Happy Birthday to Tatiana tomorrow! Grandma and Grandpa had a great time at the theater on Sunday, watching "Shrek, the Musical" (although Grandpa thought it included a bit too much flatulence).

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to say again how excited and happy I am about Tracie's engagement! Also, hope everyone is doing well. I am glad to hear your recovery is going well uncle Chris. I know Bill and Jessica must be enjoying their new little guy. I wish I could make Dylan that little again sometimes. Sometimes he actually tells me he wants to be a baby again too. We have been enjoying the unseasonably mild weather here. We went to the park yesterday to try out the new playground equipment which for some reason they installed at the end of November. Next week we start indoor soccer season. We have also have a new craft obsession, making duct tape crafts. I never knew there were so many fun colors and patterns of duct tape. So far we have made a wallet, hair bows, roses, bookmarks, flip flops and bracelets. Hope everyone has a great week.
Deanna

Paul and I are engaged!!! He proposed today on a 4-wheeling outing at grams overlooking the pond. It was perfect!

Sonja arrived to enjoy the sun with us.  Plenty of it too!.

Hi all, we got our one day of snow yesterday. Today is warm and sunny. Cris is getting out, last night he went with Al to meet Al's billiards team. I have a day off today so maybe we'll hit a good movie tonite. Can't wait to see some animal pics from Arizona. Happy early birthday skip.
Happy baby to Jessica and Bill!
Love to all,
sal

Beautiful weekend in Walton cross-country skiing at Paul's and 4-wheeling at grams! (yes, Paul and I got 4-wheelers!!!) Now buckling down to write progress notes and IEPs... ugh...

Congratulations to Grandpa Jim, Aunt Molly, Aunt Jen and Uncle Joe. Happy to hear that Jessica is doing well and Bill survived the experience.

Jessica went into labor this morning, but nothing further is known...anybody??

Just talked to Cris - he is on his way from the hospital right now (although stuck in traffic), and is feeling great. He said they confirmed that he still had some adrenal tissue on one side, so the hormones should be good.

Arizona

  Mom and I are sitting in the Binghamton airport awaiting the arrival of our prop plane.  Free internet, one gate, checkin, baggage claim, security and boarding in one room.  Mom still got the invasive pat down.  I think we are two of eight prople on this flight to Philly.  We made it to Scottsdale, exhausted but 65 after dark seemed good.  Strong head winds made us an hour late.  Enjoy the breeze and we will soak up the sun.  No cell phone service but email works.

As of 10 am, Cris is out of surgery and did very well. They were able to remove the tumor arthroscopically and he was in surgery for only 2 hours. We are encouraged and will continue our prayers for a speedy recovery.

Andy's Girlfriend interviewing Rick Perry

Rick Perry Tours Upstate - Politics News Story - WYFF Greenville

You know the weather is too warm when your bus trip to Florida is cancelled due to lack of interest.  So now Mom and I are headed to Arizona.  Hours of scouring the internet this week got us a last minute bargain rate on a condo in Scottsdale, AZ for the 17th through 31st of January.  We should be back in time for the real winter weather to take hold - with lots of pictures of desert cacti.  Now just need to find a ride to the airport.

Sorry to hear about your flood Nancy. Sounds like a huge mess. I couldn't believe the weather today. It was a little too weird actually but I guess that is par for the course this year. I took the kids to the farm show today. We had a great time seeing the baby pigs, petting the baby long horn cow, and of course eating the food. Everyone loved the maple flavored cotton candy this year. The butter sculpture was great too, you can see it on pennlive.com if you are interested. It was very crowded since today was the opening day so I didn't even notice toxic Tom Corbett until I was standing right next to him! I did not get worked up, I just kindly asked the governor to get the frack out of my way. Don't worry, I did not actually say that, but I was standing next to the governor. He was putting on a good act for all of the media so I scurried all of the kids away as quickly as possible before he could be friendly to them and thus ruin their immage of him forever. I hope everyone else had a fun weekend. Since Nathan is out of town, I will be taking all of the kids to my church meeting tomorrow. We have to discuss how a 14 year old managed to leave the church at 1 AM in his pajamas and bare feet during a youth event last weekend. He got locked out and no one heard him pounding on the windows. He returned with a police officer 30 minutes later. Apparently his parents aren't too happy.
Deanna

Happy Saturday! Glad to see such warm weather. Those two cold days froze every pipe in the old house and flooded my gym - sometimes you get these setbacks. May as well start my diet today when things are already tough!

Special Request for Ben and Jennifer - Could you post a picture of that gingerbread house?  The Christmas card was great too - and the beaded ornaments were beautiful.  You are a talented crew!  Just curious - why the celebration on boxing day?