Monday, September 10, 2018

Aunt Pat enjoying a new home

File photo - Christmas 2017
Aunt Pat has a new home: an apartment at Brookdale at Queensbury, a senior-living community about 20 miles north of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

She's enjoying her new surroundings, the "excellent" food and the many activities the community offers its residents, according to her daughter, Mary.

The complex is close to Interstate 87 between Glens Falls and Lake George. It's about a half-hour from Mary in Malta and within an hour of Pat's grandson Brennan, granddaughter-in-law Shauna-Rae and great-grandchildren Brooklyn Rae and Brennan Alexander.

(Incidentally, Brookdale Senior Living is the company where both Vivien and CJ were working when they met.)

Sunday, September 9, 2018

Vivien, CJ have a baby boy!

Charlie leaving the hospital
Vivien and CJ have welcomed their son, Charlie, to the family.

Charlie was born Thursday, Sept. 6, at 8:10 a.m.

"He is now home with mommy and daddy," Vivien's mother, Kathy, reported on Sunday. "Everyone is doing great!"

CJ and Vivien moved last winter to their home in Verona, New Jersey.

Monday, September 3, 2018

Late summer vacationing on Long Island


Late August provided a chance for Christine, Andy and Shannon all to join Dan and Julie for a few days on Eastern Long Island, where they hit their favorite spots in Sag Harbor, at the ocean in Bridgehampton and in the nature preserve at Jessup's Neck. Pictured is the traditional Feeding of the Chickadees along the nature trail.

Dan and Julie had picked up Christine at her suburban Boston apartment and, after a brief stop on Cape Cod, ferried over from New London. Andy and Shannon drove out from New Jersey the next day.

A couple of days later, Christine ferried back across the Sound to rejoin her fiancee, James. Meanwhile, Andy and Shannon stayed for another day on the Island.

Shannon's parents, Rich and Liz, came out from their home "up the island" and joined A + S + D + J for a pleasant afternoon checking out some Sag Harbor sights and some ocean waves.

Once the "kids" were gone, D + J had a few days to relax by themselves. They caught a band at the Stephen Talkhouse ... paid a visit to the Hampton Classic horse show ...


... took a driving tour on the North Fork, with a stop at Hortons Point Light ...


... and drove out the South Fork to Montauk.

Labor Day Weekend brought more family members out East, with Kathy, Genevieve, John, Bea and Patrick arriving at various times. Although the weather forecast called for a lot of clouds and some showers, the weekend turned out great - mostly sunny and warm-but-not-hot.

Saturday afternoon found Kathy, Genevieve, Bea, Dan and Julie at Long Beach, along with friends Jim and Rosemary and their daughter Megan.

Here, Genevieve and Bea dig a tidal pool at Long Beach.