Thank you everyone who came to the Fall Party this year.
It was a very cold & wet year for a party.
We had LOTS of people cancel and we totally understood why.
Let's hope next year the weather is alittle better. Ok ok...ALOT better!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Bike ride
Today (Sunday, October 19th)
Bob & I went on a beautiful bike ride. We rode from Penn Yan to Dresden on the Keuka Lake outlet trail. It was 7 miles one way. 14 miles total.
Along the way we saw waterfalls, remains of old mills, gorgeous scenery. We also came across many people hiking, fellow bikers, two people on horseback and some Amish families enjoying a picnic. I'm adding some pictures of our journey.
After our ride, Bob treated us to lunch at the Keuka Restaurant in downtown Penn Yan.
If you ever get a chance to ride this trail - do it! It's awesome.
Here is alittle info. about the trail taken from the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail website:
Bob & I went on a beautiful bike ride. We rode from Penn Yan to Dresden on the Keuka Lake outlet trail. It was 7 miles one way. 14 miles total.
Along the way we saw waterfalls, remains of old mills, gorgeous scenery. We also came across many people hiking, fellow bikers, two people on horseback and some Amish families enjoying a picnic. I'm adding some pictures of our journey.
After our ride, Bob treated us to lunch at the Keuka Restaurant in downtown Penn Yan.
If you ever get a chance to ride this trail - do it! It's awesome.
Here is alittle info. about the trail taken from the Keuka Lake Outlet Trail website:
In the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of New York State, between the villages of Penn Yan on Keuka Lake and Dresden on Seneca Lake, lies the Keuka Outlet Trail.
The trail is built on the track bed of the old Fall Brook Railroad (1884-1974), which, in turn, follows the towpath of the historic Crooked Lake Canal (1833-1877) that once connected the lakes by dropping 270 feet over 8 miles through the ravine created by the Keuka Outlet Creek. The canal was kept separate from the creek by its towpath, and so today's trail runs between the old canal bed and the creek, except at Seneca Mills Falls where the trail drops into the canal bed and passes through Lock #17.
The Outlet Trail is currently 7.0 miles long. The trail's descent from Keuka Lake to Seneca Lake is gradual, and so the trail can be traveled in either direction with relative ease. From the Elm Street (Rt. 54A) ball fields to Cherry Street in Penn Yan, the trail has been paved with asphalt. This 1.3-mile section of trail is owned and managed by the Village of Penn Yan. From Cherry Street east to the western outskirts of Dresden, the trail surface is a combination of dirt, gravel, and ballast from the railroad bed; these 5.7 miles of trail are owned and maintained by the Friends of the Outlet, Inc., a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the lands and waters of the Keuka Lake Outlet Preservation Area.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Family dog
I have some sad news to report tonight.....
My brother Dan's family have now lost 2 family dogs in 3 weeks time.
There lab/husky mix named Tucker was hit by a car the last week in September. This was my nephew Derek's dog. He was beside himself. He loved that dog. Tucker sleep with him every night. Tucker had gotten out and ran all night long - someone found him dead and brought him back to the house in the morning.
Tonight their yellow lab named Bailey was hit by a car. This was my niece Kasey's dog. Kasey is a 14 yr. old girl and she watched her dog, who was less than a year old, die tonight. The driver never stopped. Bailey was beautiful dog.
Both times my brother was at work and someone had to call him to let him know. My sister in-law has had to take care of it both times!
My heart goes out to my brother's family. It's very hard to loss a family dog - but it's even harder to loss 2 in less than a month.
Please say an extra prayer for Kasey, Derek, Dan and Lisa tonight. Thanks
My brother Dan's family have now lost 2 family dogs in 3 weeks time.
There lab/husky mix named Tucker was hit by a car the last week in September. This was my nephew Derek's dog. He was beside himself. He loved that dog. Tucker sleep with him every night. Tucker had gotten out and ran all night long - someone found him dead and brought him back to the house in the morning.
Tonight their yellow lab named Bailey was hit by a car. This was my niece Kasey's dog. Kasey is a 14 yr. old girl and she watched her dog, who was less than a year old, die tonight. The driver never stopped. Bailey was beautiful dog.
Both times my brother was at work and someone had to call him to let him know. My sister in-law has had to take care of it both times!
My heart goes out to my brother's family. It's very hard to loss a family dog - but it's even harder to loss 2 in less than a month.
Please say an extra prayer for Kasey, Derek, Dan and Lisa tonight. Thanks
Monday, October 13, 2008
Sleep over adventure
Another fun filled adventure at Heidi's house this weekend!
Friday night, Makayla had 4 of her girlfriends over to spend the night.
5 girls under that age of 10! What was I thinking??????
Loud, yelling, screaming, laughing, goofy........... These are just some of the words I can now use to describe them to everyone! They all seemed to have a good time. They had pizza, cake, and watched 2 movies~ Spiderwick and Elf. They were all sleeping by 11pm. Not bad is what I have to say about that! :-) Young girls can really be funny to watch interact with either other.
Because Tanner was feeling left out - I allowed him to have a friend over to spend the night on Friday as well. His friend RJ came over with his bike. The plan was to ride their bikes until dark (7 pmish) and then watch a movie i
n his bedroom (away from the girls!). Well.....things did not go as planned! About 6:30 is when the fun began.
Tanner was jumping his BMX bike and landed hard. His chin hit the handlebar and was cut wide open. Tanner came in the house (not crying) and said - Mom I need to see you.. NOW! I was calm and said ok - and noticed the blood running down his chin. Hmmmmmm - that would be stitch worthy. Tanner keep saying.... 'Are you sure?" A mom always knows. I've seen this type of thing before with him so YES.....it was in need of stitches.
Grandma to the rescue. I called my Mom and told her what had happened. I asked for her help and then gave her the choice of staying home with the girls or taking Tanner to the ER. Smart woman - she choose to take Tanner to the ER. It was the easier of the two choices for sure.
RJ went along for the ride but is NOT going to be in the medical field when he grows up. NO chance! LOL RJ doesn't like blood nor does he even like the thought of anything along those lines.
The girls were only semi concerned about Tanner - They were more concerned about who was sleeping where on the floor, who made it into Student Council and who liked or didn't like band. LOL. They did all talk about how many stitches Tanner would get. My guess. along with 1 other girls, was 2 -3. Everyone else guessed 3 - 4.
Tanner & RJ got back home around 9:45pm. Tanner had 4 stitches to show the girls! LOL
I felt bad - My Mom was heading out the door to go and watch Derek's soccer game when I called her to the rescue. She never did make it to the game.
Saturday morning the girls went home, Makayla went to soccer practice and Tanner, RJ and I went for a quick bike ride. By Noonish - it was just Tanner, Makayla and I. RJ was picked up by his parents and life returned to normal. Well...... as normal as it can be at my house! :-)
Friday night, Makayla had 4 of her girlfriends over to spend the night.
5 girls under that age of 10! What was I thinking??????
Loud, yelling, screaming, laughing, goofy........... These are just some of the words I can now use to describe them to everyone! They all seemed to have a good time. They had pizza, cake, and watched 2 movies~ Spiderwick and Elf. They were all sleeping by 11pm. Not bad is what I have to say about that! :-) Young girls can really be funny to watch interact with either other.
Because Tanner was feeling left out - I allowed him to have a friend over to spend the night on Friday as well. His friend RJ came over with his bike. The plan was to ride their bikes until dark (7 pmish) and then watch a movie i
n his bedroom (away from the girls!). Well.....things did not go as planned! About 6:30 is when the fun began.Tanner was jumping his BMX bike and landed hard. His chin hit the handlebar and was cut wide open. Tanner came in the house (not crying) and said - Mom I need to see you.. NOW! I was calm and said ok - and noticed the blood running down his chin. Hmmmmmm - that would be stitch worthy. Tanner keep saying.... 'Are you sure?" A mom always knows. I've seen this type of thing before with him so YES.....it was in need of stitches.
Grandma to the rescue. I called my Mom and told her what had happened. I asked for her help and then gave her the choice of staying home with the girls or taking Tanner to the ER. Smart woman - she choose to take Tanner to the ER. It was the easier of the two choices for sure.
RJ went along for the ride but is NOT going to be in the medical field when he grows up. NO chance! LOL RJ doesn't like blood nor does he even like the thought of anything along those lines.
The girls were only semi concerned about Tanner - They were more concerned about who was sleeping where on the floor, who made it into Student Council and who liked or didn't like band. LOL. They did all talk about how many stitches Tanner would get. My guess. along with 1 other girls, was 2 -3. Everyone else guessed 3 - 4.
Tanner & RJ got back home around 9:45pm. Tanner had 4 stitches to show the girls! LOL
I felt bad - My Mom was heading out the door to go and watch Derek's soccer game when I called her to the rescue. She never did make it to the game.
Saturday morning the girls went home, Makayla went to soccer practice and Tanner, RJ and I went for a quick bike ride. By Noonish - it was just Tanner, Makayla and I. RJ was picked up by his parents and life returned to normal. Well...... as normal as it can be at my house! :-)
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Upcoming event
Makayla's 9th birthday weekend is coming up.
I say weekend because........
Friday night she is having girlfriends over to spend the night. (What was I thinking???)
They are going to have pizza, cake, icecream and then watch a movie.
On Sunday afternoon, we will have a family late lunch to celebrate her birthday.
Makayla's actual birthday is on Tuesday, October 14th.
I say weekend because........
Friday night she is having girlfriends over to spend the night. (What was I thinking???)
They are going to have pizza, cake, icecream and then watch a movie.
On Sunday afternoon, we will have a family late lunch to celebrate her birthday.
Makayla's actual birthday is on Tuesday, October 14th.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Thought for the day
Courage is resistance to fear,
mastery of fear ~ not absence of fear!
(Mark Twain)
mastery of fear ~ not absence of fear!
(Mark Twain)
Friday, October 3, 2008
Becky & Eric's wedding
Last Saturday, Bob & I went to his cousin Becky's wedding.
The wedding itself was very beautiful. Bob's Aunt Marilyn played the piano and sang (she has a beautiful voice!) The bride wore a strapless gown while the bridesmaids wore deep wine color dresses. It was a Catholic ceremony however, it went pretty fast. The wedding was held in Phelps, NY.
The reception was held at the Mendon Country Club. Everyone had assigned seating. Bob & I sat at the 'Plum wine' table. Everything about the wedding was a 'wine' theme. Each table had a wine bottle with lights inside of it - this was the center piece. The wedding cake was decorated with grapes.
Dinner was a buffet, which can be fun trying to figure things out. One of the things on the
buffet was potato chips (yes you did just read that right! - LOL). It also had chicken, Veggie lasagna, Roast beef, rolls, salad and so on. Oh yes.... it also had smashed potatoes. The smashed potatoes were to die for!!! I've never tasted such yummmmmmy smashed potatoes.
After dinner, I did (everyone cheer!) get Bob to dance with me. We danced slow and fast dances! I know dancing is NOT Bob's thing but.......he did an excellent job! I was sooooooooo thankful that he would dance with me. To even have the courage to dance with me is just one of the reason I love him so.
The wedding was suppose to be 'Adult only'. So, Bob didn't bring his kids (I wasn't going to either way). However........there were ALOT of children there. They were 'playing' in the lobby. The lobby was a disaster. Bob & I keep referring to them as the 'unaccompanied minors'. They were totally out of control. All the furniture had been moved. Toilet paper was used to tie children and furniture together. WOW! that's the last I'm going to say about that! LOL
It was great/meet some of Bob's family.
We were all VERY sad that Tracy & John (Bob's sister and brother-in-law) couldn't make it. They had sick children and they couldn't get away. :-(
I look forward to more family adventures with Bob - as well as my own! :-)
The wedding itself was very beautiful. Bob's Aunt Marilyn played the piano and sang (she has a beautiful voice!) The bride wore a strapless gown while the bridesmaids wore deep wine color dresses. It was a Catholic ceremony however, it went pretty fast. The wedding was held in Phelps, NY.
The reception was held at the Mendon Country Club. Everyone had assigned seating. Bob & I sat at the 'Plum wine' table. Everything about the wedding was a 'wine' theme. Each table had a wine bottle with lights inside of it - this was the center piece. The wedding cake was decorated with grapes.
Dinner was a buffet, which can be fun trying to figure things out. One of the things on the
buffet was potato chips (yes you did just read that right! - LOL). It also had chicken, Veggie lasagna, Roast beef, rolls, salad and so on. Oh yes.... it also had smashed potatoes. The smashed potatoes were to die for!!! I've never tasted such yummmmmmy smashed potatoes.After dinner, I did (everyone cheer!) get Bob to dance with me. We danced slow and fast dances! I know dancing is NOT Bob's thing but.......he did an excellent job! I was sooooooooo thankful that he would dance with me. To even have the courage to dance with me is just one of the reason I love him so.
The wedding was suppose to be 'Adult only'. So, Bob didn't bring his kids (I wasn't going to either way). However........there were ALOT of children there. They were 'playing' in the lobby. The lobby was a disaster. Bob & I keep referring to them as the 'unaccompanied minors'. They were totally out of control. All the furniture had been moved. Toilet paper was used to tie children and furniture together. WOW! that's the last I'm going to say about that! LOL
It was great/meet some of Bob's family.
We were all VERY sad that Tracy & John (Bob's sister and brother-in-law) couldn't make it. They had sick children and they couldn't get away. :-(
I look forward to more family adventures with Bob - as well as my own! :-)
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