Home Again, Home Again

The boys couldn't wait to "tool" around the new house and see what had been accomplished since they left. Luke must have missed Gram and Gramp in this shot.


They also dropped in to see Eleanor, who promptly invited them to stay for tea. Aren't they dainty?


And here are a couple more pics from our trip to Erie - Owen sporting his special berry-pickin' hat.


Luke hangin' with his buddy Nate.

Hey from Erie

Here's a quick shout-out to Daddy. The boys miss you. We'll see you soon.


The boys have been busy in the country. Here they are picking berries with Gram.


They also had fun checkin out Di Di's brand new van. They can't wait to learn how to drive it!


And no trip to Erie would be complete without a trip to LPFD. Here they are chillin' with Deputy Chief, cousin Joey.

Queens, NY circa 1978?

We recently shared with the boys one of their daddy's favorite summer pasttimes while growing up in Queens, NY...


Our boys love chillin' in the buckets.


We now save money by bathing them in the buckets as well!


Our new home is progressing nicely. The brick work is almost complete.

A Great Day for a Picnic...

We went to the annual IT Services picnic over the weekend and a good time was had by all. Special thanks to Debi for taking these pictures!


The boys had a blast playing with the all the other kids (& the rubber duckies, too).


Owen tends to get a bit serious when he plays games. Could he be the second coming of Aunt Maggie?


Luke showed mom the 2 rubber duckies he wanted to keep.


Here's a pic of the whole gang!

Little Pig, Little Pig, Let Me In....

The boys have been keeping busy this summer building their new home.


The boys learned quickly that laying brick in the hot sun is tough work.


The weather has been very good and our masons have been making great progress.


The brick work is about 50% complete.


We also now have garage doors...


and a fireplace.


After all the hard work, Luke chowed down on an ice cream sunday.


Owen ate his ice cream and finished Luke's, too.