The Actual Baptism of Christine

The rest of the pics are on LittleJohn's website. (There are two pages there folks - let's see if you can find them all.)

DrMark said he would stop by afterwards. It's 8pm and we are still waiting. We are going to bed, but will leave the door unlocked. There plenty of leftovers in the fridge.

Thank you to everyone who came out and made it such a special day.

Once again dinner at Anne & Wayne's

Mum, Dad, Helena, John, Vanda & Tom joined us for dinner tonight. As usual the first thing is to go over all the new additions to the blog, which we love. My guess is 214 pictures in Helena's house, but if the prize is that 20 year old trash can then my guess is one picture. Beef stew, fresh baked bread and home made apple pie all vanished. I'm going to try to send a picture of everyone crowded around the computer and also some great pictures from Iceland. If geology interests you this is a great place to visit. Tom told us how well Dan played golf last week, better than Tom.

Living La Vida Golfa

DrTom and I played an almost perfect round of golf today with his regular Wednesday crew.

Meteorologists forecasted a 70% chance of rain but there was nary a drop.

DrTom may know how to swing, chip, and putt, but he can't drive a golf cart worth a lick.

So get this, after the round, he and his cronies drank beer, inhaled nachos, and plotted their next 20 or so golf outings. I am serious.

It must be nice...

Finally A MarkJr Update

LizL writes,

I sent you a bunch of pictures of us in Maine a month or so ago but I guess you didn't get them so I am sending you some from Maine and from Mark Jr.'s 1st Birthday party. He is doing well. He started walking two weeks ago and now he thinks he can run, but by looking at the bumps on his head I think he needs a little more practice.





I can't believe they let MarkJr dig into the cake like that and ruin such a masterpiece!



Great pics. Keep them coming.

Labor Day

We had a very nice cookout yesterday at Vanda's. Kevin and Jenn manned the grill. Helena watched bratty LittleJohn. The rest of us relaxed.



Discussions covered Winston Churchill, the rankings of DrMark's old girlfriends, and male hands-free urination.



The house was decorated for all seasons.



Now I would recommend that any blogger stuck with writer's block go to Worcester for a day and harvest the cornucopia of blog material that is our family.

UncleJohn could fill pages all by himself. The other day he actually forgot his own name.

He was calling LittleJohn, "Jonathan" instead of "John Anthony". I screamed,

"DAD, YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR OWN GRANDSON'S NAME!!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, WE NAMED HIM AFTER YOU!!!"

Also he was reading an ad from Percy's for a "Mitsubuki" television. (It was actually Mitsubishi). I guess he tried to make it a Polish company. Would anyone actually buy a Polish television?

His chore for the cookout was to get a Friendly's watermelon roll or two. This escapade would be fodder for a two part Seinfeld episode all by itself. I can't tell the whole story but it started out with him walking by the watermelon rolls at the store last weekend - he couldn't buy them then because of chronic freezer clutter. And it ended with him driving all over town looking for watermelon rolls while the cookout was under way.







Speaking of clutter...

This week's family contest is to guess how many family photos grace the main floor of Helena and UJ's house. Those pics above don't contain all of them. I counted and the closest guess will win a new trash can.

Boy, time does fly. Click here to see last year's Labor Day post.

Everyone should keep AuntMarge in their thoughts and prayers. She suffered a mild stroke this past weekend.