Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Birthday to Cole, Mark and Daniel!

Tyler, Juliano and Tommy play with their Black Friday laptops! I'm so glad they got them after waiting in line from 11:45 the night before!


Cousins Tyler, Noah and Evan.

Justin refusing to smile for a picture.

Cole with his snuggie.

Noah Mark

Daniel

Mark

The birthday boys: Daniel, Cole and Mark

Aloha!

James' Uncle John and Auntie Girlie & Uncle Keith came up from Hawaii for a visit.


Tyler and "Grandmaster Pagdilao"


The whole gang plus extras...

Uncle John and James

Putting James in his place... HA!HA!

Uncle John and James

Uncle John and Tyler

Uncle John and Justin

Happy Birthday Grandma Carol and Justin!

We celebrated my mom's birthday and Justin's 15th birthday! Mark is so comfy here in mom's new "Snuggie".


Making a wish...

Mark and Noah are just sitting back and enjoying the party.

Mark and the pretty princess as she models the "Snuggie"

Justin got many nice gifts- like this shirt from his mother! As well as gift cards, $$$$$$ and a new cell phone. SPOILED KID!

Justin

Chocolate cake for the birthday boy.

and cupcakes and lemon bars (made by Gwen) for Grandma! It was a really fun party with the whole family! Now I just have to make it through his "friends" party.

Happy 40th Birthday to my big brother Tim!

Tim's wife Jennifer planned a really nice surprise party for him at the local Round Table Pizza. To make a long story short- it ended up not being a surprise but it was a great time.

Like father like son.

With his lovely mother.

Tyler and Justin with Uncle Tim.

Makin' his big wish!

Was it too much to ask for a nice picture of my oldest son???

Timmy and Jennifer.

Tim with his beautiful daughter Lila Grace. It was fun to see family and old friends today- we really should do it again sometime soon and not wait another 40 years! Ha!!!

Fish Boil on Horsehead Bay

We were invited to the Kelly's (James' grandma Phyllis' sister & family) for a fish boil. Being that I am not a seafood eater I wasn't so sure about it all. As you can see- there was an abundance of food.


Tyler, James and Justin stand in front of the table after the first of the food had been dumped on it. I lucked out because the first dump of food had NO seafood in it. Just sausage and veggies.

Justin tries his 1st crab leg.

Tyler and Justin pose in the back yard.

Tyler with the beautiful blue hedge.

Lake Retreat Family Camp 2009

Our family has carried on the tradition that my parents started when I was young of going to Family Camp at Lake Retreat every summer.


Tyler, Thad and Justin- they see each other only about 2 times a year, but as soon as they get together it is like they haven't spent any time apart!



Good times!

Justin, James, Tyler and Holly

Grandpa Clyde, Justin, Grandma Carol, Tyler, Holly and James

The boys with Gpa and Gma.

Waiting for the cardboard boat races to start.

Tyler caught in the act...

The adult banquet this year was Hawaiian themed.

Tyler and mom at the tire swing. I couldn't get him to climb in it this year.

Justin either...

That's as close as i could get them.

They played some lively games of pickleball this year. Lots of sibling rivalry frustrations were taken out on the court.

Justin

Tyler- I don't know how he could see the ball through all the hair.

Thad, Tyler and Justin watch more pickleball.

Justin played in the pickleball tournament this year.

Tyler and mom.

Taking a break from all the fun on the water trampoline.

Justin ventures out in a canoe.

Another wonderful year at Lake Retreat! We can't wait until next year- we look forward to this week all year long! Join us next year! For information go to www.lakeretreat.org