Sunday, October 30, 2011

Irony

Before I get to the rest of the Massachusetts pictures, I wanted to show you my Halloween costume from last night's party. Surprisingly, no lightning hit anywhere near the house, and there was a distinct lack of locust swarms.



Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Massachusetts 2011: Part 2

Before I get into the meat of this post, let me warn you that I just popped a couple of Percocet so if this post starts to ramble--moreso than usual--you can blame the painkillers. I pulled something in my back this weekend and have been in agony the last couple of days, especially at bedtime, so the doctor was kind enough to give me some happy pills.

Let's return to Massachusetts in mid-August and take a look at what we were doing. Our second day there, we drove over to Swansea to visit my high school friend Jeremy and his family. As luck would have it, they own a pool so we took full advantage of it.






And the trampoline...



And the sparklers! As you can probably tell, we had a great time. Lucas was very shy at first, but he warmed up to Connor and Emily within a half hour or so. On a side note, school has really helped his shyness. I'll talk about it more in a future post when I don't feel like I'm going to fall off my chair (the Percocet is kicking in). :)



Marilu poses with the kids.


Isn't technology wonderful?


We're definitely looking forward to seeing them all again next time we're in Massachusetts. Now I have to go before I completely pass out. See you later!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Massachusetts 2011: The Intro

Barring any major events in the next week or so, the next several updates will be focused on our trip to Massachusetts in August. As many pictures as Marilu took in Newfoundland, we took even more while in the States so this may take a while. I hope you enjoy.

I'm going to start off slow and just post a few pictures from our first night there. It was one of the many cookouts we had, and as you can see below, Lucas really got into it.





Quite a start, eh? Lest I forget, all of the pictures from Marilu and Lucas's trip "out east," as they say, are now in a photo album, which you can find here. I uploaded pretty much everything so there are some curious additions, such as when Lucas got a hold of the camera and took a bunch of random photos, but it's worth a look. According to the folder stats, there are 256 photos so that should keep you entertained for a while.