we had a low key day today. lazy breakfast/ipod time. we visited aunt eleanor again. then had lunch with gramps and carolyn at miss batavia diner. then a long afternoon nap for the annababy, while i dozed with ike, read some, updated isaac’s ipod, surfed the www and ate a box of sprees. then, my […]
jake
lazy sunday in the 14020
the plan is, derek helped us drive up on saturday. (and by “helped”, i mean “did most of the driving”). today (monday), he’s flying back to lovable winston. we will remain behind, hang out, etcetera, until a future date and time, in which i will enlist the assistance of jake paine (my brother) for the […]
gingerbread boys
last week, for thanksgiving, the new york family traveled down for some festivities. we kept it pretty low key and easy. on thanksgiving day, we went out to michaels and picked up a gingerbread man decorating kit on the cheap and jake and isaac did a fantastic job of decorating them…
mountain weekend
we jetted off to beech mountain in banner elk, nc this weekend to spend time with the lambeths and barriers at the (elder) barriers’ sweet mountain home. it was anna’s first big adventure. she did great, as long as i was holding her (naps, at night, during dinners out, etcetera). we went up a little […]
Travelers
On our way to the mountains for a weekend getaway with the Barriers and the Lambeths. I’m riding in the cramped unstowed away 3rd row, so I can easily tend to the girlie. Top view of the boy and his new buzz lightyear game:side view:happy girl:antisocial tween brother:
Jake is here!!
Jake was dropped off this morning by rob and his girlfriend who are passing through to south carolina and graciously agreed to transport the extra cargo…
frozen lake fun
isaac and i made the long trip up to batavia on thursday night and friday morning. the lake at my parent’s is frozen over, so off we went for some good snowy fun….
fall batavia trip…
isaac and i (and the brand new sweet ride) took a spontaneous trip to lovely and autumny western ny last tuesday. here’s proof: watering the flowers: jake and baby eliot: me and isaac riding the train at the strong museum: isaac playing with BIG legos at strong: isaac and new gramma at 123 sesame street: […]