Weekend Family Day

Saturday was the Town of Malta Family Day. Very nice event - kids had a great time. Weather was terrific! Ended the day with a great fireworks display as well.

Beach Day

Blake wanted to go to the beach last weekend. So - we obliged. Not what you think but to him - it was great! We took a trip to Moreau State Park. It was a beautiful day (day after Hannah) and its still summer, right? Signs stated that we were not to go in the water but many others were actually swimming. We didn't go with bathing suits but the kids still got plenty wet and covered in sand. These were taken with my Blackberry (which was stuck on the 1x setting). Better than nothing

More Spring/Summer Pictures

Grace's Science Fair





Caroline's Pre-School Graduation

Future Rock Star

Hershey Park

Buffett at Great Woods

Unexpectedly, while having some friends over on Labor Day Weekend, we hear that another neighbor has 8 tickets to Buffett on Saturday at Great Woods and its going to be a "guys only" trip. The phone calls start and the plans begin. Everything is a go, right? Not so fast. Of course there are issues. Blake comes down with walking pneumonia. Hanna is on the way and is expected to hit the same day. But this is Buffett at Great Woods and, well, we HAVE To Go!! On Friday they decide to move the concert from 8 PM to 3 PM. Of course this impacts the parking lot time so we change our plans. On the road by 7 we arrive a little after 11. John covered the tickets and all the beer. We drive and supply the food. Blake got better. The weather, while not beautiful, wasn't bad at all (we all actually got a little sun). The pictures tell some of the story of the parking lot. Of course we all know there is so much more to be said. To protect those involved - we won't go down that road. Getting set up... Our general location - as you can see its just packed with set-ups of all types

Tara, Lisa and Erica - our neighbors in the parking lot who provided many jello shots. They had lawn seats with their friends and were soaked during the show. Serves them right for being Red Sox fans from New Hampshire.

The next two pictures speak for themselves...

The "bug juice sprayer" made to our area just before we had to leave for the show. In other words - perfect timing!

The "Buffett Virgins"

So this is when my camera batteries lost their juice. It's really too bad because there were so many more opportunities for great shots inside the arena, not to mention those of Mr. Buffett from our great seats.

This was by far the best place to experience a Buffett show. The best parking lots, a great venue, and the most intense Parrot Heads I've ever seen. From the time the Tiki Torches were lit to the end of the show - no one sat down. The cheering, the singing along, the props - all just incredible! Jimmy played 30 songs straight through. Everyone was wet either from the rain (not us) or from just being in the humidity. But it was all good - very, very, very good!

John - thank you so much for the opportunity!

Eric - thank you for organizing!

Jimmy did say he will be back next year - time to start planning!!

The concert can be downloaded here:

http://www.buffettnews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=71666

The Year of Still Here Tour Comcast Center - Mansfield MA Saturday September 6th, 2008 Hot Hot Hot 1 Homemade Music 2 Tiki Bar is Open (featuring Sonny Landreth) 3 Fruitcakes 4 Miss You So Badly 5 License To Chill 6 It's Five O'Clock Somewhere 7 The Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful 8 Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes 9 Come Monday (with the Beach Band) 10 Cheeseburger In Paradise 11 Cowboy In The Jungle 12 Brown Eyed Girl 13 One Particular Harbour 14 Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw 15 God's Own Drunk 16 The Ass And The Hole (Mac, while Jimmy changes batteries) 17 Scarlet Begonias (featuring sonny Landreth) 18 Jamaica Mistaica 19 Stars On The Water 20 Son Of A Son Of A Sailor 21 Volcano 22 School Boy Heart 23 A Pirate Looks At Forty 24 Far Side Of The World 25 Southern Cross 26 Margaritaville 27 Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 28 Fins Band Intros: Tina Gullickson, Nadirah Shakoor, Ralph MacDonald, Peter Mayer, Sonny Landreth, Doyle Grisham, Mac McAnally, Roger Guth, Jim Mayer, Robert Greenidge, John Lovell, Michael Utley, and Jimmy here… Encore: 29 Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season (Jimmy acoustic solo) Note: Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful was last played on 06/26/2007 at the Tweeter Center in Camden

Random Shots

Some pictures from this summer:


Sweet Caroline and Blake in the park:

Grace and Caroline after Space Camp

Jen and the kids on a hike in Lake George

Movie night on the lawn at the LaCoppola's...

Dad and the kids at grandma's house....

First Day of School

September 4th was Caroline's first day in Kindergarten and Grace's first day in 2nd grade. Caroline was okay until it was time to leave the house. Poor girl as she was scared as we've ever seen her. Once on the bus though she was comforted by a neighbor and was fine from then on. The next few days still had her uncomfortable but her confidence is building day by day.

Caroline refused to pose as she was too upset.

This was taken as the bus was approaching...

Grace was almost 6 when she started Kindergarten. Caroline will turn 5 in October - very big difference in age and maturity. Caroline is more than ready though and is having a lot of fun with all of her new friends.

Cute Hiney

This happens to be Blake's favorite new picture. Caroline took the picture while we were trying to get the little monkey potty trained. Now every time the camera is out he needs to see this. He's proud of what he's got.... as he tells us "Cute Hiney!"

Blake's 3rd Birthday

Blake turned 3 on July 14th. This year's theme: Bee Movie