long for Jadzia to find her name and sit down at her table to start the day!

ok - these are backwards! This is Jadzia getting off the bus at school for her first day of kindergarten.

Off to school she goes!

Waiting for the bus with her friend Kaci

Cassidy ready to walk to the bus with her friend Becky. This is Cassidy's first day, of 6th grade - middle school already!

Savannah and Cassidy getting ready for school! Savannah is in 10th grade this year

Smart Start T Ball

2009-06-04T11:05:00.003-04:00

Jadzia played smart start T ball this spring...here are some pics from the last day. The kids played a game against the adults. Here I am running off the field after Jadzia tagged me out..I love that she is doing a dance on second base in celebration. The other two adults in the picture are two of the coaches...the, along with coach Mike were great with the kids!

I was trying to catch a picture of Jadzia in the "ready position"...but she is already starting to stand up in this one. When she is really in the "ready position" it looks like a cross between going to the bathroom and doing ballet.

running the bases........in case you are wondering the kids "won" by about 35 runs...they kept running, and running, and running

up at bat, sorry for the blurry shot...

ok, the pictures are backwards again...here is the pregame warm-up. Jadzia has the black pants and pink (of course) glove.

its been a while...

2009-05-18T08:40:00.004-04:00

here is my new tattoo that I got for my birthday....(I'm 36 now). It is a copy of a piece of scrimshaw that my brother Randy made for me.......now I have a piece of his artwork forever.

Joe and I drove to Boston the day after my bday to go out with my friends. This is Holly and Jackson.

don't know why this one got put in twice.....

Lindsay, Jen, Lexie, Megan, Aaron...we all work at Childrens together

Joe and I had fun.....I thought bringing Joe would make me behave better, but I guess not...I drank WAY too much and was sick the next day This one was taken on Savannah's birthday. She's 15 this year...can't believe it! We had some friends/family over for ice cream cake, and my brother brought chinese food yummy!

Jadzia had her birthday in April too...on Easter. She is a big 5 year old now and excited about starting kindergarten in the fall.

we played pin the tail on the easter bunny.....thanks to Savannah for drawing the Easter bunny

The trampoline occupied most of their time. The kid all the way to the right is David...Jadzia says she is going to marry David someday. The funny thing is, David's mom used to babysit Savannah.

Cassidy and her friends made egg shaped pinatas for the bday party...here they are before painting.

April Fools!

2009-04-01T21:20:00.002-04:00

Sorry no picture...but you all know what this looks like. It happened so fast, couldn't get a pic. Cassidy has been talking about doing this for a month...and since Savannah said "you'll never be able to fool me"...she became the target. And she fell for it! Cassidy used a rubber band to get the spray nozzle to stay in the ON position. I called Savannah out of her room to put the dishes in the dishwasher...which is a chore she does often, but I felt a little bad because she was already in bed (and it was only 7:30). Just as she was starting I reminded her to rinse the plates a little because "we are tired of the dishwasher getting clogged because you don't rinse the dishes"...so a couple of plates later she turned on the faucet and got a shower...all over her shirt!!! Very funny! She tried not to smile, but we could tell she thought it was funny, she dropped the dish in the sink and stomped off to bed! Cassidy was very pleased with herself!

Coco Key

2009-02-21T10:51:00.003-05:00

We went for an overnight trip to Coco Key water resort this past week....it was a great time. We checked into the hotel on Wednesday and left late Thursday afternoon. The place was a little crowded because of school vacation, but not too bad......there was plenty of room for everyone. Here is Savannah coming down one of the slides...it was tough to take pictures of the girls on these slides because I couldn't see them until they were almost out of the tube.

Jadzia loved playing with all of the water...it was fun to do something that is usually only done in the summer.

Cassidy crossing the pool....you hold on to the ropes above your head and walk across the floating blocks.

Playing in the splash pool

These were the slides Jadzia used most of the time...she was excited to be able to do it all by herself. They had life jackets available to use, but Jadzia could touch in all of the pools she went in.

Savannah and Jadzia going around the lazy river

Cassidy taking a turn on the small slides

More splash pool fun!

It is hard to believe that the vacation week is over............we have had a great time!

Mooncusser grand opening party

2009-01-18T11:38:00.002-05:00

Here I am with Penny, Wil, and Francine
Mooncusser tattoo has moved to a new location.....it looks great and has so much more space than the old shop. Here I am with Khristian at the grand opening party...I am so excited for him and Andrea!!!

The band keeping us entertained.

Francine and her fiance, Jake. This was my first time meeting him...he is very sweet!

Francine and I were constantly together growing up.......it was so fun to see her. We talked all night and had a great time. I am really looking foward to seeing her again soon....maybe a trip to see her in New York.

Happy New Year 2009!

2009-01-02T13:08:00.003-05:00

2008 ended perfectly.........this is my new little neighbor, Nicholas. He was born on the 30th. This is him and his big brother, Lucas. Congratulations to Lisa and Ed and the whole family....a new baby is so exciting. And he lives close enough that I will be able to visit when I want and not start wanting one of my own!!!

We had a great Christmas day...loaded with gifts and family. We had Christmas dinner at my house this year..........next year maybe we will even have the walls painted.

Savannah showing of her new Northface jacket and UGG boots......Gigi loves her new rollerskates (she calls them rolladates)

While getting ready to decorate our tree......Cassidy's friend decided to decorate her!

Sean is trying to teach Cassidy how to use her new ripstick........this thing is very hard to get used to..............no one broke a leg, though!

Sad Anniversary:(

2008-12-21T19:42:00.002-05:00

I can't believe it has been 1 year since my brother passed away. I miss Randy so much every day....there is so much to remind me of him...............

Holiday fun!

2008-12-16T07:54:00.003-05:00

On Sunday we had a gingerbread house making party. I used to do this every year....the last couple of years we did not because of house constructions. Now that we have the big room opened up, even though it is not finished.......we have room to do this again. Here is Jadzia decorating her house...it fell apart, but was easily put back to gether.

Jadzia, Cassidy and Cassidy's friends goofing off after finishing their houses.

Savannah and Gianna putting their houses together.............we helped the younger kids put theirs together and then Savannah and Gianna did theirs.

Of course, just as much candy gets eaten as it gets put onto the houses.

Saturday we went to a yankee swap at my brother Stephen's house. Savannah is picking her number and the rest of my family waits patiently.

My dad, my sister and myself at the yankee swap.

Love you Markie!!

2008-12-12T10:05:00.002-05:00

I can't believe my brother Mark has been gone for 6 years! I still miss him and think of him everyday. Here is a picture of him and Tyler. Tyler looks so little here with my guns n roses shirt on, smiling for me taking the picture! Give extra hugs today....tell your family and friends you love them!

Gobble Gobble!

2008-11-30T21:11:00.002-05:00

We had a fun Thanksgiving......I had to work, but that didn't stop my sister from hosting a fantastic feast for the family! I had to be at work at two, so we ate at noon. Yum Yum! There was even plenty of vegan choices for me to eat!

Anna getting the food ready.

Mike, Sean, Cassidy.......goofing off as usual!

Mike watching the Celtics!

Cassidy and Uncle Big Guy!

I hope you all had a lovely holiday.............thanks for stopping in!

Peace!

Nothing going on.......

2008-11-21T09:48:00.002-05:00

First snow fall......didn't stick but it was beautiful to see!

This is the Nauset High School boys soccer team getting ready for the Stat semi-finals game! My cousin Christopher is somewhere in this photo......he ends up playing the whole game. I was able to attend the division semi-final which they won (obviously to get to the States you have to win your division)...........unfortunately they lost this game.....but played well, and I am glad I got to see it!

Savannah and Sara at the game............it was FREEZING..........

On a not-so-cold day this week we went to a playground with our friends. The girls loved climbing this tree.....here are Jasmine and Jadzia. (Jasmine is our neighbor)

Cassidy up higher in the same tree......I love this picture. Ava (I work with her mom, they met us at the playground) absolutely loved Cassidy! We will have to get together again soon.

Randy's Birthday!

2008-11-03T12:47:00.004-05:00

Jadzia made a "cake" for uncle Randy's birthday.......the girls are planning to make a real cake when Savannah and Cassidy get home from school, but Jadzia couldn't wait she said "pleasepleaseplease can I make a cake out of paper"........what a great idea I said and here is the finished product...she traced some dots I put on the paper to write Happy Birthday. We also made birthday crowns for his ashes container yesterday........no birthday is complete without a crown.

It is hard to believe that my brother Randy has been gone for almost a year! I miss him a lot! Here is a picture of him and Jadzia when she was a baby......he put her inside of a christmas stocking!

Randy and Milo, one of his cats......he LOVED his cats.

Randy and Cassidy handging out at Randy's house.

Hee-hee......that's Randy holding me and our brother Stephen is also in the picture, it is Randy's first communion.

Geeky school picture........aaaahhh, wasn't he cute.

Love you Randy........miss you lots!

Halloween fun!

2008-11-01T20:09:00.003-04:00

We went to Main street for trick or treating........the stores give out candy and it is so fun to see all of the costumes! This is a huge chair that kids always climb in to take a picture!

The merry-go-round is free......as well as the cotton candy, ice cream and the moonbounce. Savannah came with us but did not dress up.

Cassidy is trying to catch bubbles with her tongue.....not too tasty!

Standing in line......Cassidy is commenting on how cold she is........and they are in line to get ice cream (that should warm cassidy up!)

Jadzia could not wait to get ready.......she had her costume on for a while before we left!

Apple picking

2008-10-20T12:20:00.001-04:00

- The girls and I went apple picking this weekend.........Auntie Holly, Auntie Anna, and Michael came too.
We had to stand on a ladder to get the apples.
Here is Cassidy taking a turn. Everyone had fun........we also went on a hayride and got some pumpkins.
Jadzia was not at all afraid to climb up!

The apples are so delicious! Jadzia and I made some apple crisp today with some of our apples.

She really "cracks" me up!

2008-10-17T09:08:00.004-04:00

Cassidy came into my room this morning and did this..........I laughed so hard, and then had her get the camera so we could share it with everyone! Hope it gives you all a laugh too!

Dennis the Manatee update.

2008-10-14T09:55:00.003-04:00

Dennis the Manatee was captured on Saturday and loaded into a truck to go "home" to Florida (Sea World). Unfortunately, he died about one hour before reaching Orlando. It was neat to see this animal here, but if one comes back I hope it leaves before the water gets too cold.

just visiting

2008-10-10T12:32:00.008-04:00

Sorry this picture is out of order......if you look closely you can make out the nose of the mammal mentioned a few pictures down.......it is under the shadow of the boards making a criss-cross.

Jadzia and I went to visit Nana yesterday...she was happy to see us as always.
Jadzia actually took this picture of us.........she did a pretty good job, she has been practicing.
For the past couple of weeks the Cape has had a Southern visitor. A Manatee. These slow moving creatures usually don't come this far. The water on the Cape is getting too cold for it now (Jenn in North Carolina would argue that the water on the Cape is too cold period, for any creature, at any time), so the wildlife people are making plans to move it back to Florida. The harbor master and staff have been told to feed it so it doesn't leave while the plans are being made........the public is NOT allowed to feed it though.
Hard to make out, the picture is sideways. The piece of wood over the manatee is perpendicular to the manatees body. Nose at the top of the picture, near two rocks, and then it gets fatter and fatter as you look toward the bottom of the picture. The green is seaweed that is growing on its back.

Here is a glimpse of the life of a manatee.......he moves his head up.......takes a breath.......and moves his head down)....this is as exciting as it gets! The voice you hear with the heavy accent is one of the marine wildlife people.

not much going on.....

2008-10-06T11:18:00.003-04:00

No pictures to post..........worked all weekend!
However, I did just here my little 4 year old say (after dropping something while she was getting the soy sauce) "Oops......My Bad!" It is so easy for kids to pick things up!
Hope everyone is doing well..........I'll try to take some pictures this week.

painting, veggies and Clydesdales

2008-10-04T10:33:00.002-04:00

Not much going on today......Jadzia, Cassidy and her friend Becky are doing some painting.
Jadzia and I picked the remaining veggies in the garden......some potatoes, egg plant, and we also picked a tomato.

The Budweiser Clydesdales are in town.......Jadzia and Joe went to see them one day and then took Cassidy with them the next day. I didn't get a chance to go, but had them take some pictures for me. I can't believe how big they are! The stalls they are in when they travel don't look very big.........but I guess it gets them where they need to go.
Well, that's it! I will be working all weekend, so not too much will be happening......thanks for checking in!

Exciting stuff!!

2008-09-26T11:05:00.004-04:00

Ok........so why a picture of running water? The plumbers are done in our addition, that's why! I am so excited.....we now have two working bathrooms. I still have some tiling to do.....but I have water..........

And electricity...........(and a lot of painting/sanding to do) The heat/AC is rady to go too!
And MORE exciting news..........Cassidy comes home today! This was her "seashore" field trip week - I can't wait to hear about the adventures her and the class had!

Farewell to a friend.

2008-09-22T13:37:00.006-04:00

This week I will be attending the funeral of one of my co-workers. Her name is Krit (Kristin), she died at the end of last week. On Sept. 12 she lost control of her bicycle and she was riding home, and fell. She was one of the clinical assistants at Childrens Hospital in Boston, she was so much fun to work with.....so nice........I can't believe this has happened. Please, Please, PLEASE.....wear a helmet when ever you are on a bike (or scooter, or skateboard, or skates). No matter how old you are...........even if you are "only riding around the neighborhood"........Krit was not wearing a helmet, and it was a head injury that killed her.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7482202&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1

this is the link to the fox news story about her.

God Bless.............tell the people you care about how important they are to you.........and "Dance like no one is watching" (which, by the way, was also a favorite quote of my brother that passed away last year)

The week in review.........

2008-09-14T19:03:00.002-04:00

Jadzia was in a no picture mood this day........too bad it was the first day back to school. This is her last year of preschool, she is in the "kindergarten readiness room" this year. She was very happy to see all of her friends from last year and her favorite teacher, Miss Judy.
Savannah playing field hockey.....she loves this sport. She is number 18, back to the camera. This was their first game and they won 2-1.

In other news.........Joe's surgery (Monday) went well and he is home recovering! Hopefully this will be the last hip surgery he needs for a while. He still has quite a bit of pain, but that should start to improve!

Today Savannah and I volunteered at a bone marrow donor testing drive. I did the medical screening and Savannah initially helped to make sure people followed the flow of things and went to the station they were supposed to go to. After a short time of that the coordinator realized that they needed more people actually collecting the swabs.........so Savannah was recruited for that job. The drive was for my sisters nephew that is in need of a bone marrow transplant. He was at the drive today and looks well........ very cute kiddo! A lot of people showed up for testing so hopefully a match will be found!

That's all I can think of for now................thanks for checking in.

2008-09-07T09:13:00.006-04:00

This weekend we did something I never thought I could do, never mind Savannah and Cassidy! We participated in the swim for life, an event that raises money for organizations in Provincetown. It is a 1.4 mile swim from long point to a beach across the harbor. Here is Cassidy getting ready at Papa's house.
Waiting for the swim to start.......we got these really cool swim caps when we registered. They write the swimmers number on the cap and on each persons arm for check in purposes - they want to make sure everyone is accounted for at the end of the swim.
Savannah is ready to start. Her and Christopher finished in just over an hour.
Here we all are after the swim........still standing up. Savannah , Cassidy (hiding), Christopher, and me!
Cassidy was cold.......so they made her come in on a Kayak. She made it more than half way though! What a great job. I thought she would be frightened because the water is so deep, but she did fine, not scared a bit. After she was brought in, I was left out in last place all by myself.......well, with the kayak and stand up paddle board people staying with me for safety. It was kind of peaceful floating around all by myself! Definitely something I am looking foward to doing again.

Here is a random picture for you. Jadzia likes to involve the dogs when she is playing. Althoug Buddy would rather be napping, he doesn't seem to mind having a blue skarf around his head.
We saw these turkeys crossing the road on the way home from the swim. I was taking Cassidy to see the house she will be staying in for a week this month with her classmates (seashore trip).

First day of school and other stuff.......

2008-09-04T13:15:00.003-04:00

We have been trying to get some work done on the addition. Here I am working on the new bathroom........it will be upstairs in our new bedroom.
Trying to line them up just right.....
This is Rhino our new bunny. The girls wanted a small pet so we adopted this one from the shelter. He is good.......litter box trained and he will let us hold him. His favorite place to hide is the toy box.....he blends in well and can be difficult to find.
Let's celebrate the second day of school. I couldn't find my camera for the first day (yesterday) so I snapped a few pictures of the kids at the bus stop today. Cassidy really likes her new teacher.......she says 5th grade is "fun" so far. Her class will be the first of the year to go to the seashore. For those of you that don't know what that means......many 5th grade classes on the cape spend a week sleeping in an old coast guard station. They have nature themed lessons and activities for the week. When Savannah was in 5th grade she loved it.............I have not heard of a kid that didn't like it. During one of the hikes when Savannah went the naturalist had just made a comment about the fact that people usually walk their dogs on the seashore land.....and out of nowhere came a black dog........and then my brother. It was totally a coincidence.....we never could have planned that. Savannah was very excited to see her uncle.
Getting on the bus...........soon she will not want me taking pictures of her.

Cassidy's Birthday

2008-08-19T13:28:00.004-04:00

Here is a picture of most of the guests........it was hard to get them in one place at one time. We started the party with games and a cookout. By 9:30 all of the boys and the girls that were not sleeping over had gone home, but the rest of the girls were still awake at 4:00 am! I woke them all up at 9:15 for breakfast and they were picked up at 10:00ish. There were a few squabbles but for the most part it was a great birthday party.
This is a favorite birthday game..........we play it every year. Two teams, two kids on the ground holding 2 liter bottles on their face......the rest of the team takes turns filling a small cup with water and running up the yard to put the water into the bottle. The kid on the ground ends up soaking wet............and laughs the whole time they are on the ground!

This is Cassidy with her friend Kiley. Kiley and her family live out of state and come to the Cape for a couple of weeks every summer. They met at the sailing club that Cassidy and Savannah go to in the summer. Kiley and her sister came to our house for the party.......it was great having them. They are really nice girls.
Savannah and Kiley's sister, Avery.................wearing goofy glasses.
The "ha" game. Everyone gets on the ground and puts their head on the stomach of the person before them. The first person says "ha", the second person "haha", third "hahaha" and so on......the game stops when someone busts out laughing..........which doesn't take long. I called this game "the laugh chain" when I was a kid.

Double Digits for Cassidy!

2008-08-16T13:38:00.002-04:00

I am having trouble getting my pictures on to my computer.........but I have great pictures from Cassidy's birthday. Cassidy turned 10 on August 12th.....in the Belmore house that means you get a sleepover! As soon as I can get the camera/computer problem figured out I will share the fun with you!

Provincetown fun

2008-08-05T09:36:00.006-04:00

It was back to my home town this weekend for more fun. We went down on Saturday and went out for a yummy dinner at Ciro and Sal's...........great food! Stephen, Sean, Sara, Papa, Shirley, Michael, Joe, Savannah, Cassidy, Jadzia, and myself all went. Sunday we went to point again and had a cute little visitor.........this little seal. We had fun watching it until some idiots decided to splash it with water and it got frightened and went into the water. The people thought, for some reason, that it should not be on the beach (they were not from the Cape obviously, where there are tour boats that take you to look at seals on the beach). After the point it was back to Karen and Chris's house for some yummy food.
On Monday Savannah and Cassidy went to the sailing club and we met up at the wharf (pier) on their lunch break. They got some pier jumping time in with their friends before heading back for more sailing. Here is Savannah and her friend taking a turn.
Cassidy going solo...........
Jadzia and I went fishing with Karen, Chris, Christopher, Stephen and Sara on Monday. Here is a quick picture of one of the fish I caught, before we let him go. This is probably the last time I will go fishing......it didn't make the vegetarian in me feel very good. But I did have a blast being on the boat and with my family.
Jadzia is worn out after a day at sea................ok, 3 hours at sea.

Cassidy and her friends having some pier jumping fun! I never let them do this before this year, but now I am convinced that the water really is deep enough.

Happy Birthday Nana!

2008-07-31T10:07:00.003-04:00

July 27th was Nana's 97th birthday! There is always a big cookout at Auntie's house for her birthday. We had a great time! The kids get to swim in the pool, there is always a lot of food and fun! Nana is getting more and more forgetful these days..........she remembers our names most of the time, she remembers the great-grandkids names with a little hint. Usually when I visit it is just the girls and I and she always asks "how is your husband". I have wondered during these visits if she remembers his name. At the end of the party on Sunday, as Joe and I were walking out, she said "Is Joe married". Well now I know....she remembers his name..........but for some reason doesn't know who he is married to. This makes me wonder a couple of more things.......who does she think I am married to? and how does she think Joe became part of our family?
Nana always gets lobster for her birthday dinner.
Eating is one of Savannah's many talents! And now she has a new talent.....making sculptures from what is left over. Here is her corn cob pyramid she made after having 10 pieces of corn.
Jadzia enjoyed playing with the back scratcher/massager.......here is Savannah getting her treatment.......and Papa holding her in place. Jadzia let people know it was their turn by standing in front of them, holding the massager up in the air and yelling "lay down on your belly" in a voice that let you know she meant NOW!
Cassidy waiting for food...........no one is happy to have to get out of the pool. (Sara and Jadzia in the background)

Barnstable County Fair Animals

2008-07-24T13:51:00.005-04:00

On Tuesday July 22 we went to the county fair. It was fun, but expensive of course...........the tickets for the rides cost way too much and each game is at least $3, but you get a prize (small prize) automatically if you pay $5 for the game! We spent a lot of time with the animals. This little guy was just walking around, he is only a few days old and very cute!
The chicken area is always a favorite because you get to hold the babies. Cassidy was a little surprised when a baby chick was put on her head..........and very relieved that it didn't have an accident.
Jadzia wasn't so lucky.........."her" baby chick did poop on her hand. She very calmly gave it back to the girl, got the poop of her hand and said "can I hold one that actually likes me now, and won't poop on me". Very funny!
Here is Cassidy and her friend riding the camel. Jadzia chose to ride a pony......all of the pictures I took of her had her looking away. The pony she was on got a little spooked so the guy took her of, settled the pony down and asked her if she wanted to get back on another one.......she said, that she wanted the same one. The guy asked us if it was ok and put her back on. She started putting up one hand and waving it around like she was in the rodeo and the man running the ride had to keep telling her to hold on with two hands. She wasn't one bit afraid.
Before we left, Jadzia said "I can't wait to see the parrots". I told her I didn't think there were usually parrots at the fair, but there would be lots of other animals. I should of listened to her because there were parrots and these Macaws, she thought these were so pretty.

Ooblick and other stuff.

2008-07-24T12:30:00.005-04:00

This past Sunday, I woke up to an angry Joe and an embarrassed dog. The clippers we have broke 1/2 way through shaving Mr Magnus. Luckily we have a groomer in the family and I was able to borrow her clippers when we went to Provincetown that day to go to the point again. This, believe it or not, is the finished cut. I am terrible at this............good thing I am not a groomer. We had a blast at the point again. I forgot my camera but we went over later in the day and did not come back until 9:30. We had a bonfire, s'mores and fireworks. FUN FUN FUN.
Here is Savannah being silly.....surprise, surprise. She has the draw string from her pants up over her ears.
Cassidy calls this ooblick or flubber.........Jadzia had fun playing with it........I call it a mess, but worth it! It is just corn starch and water.........we also added green food coloring, but did not get a picture of it.

The Tip of the Cape

2008-07-09T10:44:00.004-04:00

On Sunday's my family goes to "the point" in the summertime. When you look at a map of Cape Cod this is the very tip of the Cape. No one lives there.......long ago they did but they floated their houses across the harbor to live where everyone lives now. You have to get there by boat or walk across the breakwater (jetty). Here are the kids playing in the water.
Savannah Cassidy and Jadzia playing in the water (that is Savannah with Jadzia's duck floatie)
Cassidy coming out to dry off.
Jadzia "surfing" without waves.
Magnus came with us for the day........he is not much of a water dog but loved being with all of us. He kept trying to drink the salt water.........and had a bit of a belly ache later. Thanks for checking in!

Pilgrim Monument

2008-07-09T10:37:00.002-04:00

On July 5th we went to the Pilgrim Monument........here are the views from the bottom looking up from the outside and inside. Jadzia was afraid at first when I said we were going to "climb" the monument. She must have thought I meant we were climbing the outside. She had fun running up the stairs and ramps.

View from the top....very overcast day. but still a good view.
Taking pictures after climbing.

Fireworks!

2008-07-08T10:44:00.002-04:00

This year we went to the fireworks in Sean's boat. Here we are getting closer to Provincetown (from Truro).
Fireworks are the reason why the 4th of July is my favorite holiday.........that and the cookouts......we actually went to 2 cookouts in the same day. Right after the parade we went to my Aunts house and the kids got to swim in her pool. Jadzia was upset about watching the fireworks....she thought they were going to be loud....she was scared. As you can see, once they started whe was having a blast. She kept yelling "that's awesome".
There is nothing better than watching the fireworks over the water.......
Jadzia was exhausted and fell asleep on the way home.
Cassidy waiting for fireworks to start.

Happy Birthday Sara!

2008-07-08T10:39:00.003-04:00

The 4th of July also happens to be Sara's birthday. She is now 15. Opening the gift from Sean......a pair of ear rings.
Savannah and Cassidy turning Christopher into a piece of birthday cake.
Jadzia sitting with Dad eating the frosting off her cake.

4th of July Parade

2008-07-08T10:32:00.002-04:00

Nana and Christopher waiting for the parade. Nana will be 97 this month.
Savannah and Cassidy go sailing at the West End Racing Club in the summer (in Provincetown).
Savannah walking in the parade with the other West End Racing Club people. Cassidy wanted to just watch this year.

Sean taking a break from walking.

Unpacking

2008-07-03T11:55:00.002-04:00

We are home.......I couldn't reach the straps on top of the van so Savannah had to climb up. Good thing I am an ER nurse........safety first at all times. Do not try this at home.

Last Day of Jellystone Fun

2008-07-03T11:48:00.002-04:00

These first two pictures were actually taken the day before we left...the 29th. Here is Savannah doing what she does best......."texting" her friends.
Jadzia and Cassidy taking the morning hayride with boo-boo bear.
Waiting for Cindy bear for our last hayride of the trip.
Cassidy and Cindy Bear.

Jadzia and Cindy bear.

We don't want the fun to end.

2008-07-03T11:32:00.003-04:00

This was Jadzia's favorite ride. It is an old fashioned car that you have to "drive" around a course. There is a metal rail guiding the car along but you have to step on the gas and turning the wheel really moves the car side to side. Jadzia drove a few times and then went on with Cassidy.
Savannah and Emily enjoying the roller-coaster. Cassidy, Savannah and Emily went on 29 times in a row. Jadzia and I joined them for the last 5 times....we got off when Jadzia said "my belly feels a little sick". As soon as we rested 2 minutes Jadzia wanted to get back on but it was closing time.
Cassidy loving the roller-coaster.
Sunday the 29th we went to Weirs Beach. Cassidy loved the water slides.
Jadzia hated the water slides. She went down twice with Savannah and then her and I went across the street to the beach.

More weekend fun

2008-07-03T11:24:00.004-04:00

That's my girl.......Cassidy is getting a tattoo.......air brush of course.

Jadzia loved this roller coaster..........she wouldn't put her hands up until the end though. I think we rode this 4 or 5 times, and each ride means you go around 2 or 3 times.
A fun little water ride.
Sitting in frosty's mitten.

"Mom, are they real reindeer?"

2008-07-03T11:20:00.001-04:00

I have been having trouble with blogger......couldn't get the rest of the vacation pics on. Here are more from Santa's village. The girls loved the reindeer barn, or course they are all named after Santa's reindeer.

Jadzia didn't want to get to close.

Santa's Village

2008-07-01T09:06:00.003-04:00

Part of our camping trip was spent at Santa's Village in Jefferson New Hampshire. Here we are going on the log flume ride (the extra girl is Savannah's friend Emily). Jadzia hated this ride! She was a little scared.
Gingerbread girls. Cassidy and Jadzia are peeking through the same one........with Cassidy providing moose ears.
Riding the rudosaurus and penguinodon.............Jadzia can't stop kissing it and hugging it long enough to look at the camera.

Camping trip

2008-07-01T08:51:00.002-04:00

This rainbow is from before we went camping, it looks like it is going right over my house.
This past weekent we went to Jellystone camp ground in New Hampshire. If you have never been to a jellystone camp ground you really should go.......there is so much for the kids to do without even leaving the camp. This is a picture of Cassidy riding a pedal cart and Jadzia running near her asking for a ride. Jadzia can't quite push the pedals.......maybe she will be big enough next year.
They have two pool areas, this one is good for little kids because it isn't deep, but all ages enjoy it. The other pool is just a regular swimming pool.
Jadzia splashing around and having fun......I couldn't get her to stay still for many pictures.

Finally.......new tattoos!

2008-06-24T10:51:00.003-04:00

I am so excited....I have wanted to get some new tattoo work done for quite a long time and I finally did it. The one on my arm might be difficult to see but it is a knot design. The lizard on my foot took a little longer and I love it. I am so excited. My friend Khristian did them for me....what a great job.

Last day excitement!

2008-06-24T10:46:00.002-04:00

Cassidy is so excited to start summer break! June 19th was her last day and here is Jadzia running out to greet her! All of the kids were screaming and yelling when they got off the bus (Cassidy being the loudest of course). She has either slept out or had a friend over everynight since school let out! What a busy girl.
We had a last day of school visitor......a small snapping turtle. The kids put it in a bucket and let it go in the bog down the street so it wouldn't get hit by a car.

Congratulations Savannah!

2008-06-24T10:39:00.002-04:00

I can't believe it.......Savannah is done with middle school and will be starting high school in the fall! I snapped the picture too late but this is Savannah getting her "diploma".
Here it is..........the diploma.........
What does a 4 year old do during 8th grade graduation? Dance like a ballerina while laying down of course!

Champions!

2008-06-18T12:02:00.002-04:00

I am not really a basketball fan, but of course I watched during the finals! How exciting! Last nights game was great.....I was working but all of the tv's were tuned in to the game........everyone was having a great time, even though they were at the hospital.
Now if only football season will hurry up and get here!

Random Shots!

2008-06-17T09:28:00.002-04:00

Tammi sent me a blog ticket.......sorry I haven't been keeping everyone up to date...not much going on here. Savannah went to New York for a great class trip but didn't take any pictures. She went to the Statue of Liberty, a dinner cruise, Stomp, wax museum, museum of natural history, Planet Hollywood..........I know I am forgetting something but you get the idea. Here is a cute picture of Jadzia trying to catch fish at a local pond. She didn't quite get that she was supposed to stay still and be quiet, and couldn't understand why the fish kept swimming away. The weather was very hot here last week, this week it is much cooler (which I like better). We have only had our air conditioner on for a few days so far this season.
Here is Cassidy being silly..........as usual. She is having a hard time keeping her pants up.......I don't understand how people really walk around like this. Thanks for checking in .......I will have a couple of things to blog about at the end of the week.

Memorial Day Fun

2008-05-31T11:58:00.003-04:00

Cassidy, Jadzia and I went to the beach on memorial day. It was very windy and a bit cold but a lot of fun. We made a sandcastle and the girls played in the water a little.
Jadzia is getting some water for the "pool" she was making. She gave up after a few tries because the water was just soaking down into the sand. It is so nice that the weather is getting nicer here. (I know not warm enough for my southern friends) I love this time of year on the Cape.
After the beach we stopped for a little mini-golf. They both cheat! They move the ball to the edge of the hole if it is taking to long to get it in. They both got 1 "hole in one" by using the pointed part of the club.

Congratulations Annie!

2008-05-18T21:33:00.002-04:00

Cassidy and Sean (her cousin for those of you that don't know).
Savannah and Christopher (another cousin).
This weekend we drove to Westfield State College for my neice Annie's Graduation (Jadzia and Joe stayed home). We are so proud of her. She has a degree in social work.......not an easy field and I am sure she will be great at it. The graduation was long, but the commencement speaker was one of the writers from "the Simpson's".......it was very funny. At the end he said he wanted to sing a song that was very dear to him and got him through a lot of rough times.........and then he started singing the "Spider Pig" song from the Simpson's movie. It was funny. Here are some of us trying to get together for a group photo. My dad, myself, Annie (she is the one in the cap and gown), Cassidy, Anna (my sister and Annie's mom) and in the back are Savannah and Christopher goofing off.
Here is Cassidy checking out the fish pond at the motel. (Everyone drove out the night before since it was such a long drive from the Cape.) We had a lot of fun (except for the fact that I got lost on the way home...........we ended up in Connecticut.........OOPS!)

Gardening

2008-05-18T21:21:00.002-04:00

Here are some pictures of Cassidy, her friend Alyson and Jadzia helping in the garden. This was the only sunny day in the middle of a bunch of rainy days, and it happened to be mother's day. Savannah didn't want to help in the garden (bugs!) but helped mow the lawn instead.

This is what happens when you let me "drive"! I was doing a great job up until this point. I went around the whole garden - except for this spot- without ruining the fence. So, obviously there is no fence here anymore! It happened so fast.....I couldn't stop it.

2008-05-07T18:18:00.003-04:00

Here is a little clip of Cassidy's last hip hop class. It was an after school activity at her school for 6 weeks. Most of the kids had never taken a hip hop class before (including Cassidy), but I think they did a GREAT job.

Electricity project

2008-04-30T09:13:00.004-04:00

Cassidy had to do an electricity project for this week, Joe helped her. They went on line, found a picture of a lighthouse that they liked and used it as a model. Cassidy spent a lot of time painting the light house and a box for the land/water.
Cassidy helping with the wiring and putting it all together.
The final touches.

The finished project......It really works!

Monkey Girl!

2008-04-29T09:14:00.004-04:00

Jadzia loves climbing.......this is a really small tree in our front yard. I don't think it will be long before she is trying to climb the bigger ones.

I asked her why she was holding the banana with her feet.......and she said "because that is how monkeys do it". (please note: she dressed herself)
We were in another room and Jadzia decided it was time for a snack. She has a terrible fruit snack addiction....we need a toddler 12 step program for her......After she got what she wanted she called for help getting down. When I said, "hold on I want a picture" she said "but you know I COULD fall from here". It is good to know she heard what I said the other times she was caught climbing on the counter, but didn't actually listen to me.
A newly 4 year olds favorite phrase is "I can do it myself". From getting dressed to making her own lunch, Jadzia loves to do as much as possible by herself! If only she would sleep by herself!

Happy Birthday Savannah!

2008-04-24T21:11:00.004-04:00

I can't believe it! My little girl is 14 today! We had some family and a couple of friends over for cake a little earlier and now there are a bunch of girls sleeping over. I had a really cute video of Savannah putting together her present, but for some reason it didn't save on my camera. I bought her concert tickets but didn't have the actual tickets so I made a puzzle for her to put together telling her what her gift was. She was very excited, there was even a little scream! So instead of that video you can enjoy a cute birthday picture and this funny video of Cassidy trying to stand on a ball at one of Savannah's soccer games (Cassidy asked me to put this video on).

The making of Spongebob

2008-04-12T18:29:00.003-04:00

Jadzia loves to crack eggs, but she got a little confused because of the recent Easter holdiay when she learned how to peel eggs. So while cracking them for the cake she combined cracking and peeling......very messy!
"I can mix it all by myself"
Savannah helped me decorate the Spongebob cake.
I let Jadzia play with some frosting and mix her own colors so she would keep her hands out of the frosting used for the cake.
The finished product......doesn't he look happy. If only he know we were going to eat him all up. This was fun, and easy to do!

Jadzia's Big Day

2008-04-12T17:17:00.009-04:00

No 4 year old girl's birthday would be complete without a new baby doll and dress-up outfit.

Happy Birthday to Jadzia, and to all of the other April 12 birthday people.......Ella (1st birthday), Tammi, Theresa and Julia. We had a lot of fun......cake, ice cream and presents. I am lucky because I can still get away with only inviting family to birthday parties......(family and our good friend Lisa's family). It won't be too long before she insists on friends coming too. Thank you Cassidy for shooting this video....great job!

Thanks to Jenn, we were able to find the one gift Jadzia wished for the most. The "baby that grows teeth". The commercial used to come on constantly around here, but when it came time to buy the doll, I couldn't remember the name, and the commercial was not on t.v. She is kind of a fun doll, the best thing is that she has an on/off switch. (Jadzia looks a little annoyed because this is about the 5th time I made her do this video....we kept getting interrupted.)

Thanks for stopping by!

Our busy weekend

2008-04-07T11:15:00.003-04:00

Saturday we went off Cape to watch Savannah's soccer game. (She is the one in green) We didn't win the game but the team played really well. The second game of the season is coming up this weekend.

Sunday morning we went to Provincetown bright and early for church with Papa. There was a mass in memory of Gramma and Mark. After church we went to a flipper breakfast. For those of you who don't know what a flipper is, it is fried dough, and yes, we eat them for breakfast sometimes. By the end of the meal Jadzia was covered in syrup. We also went to see Nana that same morning. I can't believe Nana will be 97 this year.
After breakfast we drove back to Yarmouth to go to the open house at the new firehouse in town. Cassidy climed up to "drive" the fire truck and posed for a couple of pictures. Jadzia was a little to frightened to climb up for a picture but she was very interested in the CPR dummies they had set up. Savannah was happy that one of her friends were there, otherwise she is 13 and too big to get excited about firetrucks.
After the firehouse we came home to work on Cassidy's Sacagawea project. Joe helped her make the cradle board and I helped her with the dress. I think we did pretty well. We were also able to squeeze in a movie, "Nims Island" for Cassidy, her friend Julianna, Jadzia and myself. "Shutter" for Savannah and her friend, Lizabeth. They were terrified and watched almost the whole movie with their fingers in their ears, because if you don't hear the movie it is not as scary......

Fabulous!

2008-03-25T11:15:00.007-04:00

Magnus is such a good dog! He didn't seem to mind getting dressed up by Cassidy. He actually kept the shirt on all day, for obvious reasons we took the pants off.
Jadzia is just a little obsessed with the movie High School Musical 2. It is probably not a good sign that her favorite song is the one done by the stuck up rich girl in the movie. Here is Jadzia singing her version of the song "Fabulous", it is a little difficult to understand the words (because she doesn't really know them), but you will get the idea. Thanks for checking in.

More pictures from Easter

2008-03-23T16:24:00.004-04:00

Bunny ears for Easter from my sister.
After eating eggs in the morning and tons of candy all day, Jadzia is not too interested in dinner.....but blowing bubbles in her milk was fun.Now that dinner is done......and our company is gone Savannah (and the rest of us) get ready to hang around and do nothing for the rest of the day. I think we are all happy that we went to church early, because we knew we would be exhausted by the end of the day.
Ok, almost everyone is ready to hang around and do nothing.........Cassidy still has a endless energy.......she wants to go ride her skate board, go for a walk and have a friend over.

Happy Easter!

2008-03-23T16:14:00.003-04:00

The girls woke up this morning to find that the Easter Bunny had brought candy, hid some eggs (Cassidy and Jadzia colored them Saturday) and brought them a gingerbread bunny cottage to decorate. It was very messy but they had fun putting the frosting and candy on.

We had a bunch of family over our house for Easter dinner. This is Jadzia and Cassidy goofing around with their cousin Tyler.
We can always count on Savannah, Cassidy and Jadzia to help out! In fact they spent much of Saturday and part of Sunday helping to get the house ready for Easter dinner.

Here Kitty Kitty........

2008-03-10T11:01:00.003-04:00

I went downstairs to feed the cats today......and noticed that Cassidy's bunny, Snowball, had gotten out. We don't know how long he was out because he stays in the basement during the winter (and outside in the summer). My two cats didn't mind him trying to eat their food, and Snowball wasn't worried about the cats. The cat in the picture is Frankie, I couldn't get tigger to pose for the picture. Not too much else going on....thanks for checking in.

My First Race!

2008-02-26T08:52:00.010-05:00

Can you believe it????

ME............running a race.......

I was part of a marathon relay team. These are people that I work with at Children's Hospital. Everyone on the team except Maggie (far left), and myself were experienced runners. For Maggie and I this was our first, and we can't wait for the next one! I will admit I did have to walk part of the 5.8 miles because I have been sick for a few weeks (cough/congestion......very difficult to run when you have a coughing spasm after a few steps), but it was still fun and I will be better prepared for the next one. Other great news from this week.........My nephew, Sean, is back from his semester at sea. I didn't get to see him (I was at the race) but Joe and the girls went to watch the ship come in. They got to wave to him while he was on the boat, and he waved to them, but then they had to leave to get Savannah to Soccer practice. Well, that's all for now. Thanks for stopping.

2008-02-20T10:20:00.004-05:00

My neice and nephew, Nicolas and Ashley, came over yesterday and stayed all day. We had a great time. Jadzia and Cassidy wanted to carry him around all day but he is too big. He is younger than Jadzia but weighs more. It was so fun having them around.

Cassidy loves to take pictures with my camera....here is a cute one she took of herself and Nicolas on our way to the playground and lunch>

Sorry that you have to tilt to the side, this is Cassidy after Jadzia gave her flowers. Cassidy had her first band concert last week. She plays the trumpet. This is her first year playing a wind instrument. She has played the guitar, piano, and violin......I am not sure which she likes better......or if she will stick with this instrument or try something else.

On Monday we went out to lunch with my dad for his birthday. (His birthday was really the 15th). My sister Anna came with us and Shirley came with us too. I think from looking at these pictures that Cassidy and Savannah are tired of me pulling the camera out everywhere we go! Well, that's all for now. Hopefully something exciting will happen this week.......it is vacation week for Savannah and Cassidy but we don't have a lot going on.

I'll post again soon.

Our day at the beach......

2008-02-10T17:01:00.000-05:00

It wasn't easy to get around this corner. We got wet on the way out to the ship. We had to try to time our move with the waves, as you can see Cassidy doesn't mind getting wet. I finally just picked up Jadzia and carried her. The beach in the winter might not be as fun as in the summer, and you wouldn't want to stay to long, but we had a great time.

A Piece of History

2008-02-10T16:50:00.000-05:00

We went to the beach today......this is a picture of a shipwreck that washed up on the beach last month. Is is most likely from an 1800's scooner. This is actually supposed to be the side of the boat. I would have guessed that it was the bottom, but the "experts" say it one of the sides. Jadzia, Cassidy and I went with Auntie Holly and we had a lot of fun. Cassidy and I got wet while trying to run away from the waves. Jadzia kept yelling "why are you afraid of the waves"......but she didn't want to get near them.

he said "It's only a game".....

2008-02-04T09:37:00.000-05:00

I tried to find a suitable picture here........but none exist. I can't believe it, I am in shock. The whole season down the toilet.........Why Tom Brady chose last night to look like an idiot is beyond me. After the edge-of-your-seat (I didn't like the outcome, but the game was great), heart pounding, stomach turning game, my lovely husband turns to me and says..."it's only a game". Oh man, if looks could kill.............he probably won't want to say that again. Only THE game. Well, anyway I guess we weren't meant to win them all (I say "we", as if I had anything to do with it). I have come up with a few rules that need to be put into place prior to the start of next season (yes, it is time to look ahead...)
1. My husband is not allowed to watch the super bowl, unless he has watched all regular season games (he doesn't like football and he is bad luck)
2. Tom Brady's girlfriend can only watch the game from home....far, far, away.
3.We can not play any team in the super bowl (should we have the opportunity to play in next years' big game) that has a quarterback with the last name Manning.
Well, that's it. I'll try to post again soon.

Cassidy and Meg

2008-02-03T14:20:00.000-05:00

I love this picture. I took this the last time we went to the nursing home to visit Nana. Cassidy is cuddling up with my Aunt's dog "Meg". Not a whole lot going on here.......Just waiting for the Superbowl to start. It has been a long day. Cassidy is not feeling well today......she came home from her friends house in the middle of the night. Stomach "bug", I'll spare you the details.......thanks for checking in on us. Go Patriots!!

Silly girls.....

2008-01-28T20:53:00.000-05:00

Here is a picture of Cassidy in her Hannah Montana wig (she bought it for herself). She was outside wearing this the other day and I looked out to call her in, well I forgot that she was wearing it and didn't recognize her in the group of kids....I got a little nervous that I couldn't find her and she was right in front of me. The picture of the dog walking away is our dog Magnus. He is the helpless victim of the joker herself (Cassidy). The paper note says "kick me"......no animals were harmed, don't worry.

Here is Jadzia being silly with one of our other dogs - his name is Buddy and he is too stupid to know that he should not like this. This silly picture of Savannah comes with a funny little story........I said to her 2 days ago - while holding up a bag of clean laundry - these are mostly your clothes, please fold them and put them away. Of course she did not do it so I got a little angry.......went down stairs to do more laundry....and when I came up she had these clothes on (hopefully you can see that she has a pair of her baby sisters' pants on each leg, and Cassidy's vest on top) and said.........so, these are mostly MY clothes, huh? (There was really only one thing in the bag that was hers). Goofy girl. She does a great job of making her point!

Snow Day!

2008-01-28T20:42:00.000-05:00

We had some pretty happy girls at the Belmore house this morning (myself included).........SNOW DAY. This is the first day this year they got to miss school because of snow. I had to go to work but I did get outside for a little while before leaving.

Family Pictures

2008-01-24T12:47:00.000-05:00

These pictures are from Saturday 1/19. My whole family went out to breakfast after going to the chapel and cemetery for a ceremony and burial for Randy. We were all glad to be together, even though it wasn't really a happy occassion. After breakfast the girls went to the playground with their cousin Sara. As you can see, Jadzia and Cassidy had a blast. Savannah was just plain cold.

GO PATRIOTS!

2008-01-20T11:23:00.000-05:00

I Couldn't resist it. BIG Game to day.......it is a very exciting day to be a New England fan. Here's Randy Moss.....one of my favorites.......catching one of his MANY touchdown passes. Go Pats!

Happy Birthday Sean

2008-01-17T08:47:00.000-05:00

On Saturday Jan 12 we (My brother Stephen, Cassidy, Jadzia, Cassidy's friend Becky, and myself) went to Mass Maritime Academy to see my nephew Sean before he left for his "semester at sea". We held up signs that said "We love Sean". They will have gone to Virginia, Costa Rica and the Panama Canal before they are home. Today is Sean's birthday so..............Happy Birthday Sean, we all love you and are very proud of you!

Getting the job done.

2008-01-14T22:16:00.000-05:00

As you probably all know, we have been working on an addition for quite some time.........about 3 years. Slow going but it will be worth it! We are slowly making progress, and now with Jadzia's help we should just start cruising right along! As you can imagine she has to be watched very closely as she is just as likely to slam that hammer through the wall as she is to hammer a nail into a random piece of wood like she is in the picture.

WARNING..Extreme cuteness coming your way!

2008-01-08T09:24:00.000-05:00

These girls are so silly, I love the giggles. This is the song we danced to on Jan 5th at Randy's memorial PARTY. Jadzia keeps asking me to "start it again". I think she danced to it 10 times in a row yesterday. Boy was I happy when Cassidy came home.....I didn't have to keep dancing!

In loving memory

2008-01-05T19:54:00.000-05:00

Today family and friends gathered for food, laughs, tears, and a dance in memory of my brother Randy Roderick. In late September Randy was diagnosed with mesothelioma. He passed away December 21 surrounded by family and close friends.

Randy will always be remembered for his contributions to his community, his incredible talent, and his ability to make everyone laugh. Every time I think of him (which is constantly) I think of something silly we did together and smile and laugh.

I thought it would be fun to make a short list of the things I would thank my brother for if he were here now.

1. Thank you for putting a helmet on me before hitting me with a hockey stick when I was a toddler.

2. Thank you for putting up with me and taking (mostly) good care of me when you were forced to babysit me.

3. Thank you for dangling spit over my face and (almost always) sucking it back up before it hit my nose, for frightening me regularly as a kid with the knife-under-the-armpit ketchup all over the place trick, and for all of the times you were kind enough to wake me up early by putting your foot in my face...........

Now seriously....

Thank you for being with me when mom died

Thank you for all of the great times (I loved visiting you in California)

Thank you for being a part of my children's lives

and most of all, Thank you for allowing me to help take care of you and stay so close to you during the last few months. I love you! See you again someday!

New Years Resolutions

2008-01-01T20:49:00.000-05:00

Joanne - More family time, stop yelling, and celebrate each day.

Cassidy - Start eating healthier and be nicer to my sisters.

Savannah - Work harder at school.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2008-01-01T12:54:00.000-05:00

Good-bye 2007 and hello 2008!
2007 highlights:
new jobs for Joanne (Childrens Hospital Boston) and Joe (Seaport Shutters)
continuing work on the addition ( I resolve that it will be finished by the time Jadzia graduates college)
Jadzia - started preschool and has made many friends
Cassidy - violin lessons in 3rd grade, trumpet lessons in 4th grade. First whitewater rafting trip in August (Kennebec river, Maine), Sailing at the west end racing club during the summer
Savannah - lots of time with friends, sailing and white water rafting during the summer. Tennis, field hockey and Basketball at school. First ski trip February 2007, nominated to be a people to people embassador (nominated fall 2007 for June 2008).
We are looking foward to a great 2008!