Back to the Movies

Bill and I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night. It's an intriguing story about a man who is born old and eventually dies as an infant. He first meets his true love when he is about 70 and she is a child. For a short period of bliss they are the same age. We enjoyed this movie but we we both thought that 2 hrs and 45 min was too long.

Tyler's First Day

 

This morning Leo called with the wonderful news that Tyler Scott was born at 5:05 a.m. weighing in at 7 lbs. 4 oz. and measuring 18". Poor mom had a rough time with almost 50 hours of labor and then a C section, but she's doing well. Leo got a couple of pictures sent out right away. This is when I love modern technology! So, Tyler, welcome to the world!

New Years 2009

 

Since moving from Trenton in 1975 we have kept close with two wonderful families by celebrating New Years together each year. Part of our tradition has been giving very much anticipated gifts of radishes, bananas, and salt. This year we missed the salt because Rocky and Jackie were not able to come because Jackie is undergoing tough chemo treatments. It was a great day, but Jackie and Rocky, it wasn't the same without you guys and you are in our thoughts and prayers.

One More Xmas Card - Anthony & Alex

 

Another great card! Now our grandchildren are all accounted for. It looks like Tyler is waiting for 2009 to make his arrival! Alex has been predicting New Years Day.

All the Grandchildren Together

 

On Saturday we had all of our grandchildren together. This doesn't happen often and it was a lot of fun!

Xmas Day

 

For Xmas Day our plan was to get up early and be with Teddy and Patti and the twins Xmas morning. We were just ready to leave the house when the phone rang and we learned that they had a stomach bug. We were disappointed because we felt we had made the perfect plan this Christmas. So, we decided to take a walk along the bay at Keyport and then continue to our next stop Leo and Kristen's which is almost a 3 hour trip.

The weather was clear and temperature was above freezing so travelling was great. Kristen is still pregnant. Due date is January 6 and they are just waiting. We had a delicious ham dinner with them. Bill tried out Leo's quad and I tried his snowshoes. I made it up and down their hill. It was fun. Leo also showed us how he kayaks down his hill. That we didn't try. We stayed overnight and left the following morning so we would be home for Roxana and the boys overnight visit.

Xmas Eve

 

This year we were with Chris and Adrian and family for Xmas Eve. For dinner we had delicious homemade calzones and tortellini soup and we opened our first gifts of the season. We left in time to attend 8 pm Mass at St. Clements. We have a new priest from Italy who had been asked to sing an Italian Christmas Carol which he did and it was beautiful. We felt blessed.