Merry Christmas! Will post a picture of the rest of the family when I figure out how to get them off the digital camera, or when Sean gets home, or when Kevin wakes up, which ever comes first!

The Joy of Christmas

Its the day after Christmas, and we're trying to get back to "normal" around here, still riding on the energy from the day before. We were charged by a 2 year old tearing through gifts for the first time in her precious life. Watching her discover the joy of many surprises was an unexplainable feeling, it made me think of my own childhood, but instead of through my eyes I got to see it from my parents perspective and watching old memories gain new meaning. Instead of rejoicing over my own good fortune this year, I couldn't help but think how incredible it must have been for Cassie, from the first gift to to the last moments of wakefulness will always be a day I will be hard pressed to forget. This simple joy made me remember the large and wonderous family Cassie comes from and we wanted to make sure and to wish for everyone to take a moment to remember the first gift you ever opened, the first gift your child opened and even the first presents you watched your parents open and try to remember with a smile these are the joys that our family characters been built on. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Happy Birthday Charles

Just wanted to be the first one to wish you a Very Happy Birthday!

XxOoxoXo

Love Dan & Cass

We've been updated!

Blogger has been working on updating their program, adding a lot of neat features. Most of these features have to do with the blog administration and how to change the way the blog looks. The new blog also publishes faster (no more re-indexing after you add a post!) and adds the ability to "label" each post. I've been waiting for our chance to get the newer program ever since Blogger announced their Beta program, and we have finally been included in the update.

The next time you sign in to post something new, or comment on a post, you'll be asked to create a new Google account. (If you already have a Google account, you can enter that.) It's very easy to do... just follow the steps they'll give you to create a new sign-in and password.

When you do post, you'll notice that publishing is instant. No more waiting for it to re-index! (I always hated that part; I could never decide if it was better to republish the entire blog or just the index.)

Also, you're going to be seeing labels on the posts. There will also be a section along the side that shows the labels. We'll be able to use a label to find posts with pictures. If anyone has other label ideas, just let me know. (Or better yet, add it to describe a post you write!)

As I figure out the other new features, I'll let you know.

(And my apologies to everyone with December birthdays -- I meant to update the Celebrations page earlier. Happy Belated birthday to both Cheyenne and Micki, and Happy Anniversary to Herb and Gail!)

Granny's Home again!!

Mom / Granny's home after having a wonderful time in Texas with Kelly and family, Louisiana with Uncle Doug and Aunt Lee, then Florida with Ralph, Laurie and Family. Thanks again guys!! Seeing the picture of her on your boat brought back a lot of good memories of being on Pops/ Grandpops boat. Then she was off to have Thanksgiving with Aunt April and her family, except for Cari who stayed in New York. Cheyenne and Amy joined everyone at Orlando and Cathy's house for the big dinner, which we heard was real good. Well of course, after having such a wonderful trip and a great time with everyone, she ran into what Sandi would call her Airport bad luck .Her plane was delayed for a hour and a half because of weather at our end. Sandi and Aunt April were able to get a special security pass to wait at the gate with her till she boarded the plane. They called to tell us she was finally leaving and gave us the new arrival time. Uncle Herb call Newark to double check and found out she was landing a half an hour earlier. Well off we went, got stuck at our end with a lot of traffic, got there with 15 mins to spare and took a deep breath, we made it! We waited where all the gates came through one opening, and watched all the people go buy till we were the only ones waiting, no Granny! I asked where they take people in wheel chairs and were told to luggage. Off we go , Uncle Herb of course was faster then me, I'm not good at going down escalaters, so I lost him. I kept asking where to go for her luggage, when I found a screen with the arrival info on it. As I was reading it I saw her being pushed in a wheel chair so caught up to them. She was very annoyed they didn,t have a wheel chair for her so she had to wait, then the closest elevater was broke so they had to go to another one further away. The girl took her to get the luggage and I found Uncle Herb who was still watching for her. We had parked the car real close to the elevater which was great. Then we had to get in the line to pay for parking and picked the only one that wasn,t moving. Well after we stopped to eat, we had her home at 9:30. She was real happy but tired.! Good night !