24
Jan 10

Happy Birthday to Josh!

Happy Birthday to Josh!  Thanks everybody for helping us celebrate his birthday, even from so far away!

Josh’s actual Birth Day.  (Not really, this is a few days later… after the blizzard of ’78 was over and Josh & Judi could go home.)  So this is George, Big Brother Thadd & Josh:

Baby Josh & the Fam:

Here Josh says, “I am 4!”  (I wanted to put a pic with Shan in!  Jackie & Grandma & Grandpa Mates are helping to celebrate the big FOUR.)

Here Josh says, “I am 4 (x 8)!”  Ha.

Becky got this awesome Celtics green tee for Josh!

And now Josh won’t be so cold with these great gifts from Mom & Dad!

And these South Africa guidebooks will be so useful! Thanks again Mom & Dad!

Watch out Dave!  Josh is going to beat you in shuffleboard now!  (Thanks Mom & Dad Allen!)

Manhattan is thrilled for Josh’s birthday.

As is Magellan.

Thanks again for the gifts and cards and phone calls and texts and Facebook wall posts.  It was a great birthday.  We finished it off playing Josh’s new Wii game (the shuffleboard and darts are our new favorites!), and cooking a great dinner that was made even better thanks to a Christmas gift from Shan – Argentinian wine, carted across the globe in her backpack!  A great way to celebrate 32 years.


10
Jan 10

AFC Wildcard Game: Pats v Ravens

Great Seats!


All Bundled Up!


Quick bearing of the faces for a picture!



Not a fun game to attend.  We’ll leave it at that.

Actually, we’ll add that for the first time the commuter rail failed us, not getting us there early enough to be in our seats before the fly by.  That was sad.  Amazingly, we were in our seats for that first touchdown.

So an un-fun loss (33-14).


10
Jan 10

AFC Wildcard PREGame: Pats v Ravens

While the game was “un-fun”, we had a blast pregaming.

We had bloody Marias and Bloody Marys at home, then donuts and special Dunkin Donuts coffee and just regular donuts on the train.


09
Jan 10

Gary’s Pics From NYE

These are the Macaroni & Cheese Taste-off & Overnight Coffeecake pictures (Thanks Gary!!) from our super fun NYE with Gary and Daniel.

All 4 of our homemade kinds, and the low bar set by the 5th, Kraft.

All 4 of our homemade kinds, and the low bar set by the 5th, Kraft.

Kraft, "It's the Cheesiest" - supposedly.

Kraft, "It's the Cheesiest" - supposedly.

Mama Judi's, the creamiest.

Mama Judi's, the creamiest.

Gary's, really the cheesiest!  SOOO much cheese.  Blocks of cheese!

Gary's, really the cheesiest! SOOO much cheese. Blocks of cheese!

Gary & Daniel's, the most gourmet!

Gary & Daniel's, the most gourmet!

Grandma Brown's, the sour creamiest/zestiest.  Still Jeannette's fave.

Grandma Brown's, the sour creamiest/zestiest. Still Jeannette's fave.

Ready for the Tasting part of the evening!

Ready for the Tasting part of the evening!

An orange color themed dinner!

An orange color themed dinner!

So excited!

So excited!

Overnight Coffeecake has risen, baked and is ready to be flipped!

Overnight Coffeecake has risen, baked and is ready to be flipped!

Yummy!

Yummy!

Flipping and scraping out all the gooey goodness!

Flipping and scraping out all the gooey goodness!

So good, so good, so good!

So good, so good, so good!


02
Jan 10

Celtics v. Raptors

Woohoo!  A crazy, weird, fun win!  No Pierce, no KG, no Rondo, still no Quis and yet, the Celtics pulled out a W (96-103)!  We got to see JR Giddens first NBA start.  He was so excitedTA was awesome.   All the kids, including a healing Baby, played like little colts (or like baby rhinos), still all wobbly yet gallumping along, trying to go strong to the basket.  The young Cs created havoc with all their gangly, chaotic play.  And this game felt like it was the longest game ever.  The amount of whistles didn’t help.  It was crazy slow. Interesting game… and a great win.