A collection of Thanksgiving postcards

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, at home or on the road.


Dan and Julie drove down to Virginia to visit Marie, Brian and Xander, as well as Brian's parents, Steve and Barbara, who live nearby. Marie prepared a marvelous meal, and after dinner we all enjoyed a board game.

Cathy, Christopher and Stephanie had Thanksgiving dinner with Dolores and Hugh at one of the restaurants in Oak Crest.

The following evening, they joined the "black Friday" party at Doug and Lisa's house. Also there were D&L's daughters - Liz and Rebecca (and her dogs) - and Dan and Julie. Somehow, no one thought to take a photo of that gathering!

Prowling Facebook, we see that Courtney paid a Thanksgiving visit to her mother, Nanette, on Shelter Island.

Shanna, Rick and Lucy posted this photo with a Happy Thanksgiving message.

And from overseas (where it wasn't Thanksgiving) come these photos from Vivien and CJ, who celebrated their anniversary earlier this month...

...and later in the month, traveled with Charlie and Austin to Budapest, where they took in the sights - and a performance, at what appears to be the Budapest Circus.

Dan and Julie visit Dublin

Dan and Julie combined their trip to Scotland with a few days in Dublin.

Arriving Sunday and departing Thursday (Dan's birthday), they managed to catch a sold-out concert by popular Irish singer Mary Black...

 

...tour Dublin castle, see two cathedrals, visit the National Museum of Ireland...

...and hike along the Irish Sea coast at Howth.

They also saw a bit of Dublin's rock-and-roll history and caught live music at pubs in the Temple Bar nightlife district.

Click here to see a collection of photos from the trip!

Many have captions, which you can see when you click on the individual photos. You might also need to click the info icon (i).

Visiting Scotland for curling and more

As Rebecca and her teammates competed in the World Mixed Curling competition in Aberdeen, Scotland, eight members of her family traveled to cheer on Team USA and see other sights in the British Isles.

Rebecca's parents, Doug and Lisa, toured other Scottish cities before and after the competition, as did her Aunt Cathy and cousins Chrstopher and Stephanie. Her Aunt Julie and Uncle Dan combined a week in Aberdeen with four days in Dublin, Ireland. And sister Liz visited London, joined the group in Aberdeen and then toured extensively in Northern Scotland.

The Team USA foursome of Caitlin, Jeff, Rebecca and Jason were proud and happy to represent the Rochester Curling Club and Curling USA. On the ice at Curl Aberdeen, they enjoyed the competition and camraderie that characterize the sport. The team played hard and smart, ending with a won-loss record of 3-4 in the round-robin, short of the cutoff for the playoffs. In a Facebook post, Rebecca thanked "the most amazing teammates in the world. I can't think of better folks on and off the ice to have shared this experience with."

 

The trip provided a great opportunity for family members to get together as spectators and tourists. Just a few highlights: 

Dan, Julie, Cathy, Chris and Steph went on a small-group tour of the Highlands, including a boat ride on Loch Ness. 

Urquhart Castle alongside Loch Ness

On a rare sunny day, Doug, Lisa, Dan and Julie took a long walk through downtown Aberdeen to the beach on the North Sea. 

Castlegate Square in downtown Aberdeen

Touching the North Sea

And the whole family group joined Rebecca's teammates and their families and friends to watch Aberdeen Football Club defeat Partick Thistle in a Scottish League Cup quarter-final match.

Pre-game dinner

We had great seats!

Individually and together, clan members packed their trips with experiences all over the Scottish landscape - too many to list here. A big collection of photos taken by various family members is being compiled in a Google album.

Click here for a visual travelogue of the trip!