Easter and Morther's Day 2012

 Mom and Dad came for a visit at Easter.  I was really sick and missed out on a visit with Uncle Walter in MA at Bob and Beth's house.  Uncle Walter is my grandmother's (Alma Cameron) brother.  He came up to live with Bob (his son) and Beth in  MA.  I was able to go visit him in November but not at Easter.  Margot, Brooke, the kids and I were planning on visiting him during our Spring Break at the end of April but he passed away days before our planned visit.  I was lucky enough to travel to New Jersey with Aunt Margot to attend  his funeral.  What a great trip that was to see so many relatives I had not seen since I was a teenager.  It was overwhelming but so awesome!!  A great tribute to a great man and I reconnected with so much of my family!!

 Mom, Dad, Callie, Aunt Margo and Uncle Craig drove down to see Uncle Walter.

 Pictured from left to right, first row:  Mom, Uncle Walter, Nina (Walter's daughter), Travis (Bob and Beth's son), Beth (Bob's wife).  Top row:  Dad, Aunt Margot, Bob (Walter's son), Uncle Craig, Callie.

I was so glad that Callie was able to go and meet Uncle Walter and the rest.

Uncle Walter also has two other daughter's, Betty and Nancy.

 Emily and Callie on Easter morning with their Easter baskets.

Cousins!!!!

Callie, Cameron, Emily, Emma and Brady

My girls with Brooke's kids.  Always love our visits with them.  We spent Easter Sunday at the Hammons.

While my parents were here we took a trip to Parker's Maple Barn and had a breakfast that couldn't be beat with some good NH maple syrup.  It has become a trip we always take when my parents are here.

 

On Mother's Day, Emily had a lacrosse game up near Lake Winnipesaukee.  After the game we went into a cute little town and ate lunch on the deck of a restaurant over looking the lake.  I snapped a couple pictures of the girls near the water.

This was what we saw from out lunch table.

Winter 2012 went by in a flash!

Our Winter was not much of a New England Winter this year.  We had an early whopper of a snow storm Halloween weekend that shut down the schools for three days and power for almost a week.  Longer for some.  Trick or Treat was postponed for a week.  Too bad the ski resorts were not open then.  Thankfully we did have enough cold nights so the ski mountains could make enough snow so we could ski.  We had one more snow storm during our Winter Break just in time for us to get a day of skiing in on some fresh powder.  But the warmer temps came back and the snow melted quickly.  Last week we had record highs and it was starting to feel like Summer weather with temps well up into the 80's.  Now this week we are back to normal temps for March.  Brrrrrrrrrr....it is cold and windy out there.

I have posted some pictures to highlight our Winter and added captions to all of them.  The Winter went by so quickly!!  Now I am ready for warm Spring weather, getting our garden started and preparing for the end of school.  Wow.....time is flying by.

On another note.....The girls have been doing well this year.  Callie in 6th grade and Emily is 8th grade.  Emily has made the High Honor Roll for the first two quarters with all A's.  Callie has had all A's on her report cards as well.  We are coming to an end to the 3rd quarter and hoping for the same.  Both girls have continued in band this year and Emily has started to prepare for her transition to the High School.  She has already filled out her class schedule for 9th grade.  Yikes!!!  

As for sports, Callie has played soccer all year so far in some way or another.  She has been doing a Wed. night clinic indoors with the Middle School coach and is now in a indoor league.  She has started Spring Travel Soccer practice and as the indoor league games end the outdoor Spring games will begin.  Emily has started lacrosse practice and seems to really like it.  We will be traveling to other towns for games with the soccer team and the lacrosse team.  So it will be a very busy Spring for us.  A good busy!! 

Callie and one of her besties, Alicia, at the December recital at school.  Callie played a duet with her band teacher, Ms. Saranita, a duet with Alicia and a solo.  Take note she is wearing her green santa hat that I made.  She wears this everywhere throughout the month of December until we lay down the law after New Years that she must stop wearing it.  When I find the video of the duets I will try and post them.

Rebecca, Emily and Morgan after the December band concert at their school.  Emily's closest friends.  Emily  has known these girls since first and second grade.  I am sure  you have heard her talk about them both from time to time.  I have taken so many pictures of these three over the years but not sure if I have one where they are all smiling nicely.  They are so fun to watch together.   They can get very goofy together and I love watching their friendships grow.  Sadly, Morgan and her family have plans to move to England this Summer.  It will be a sad day for these girls.  For me too.



 The girls walking down the stairs Christmas morning.  Take note....Callie now is wearing a purple Santa hat.  She took it off her green one for one second at her friends house and it was lost for a few days.  This caused much tormoil in our house until  her friend found it!!  Oh what a happy day that was!  Christmas was quiet and very nice but our families were missed dearly.  We had a meal that couldn't be beat and then went to see a movie together.  A great day!

 In January we had a visit from Grandpa Buck and Grandma DeeBee.  We also had Gingerbread Eleanor with us.  We  had lots of fun adventures with Gingerbread Eleanor.  This picture was taken in a parking garage overlooking part of Boston.  A great Sunny Winter day in Boston!!!

 I like this picture of the girls.  We took this the day we were in Boston.  We were at a restaurant in the North End.

 Then there was ski club 2012!!  This really wasn't a great year for snow but we still got our five weeks of ski club in and had a blast!!  Here is Todd with two young snowboarders.  I help coordinate the ski club and Todd chaperones a group of snowboarders and helps in so many other ways!!

 Here is Callie with two friends, Lexie and Emily, who are twins.  Emily is on Callie's travel soccer team.

 Then the three big girls again in the lodge.  Again.....I cannot get a great pic of all three of them.  But here they are taking a break from skiing and getting a bite to eat before going back out on the slopes.

 Here I am in the lodge with my friend, Karen, who I coordinated the ski club with.

 

 Callie in the lodge taking a break with a bite to eat.

 Love this picture of Morgan, Emily, Rebecca and Callie out on the deck getting ready to ski/snowboard.  Callie took snowboard lessons this year and although she skied a little this year she snowboarded most of the time.

 During our Winter Break we got out to ski/snowboard twice.  This is Callie and her friend Abby at the top of the mountain.  They have been friends since preschool and Abby's mom is a good friend and co-worker of mine.

 Sweet Callie Girl!

 Todd and Emily.  Love Emily's smile!!!

 Here is Todd and Karen on the snow bikes.  Yes, they went to the top of the mountain on those things. Todd loved it!!!!

 Here I am with two of my friends, Jen (Abby's mom) and Jennifer (Morgan's mom).

View from the Top of Pat's Peak in Hennifer, NH!