Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Thanksgiving '10


There was a full house for Thanksgiving this year. The entire family was joined by Christina's whole clan to watch football and eat some turkey at Karen and Randy's house.

Food was great, and there were almost as many desserts as there were guests around the table.


Dinner bell rang at around 4pm.

No bitching at all! :-)

Lots and lots of food.

Carter was unimpressed.

The four generations represented.
And now with the patriarch.
Once the Wilson Family decided to head out.....
The gambling begins!
Grandpa's rules. No discussion.
Be afraid, be very afraid.

Baby Holding

Mark holding Carter.

Alex holding Carter.

Michael holding Cooper. (and cooper wanting to escape)

Leaves Leaves Leaves

Cooper really has a thing for leaves.

He goes out of his way to kick any little gathering of them that he sees. Cooper picks them up and says 'leaves leaves' as he shows them to anyone in the vicinity. And he even taped one (with assistance) to Grandma's refrigerator. Loves loves leaves.


They don't have big piles like this in the city!
Leaves! Leaves! WooHoo!
I'm king of the world!!!!!

Brown Eyed Boy XV

Monday, November 29, 2010

Manasquan Parade

The town of Manasquan always has a pre-Thanksgiving game parade and bonfire on Wednesday night that goes right through town and ends up at the high school. Exactly what you would expect from this sort of thing - a bunch of different floats by each class, community groups, sports teams, etc etc. Throwing candy is a big tradition. And? The long long line of firetrucks and emergency vehicles that come from all neighboring towns to partake in the parade.

What is cool? The procession lines up in front of Karen/Randy's house.
We bundled up and headed outside to watch from the front yard.
Hey firetrucks, we are over here.
Here they come!
THEY ARE HERE!!!!
Wow, pretty freakin' loud.
I am loving this whole thing!

Misery

Lori has control of the channel changer.



Shoot me.

Shoot me now.




Carter Catch Up

We are so behind in our blog posts! Wanted to get some 'Carter in the hospital' pictures up on the blog before the kid starts elementary school! So happy the baby is finally (finally!) here with us all.

The proud proud parents.
Grandma and Grandpa.

Great-grandma.

And the very best aunt.... Ever!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Live To Ride

Live to Ride.....

Ride to Live.

Words to live by,

Eh?


Cooper has discovered this Harley Davidson book.

He gets very excited when turning each page.
A perfect example of 'like Mommy - like son'!

Long Long TIme

It has been such a long time since we posted! Been a crazy couple of weeks. Going to attempt to pull together a quick recap. Really, this is more for us to keep tabs on what we are doing with our lives than for any intentional informing of blog readers!

Maria attended a meeting for the Family Equality Council in preparation for their 'Night On The Pier' fundraiser in the Spring. Maria will be on the host committee for this event.

Christina's mother Pat is in town to help out with the baby for a few weeks. We had them all over for a dinner of Chicken Parisienne which was really just a rouse to get them in our apt so we could get in some Carter time. Our plan worked.


Cooper got a haircut on Saturday, and then we stopped at Logan's apt for a little play time and to visit Debbie. Then Maria (yes, maria) went to a 'Pampered Chef' party at her friend Karen's place.


Sunday. Cooper and Maria headed downtown to attend a gingerbread house making party. Lots of people. Lots of kids. Cooper had LOTS of sugar - a new and different endeavor. Good times.


And meanwhile, back at the ranch.... Lori was watching football with VAN. We love Van! Sarah came over too - yay! So we football'd, ate an amazing dinner of steak and shrimp, and then retired to the living room to watch The Amazing Race.


On Tuesday we checked out a playgroup for Cooper to attend two days a week. We were more than unimpressed with the woman who runs it. Nope, Cooper isn't going there. Next stop was a tour of the school that Cooper will be attending in September. Lori got choked up when she thought about how her baby will be in such a nurturing educational setting this Fall.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Culinary Saturday

We embarked on a culinary adventure this past Saturday. Georgie, Michael, and Nelly came over to the apartment in the afternoon to begin the preparation for this communal meal.

The women-folk were in charge of the food.
And the boys.... They manned the music and DANCED and DANCED.
Ingredients? Check!

So the menu included:

Seared scallops on a bed of arugula, crown roast of pork, homemade stuffing (w/sausage, apples, cranberries), roasted brussel sprouts, and cheescake.

Not bad, eh?



It truly was as delicious as it looked!
Guys, we all need to do this more often.
Oh yeah, and we had LOTS of wine too.