for those not in the batavia new york “know”… after the st. joe’s carnival (see previous post), comes the stafford carnival. since we were all carnivalled out, we only went to the carnival kickoff event — the parade. it was pretty rough… lots and lots and lots of firetrucks. and lots and lots of space […]
vacation
batavia trip – volume 1 – st. joe’s carnival
this is the first of quite a few blog posts dedicated to our recent trip to batavia, ny 14020. isaac and i drove up with sarahpowers, stayed for two weeks, and drove back with jakepaine (my brother). rather than one, long, obnoxious post, i’ll be breaking it down into several, smaller, more manageable pieces… first […]
hilton head slide show
as you may know, we went to the beach over the weekend. there were a lot of pictures. too many to sift through for the blog.so i uploaded them in picasa and here’s a slideshow of that album.
wny trip
two weekends ago, we made a short and spontaneous trip to the buffalo/batavia area. here’s the proof: isaac and derek coming down the stairs, amidst the snow and ice and slippery-ness. isaac and anna (varland) making an artwork duet. attempting for a pose in front of the ginormous tree at aunt eleanor’s and […]
sarahpowers visit
let me start off by saying that this will be the first of many blog posts, attempting to catch up (hopefully in chronological order) the events of the preceding week or so…. last weekend, we took off down the highway to visit sarahpowers and other raleigh friends. here’s some pics from that trip… isaac with […]
Sarah and Isaac take New York
On Friday morning, Isaac and I headed off for our first ever road trip alone. I was a little skeptical, but the boy was a total champ. He got a little cranky towards the end of each trip, but who wouldn’t after 10 hours in a car? Here’s some pictures: The ride up. Cookies and […]
the week in pictures
we rode the ski lift up sugar mountain: the beautiful (sarcasm) scenery from the top of sugar: swimming in the resort pool: playing with the light switch. a new favorite activity: sliding down the roller slide at the banner elk park: climbing the rubber/rope ladder: playing in the stream: golfing with josiah and josiah’s dad: […]
ridin’ the storm out
after two point five days of constant rain and a forecast that didn’t look very promising, we cut our vacation a little short and headed back home. and now we’re home. i’ll try to post some vacation details (pictures) soon….
mountain vacation
on friday afternoon, derek, isaac and i headed out for a week long family mountain vacation in banner elk, nc. we got in around 7:00, after stopping for some groceries on the way. yesterday, we rode a ski lift up to the top of sugar mountain, walked around, took in some scenery and then rode […]