Bernie

July 16, 1988
Andrew's best man Bernie...a very appropriate title!

Rocks from Rockridge

The water level in the south forty swamp has been rising threatening to wash-out the trail headed toward the 'Dead Fox Tree' and picnic point. With Dad's old rock sled and Ford tractor having been long retired, Joe had no choice but to go native with his truck, Old Blue. After hauling and placing 40 tons of rock, the trail and levy on east end of the swamp is now secure. Another job well done - another nature trail maintained for posterity. Thanks, Joe.

Brian, the truck and one dead buck

Joe tell's me that his son Brian is busy working on his new/old truck. On the way to work the other day Brian plastered a buck. The buck lost the battle but Brian's truck took one on the cheek (so to speak). The truck needed some grill work, a bit of bumper business and a new headlamp assembly from what I hear. In the picture Corey and Brian are discussing the idea of installing a bumper guard or some sort of modified cow-catcher for the truck ..... make that a 'deer-catcher' for the truck.

SC as a memory

Dear Family E-Subscribers;

We sold the Charleston house on May 29th, 2009. We have a lot of good memories with family that visited and our travels around the Southeastern U.S. We got to Florida a time or two to visit with Mom & Dad when they rented the condo south of St. Augustine; Judy and I took weekend trips to Savannah, GA, Hilton Head, SC, Washington DC, the Biltmore Estate and mansion in Asheville NC and all things around Charleston, SC. We also got a chance to attend the Decker Fall Hike/Walk for a couple of years in-a-row (I made it back for three hikes in recent years and Judy made it back for two consecutive years.) Life is a journey and our adventures in Charleston, SC are done for now. One day we may return as visitors and walk the old stone streets of Charleston, but that's all. Judy and I both made lots of friends during our whirlwind residency - Judy started and managed the Program Management Office (PMO) for SAIC in support of their customer at SPAWAR-Atlantic and I worked the MRAP program and later the NCES program for SPAWAR-Atlantic. We had our business adventures and our liesure adventures but mostly we'll remember Charleston for the heavy work schedules. We got to sample some Southern finery when we lived in the Carriage House at 87 East Bay St. on Rainbow Row but our work schedules were some of the most demanding or our adult lives. .... It's safe to say that we like SoCal and San Diego a lot more. Home is where the heart is - sunny San Diego with our boys. later, jd & jd/sd

Dear Family;

Whose’ the big fish…that would be Hayley!

She is no longer a “teen” and turned 20 today…. and to celebrate she was hoping to catch the 20 # fish. She got close. Poppa Gordy spirit (Grandfather Gordy Christensen) must have had a hand in the catch. Later, Larry

There must be something in the water

I just wanted to let everyone know that yet another baby will be joining the recent list of new arrivals in our family...Craig and I will be having our second baby due to arrive December 1st. I'm 15 weeks along. I planned it that way so I wouldn't have to do any cooking or cleanup on Thanksgiving. :) Sarah is hoping for a sister and her parents don't mind either way. Although I have a sneaking suspicion that her Dad wants a boy. We don't plan on finding out the gender until the big day. When I told Grandma the news she said "It's about time." The kids will only be 17 months (pretty much to the day) apart, but I guess in Grandma's time that would be spaced pretty far. (hehe)

We just got back from a vacation at Seneca Lake with my siblings and their families. We rented a cottage on the lake for a week. A great time was had by all! We went to Watkins Glenn, visited Geneva, hiked in Ithaca, canoed, toasted smores, played Rock Band, visited various wineries and ate a lot of food. They offer root beer to the non drinkers at wineries. Isaac and Sarah played together and got along most of the time. We have decided that this will be a recurring event every year but are unsure of where the next location will be.


Until later,
Kristen
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A Walk in the Woods

This is the first evening we've had at home all together in quite a while. We all sat down to a "day-before-a-race" pasta dinner and then Andrew, Aidan and I took a walk in the woods. I love this photo because you really get a sense for how lush and green New York is in late spring. It might just have been the perfect walk except for the unsettling sound of gypsy moth caterpillar poop raining down from above. This year they (the caterpillars) are horrendous! Then Andrew burned a giant pile of boxes for a quick bonfire, and Abby, Alex, Andrew and Aidan went up to the barn to jump on the trampoline. An evening like this is greatly appreciated after all the running around we've been doing.
:o) Hope