October 2002
Tuesday October 04, 2005
Here are pictures taken during October 2002.
We'll keep adding to the bottom with new sets of pictures. Here's a
quick menu to the various picture sets:
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- Cotell's Couples Shower- We
celebrated Beth & Dan's upcoming arrival with a couples shower at the
Birkdale Clubhouse.
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- Random Shots- Here are some other
pictures that we've taken this month.
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- Pond Progress- Bryan created the
waterfall and has started to fill the pond with water!
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- Halloween- Brandon had fun
trick-or-treating with his friends!
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We celebrated Darby
Taylor's 2nd birthday with a parade of wagons in her backyard. Nancy
decorated each of the wagons with balloons, streamers and a personalized
“license plate” with each child’s name. She also made each of them a laminated
“driver’s license” with picture, name, nickname, and party date. VERY
creative!!
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Brandon played in the sandbox with the birthday girl! |
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Wagons, wagons, everywhere! |
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"Happy Birthday to you..." |
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Anna Grace and Stan sportin' their shades! |
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The birthday girl and her cake. |
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Olivia enjoyed her ice cream cone! |
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Brandon took over Will's car... |
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Nate & Nicholas with Will's car. |
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We hope Darby likes the "Barney Move 'n Groove Dance Mat" that we gave her! |
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Brandon had a great time celebrating Megan
McFarland's 2nd birthday at "My Gym!"
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Brandon enjoyed playing in the ball pit! |
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Brandon LOVES vacuum cleaners! |
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"Happy Birthday to you..." |
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Here's Brandon with a lawn mower...he's always pushing something! |
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Tanya, Kristi and Christie co-hosted a Couples
Shower for Beth & Dan at the Birkdale Clubhouse.
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Beth & Dan opening their gifts. |
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The traditional girl shot! |
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Michele DeFazio & Linda Butz |
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Paul Kritzer, Jan Parker, and Wanda & Jimmy Gunter |
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Bryan & Brandon...it's almost bedtime! |
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Renee Gomez enjoying a cream puff! |
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Beth posing with her gift basket... |
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Christie's Mom threw a surprise birthday party
for her Dad at their house in MD. A bunch of people came to help us
celebrate, including some of Bill's "long lost" buddies from college.
They had a great time catching up and reminiscing about the good old days!!
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Colin Zei and Brandon playing with the exersaucer. |
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Logan MacDonald and Colin hanging out by the door. |
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Christie enjoyed visiting with Karen & Colin! |
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Brandon likes to eat his meals in his booster seat these days... |
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Tracy MacDonald & Caryn Sheplee |
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Bill and his "long lost friends," Randy & Raul. They hadn't seen each other in almost 30 yrs!! |
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"Happy Birthday to you..." |
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Blowing out the candles... |
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Randy showed up in this mask... Bill had no idea who it was!! |
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Brandon pretending to ride his Pop-Pop's new motorcycle! |
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Meleah MacDonald in the driver's seat! |
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Jeff & Cheryl...they were nice enough to bring all of the food and decorations! |
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Brandon with his bag of goldfish...what a little piggy! |
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We had a great time at Chris & Kerry's wedding
in VA. Their ceremony was held at Fort Myer's Old Post Chapel and their
reception was at the Grand Atrium in Tysons Corner.
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All dressed up with somewhere to go!! (for a change) |
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Fort Myer's Old Post Chapel is located adjacent to the Arlington National Cemetery. |
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The happy couple exiting the church... |
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The bride & groom posing with some fellow VT alumni. |
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Chris & Kerry danced to "Looks like we made it" by Shania Twain. |
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Best man John Oulette delivering his entertaining toast! |
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Here we are laughing at John's jokes! |
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John finished off his toast by having each attendant read a line from a slip of paper... |
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Kerry's brother took over and gave a toast of his own. |
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Here's Christie learning a new dance! |
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Christie danced with the groom before we left. |
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Our nephew Alex turned 2 on October 1st.
We stopped by to wish him a belated birthday on our way home from MD...
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Here's Alex opening one of our birthday gifts... |
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Alex loves Thomas the Train!! |
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Rafa's family is visiting from Spain... |
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At Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, we took a
hayride to a pumpkin patch and a petting zoo!
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Riding a horsie at Carrigan Farms. |
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Maybe I'll take this pumpkin home! |
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This one looks just right! |
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Checking out the animals... |
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The original farmhouse was built in 1854. |
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Pumpkins, pumpkins, everywhere! |
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These are too big for me!! |
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Here are some other pictures that we've taken
this month.
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We went to Dominick's for Kristi's birthday dinner. |
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Beth & Christie at Dominick's. |
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Nate, Will & Brandon showing off their new shoes! |
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Our crazy boys like to shake trees! |
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Brandon & Will were decked out in their new fall outfits! |
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The pond is starting to take shape!
Bryan used rocks that he collected from around the neighborhood to create the
waterfall. Now he needs to find some more to complete the pond border!
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The waterfall is working! |
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"We need to find some more rocks, Daddy!" |
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We're starting to fill the pond with water... |
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Brandon was a turkey this year for
Halloween...a VT Hokie Bird, that is! Christie & her friend Karen (who
also went to Tech) made the costumes for Brandon & Nate. We were amazed
that they actually kept them on while they went trick-or-treating around the
neighborhood!
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Brandon got into the Halloween spirit in his pumpkin sweatsuit! |
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Brandon and his pumpkin... |
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"Look! We have a scarecrow & pumpkins!" |
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Helping Daddy with the pumpkin... |
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"What does this stuff taste like?" |
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Bring on the trick-or-treaters! |
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Brandon & Nate in their matching costumes! |
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Darby was a Clemson Cheerleader! |
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Anna Grace in her cute lady bug costume... |
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Katie was a lady bug too! |
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"Let's get some more candy!" |
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Uh oh! Are we about to see a turkey fight? |
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"Hey Nate! I need to make a phone call!" |
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Brandon and his stash are heading home... |
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Karen, Scott & Nate (a fellow Hokie family) |
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