Wow what a fantastic trip!

Cara - I love the photos! Did you know the people at the Polish dinner? The Eiffel Tower was beautiful lit up for Christmas. Your girls are real world travelers and troopers posing for all those pictures. I must admit I'm a real lurker on Facebook and I had already looked at your pictures that are on there! Sigh. Hey I checked out your Caracreates.com site. Got any suggestions for this blog? It would be need to get more creative here. Do you offer a family discount???

Pictures From Our Trip

I just wanted to share them with ya'll. They are here:
http://s400.photobucket.com/albums/pp89/casonnier/
Just click on the album links on the left side.

We had a wonderful time visiting mom and dad! Emma was so enthralled with Paris that she came home and started French lessons! I think Hannah had a good time but she hasn't said what was her favorite part. They built there first snowman - EVER! When we lived in Maine and had snow the girls were too little to build one.



Talk to you all soon!

It's Not So Cold Now

Today was our first "real" snow. I tried to get a close-up of this woodpecker eating suet from the bird feeder in the front yard. He has a beautiful red color on the back of his head. So, here's Dave! At first he used a big push broom to sweep the driveway of snow, but by the time he got back to the garage, he decided a shovel would be necessary. Nice big snow flakes.

Right after I took the photo of Dave I turned around and took this one right in front of the house. It has stopped now.

Ciara thanks for your encouraging words! We are excited for you and your wedding plans! I like peeking over at your blog and reading about your life - keep updating!!!

Now let's get everyone else involved!

Hey Everyone

Hey so I figured I better get on here and post! I noticed that Aunt Cindy seems to be the one posting all the time!! Well I am heading home in 2 days to work on more wedding stuff!! I am really excited and wedding plans are going great! The countdown is officially on, 16 weeks as of tomorrow and I will be MRS LUKE!!! I can't wait for all of you to have an opportunity to meet him! He is seriously an amazing guy! Aunt Cindy, just so you know, I know its hard on you guys to have Rachel move out, but it is extremely difficult to move away from home and everything you know too! Trust me! Well I hope everyone is doing well! I love you all and miss you all tons!!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Oh man, it's 4:34pm, the sun is shining, the sky is a beautiful blue and it's 18 degrees!!! And the wind is blowing, so the wind chill factor is like ZERO. I certainly shouldn't whine! I remember being stationed at Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota and I heard on the news yesterday it was MINUS 44 there! Gulp, gasp.

I found a recipe for crock pot pulled pork and it is delicious - we had it last night. I cut up chunks of pork tenderloin, made a rub with paprika, garlic, salt & pepper - coated the chunks, put them in the crockpot - then poured in 1/3 cup of liquid smoke. Cooked on high for 6 hours. Then pulled it apart with a fork. We added cider vinegar until we liked the taste. It was a little questionable at first - Dave really wanted to put on some barbeque sauce and I was trying to stay true to the North Carolina bbq it was supposed to be (according to the recipe), we are now believers, surprised by the taste change from adding the vinegar. Try it, lemme know whatchathink.

I've taken the music off - I realized that when I check to see IF ANYONE OUT THERE IS POSTING, that sometimes the music startles me and can be loud - so, it's gone.

Anybody out there?

New Year - Changes

Well Tim, Dave and I understand how you felt when you carried Ciara to her new home. Sigh. Rachel has moved out, she has her own place and even has a room mate - Enzo! Enzo is a yellow lab and I must admit he is incredibly lovable. Unfortunately our senior room mate, Petey, is not very social, whenever Enzo comes to visit Petey becomes very standoffish and wants to "mark his territory."

I have been reading "The Hartman Story" and getting excited for Gary's next grandchild. Has anyone seen their blog? www.thehartmanstory.blogspot.com

It's cold here. Next Sunday will be tense in this house. Ravens - Steelers. Oh my! We haven't been in touch with Hutch and Marla but I'm sure it will happen.

Okay, I'm going to try really hard to be better at posting! Will you all too? Please? Pretty please?

John Burruss Memorial

Heavy Heart....

My heart aches and my thoughts and prayers are with you all in Texas. I am so glad Dave can be with you as you have the memorial today for John. I cling to absent from the body present with the Lord.

Love to you all! Cindy