Syracuse Nature Trail

Well, to wrap up our Labor Day weekend with one more day of family fun, we decided to make it to one more nature trail that we heard about in the Syracuse vicinity. When we started getting closer to the trail, we could not believe the amount of traffic on the roads and the number of [...]

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Lamoka Lake

We had the chance to take the canoe out for the afternoon this past Sunday. You may recognize the canoe in the banner as being the family canoe that use to reside at the camp in Old Forge. The canoe now belongs to Dale, but we are canoe sitting until they can get it to [...]

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Adirondack Vacation 2009

Well, we just returned from a week-long family vacation in the Adirondacks. We camped for the week at Rollins Pond, located in between Tupper and Saranac Lake. This is the third year that we have camped for a week there. It is one of our favorite Adirondack destinations.

Here is the campsite we called home for most [...]

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Mt. Arab Fire Tower

This year we tried a new mountain climb in the Rollins Pond area. We chose Mt. Arab. We had heard that it was worth the climb as The Friends of Mt. Arab have made a great effort to restore the fire tower and cabin atop the mountain.

Once we got to the top, it certainly was [...]

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Fishing…and more fishing…

This year, fishing took a higher priority than it has in past years. Dale can be thanked for that, as he has inspired the boys to want to fish more often.
Steve has been particularly interested in bass fishing this summer, and he has been determined to get himself photographed holding a big ole bass by the mouth. [...]

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4th of July 2009

We spent our 4th of July afternoon on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake at Sampson State Park. It was our first time visiting there even though it is only 20 minutes from our front porch.

Our first stop inside the park was the memorial museums remembering the men and women that served our Navy and [...]

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Nathan’s First Communion

Today we celebrated Nathan’s first Holy Communion. Nathan worked very hard and put his whole heart into his preparations for this sacrament.

Here Nathan poses with Father Bill after the mass.

Here Nathan poses with his big brother, Father Bill, and his God Parents Aunt Pam and Uncle Brian.

The whole family.

Grandpa and the boys pose in front [...]

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Easter 2009

We celebrated Easter in Saratoga Springs in 2009.

Here are the boys all cleaned up and ready for church.

Stephanie’s Mom and Dad treated the family to an Easter brunch in Lake George.

Thanks Mom and Dad.

“Is that a chocolate fondu fountain?”

“Yes, it is a chocolate fondu fountain!”

On the way out of town, Sean was very excited to get [...]

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Nathan’s Photolog of “Christmas In NJ” 1/3/09

Our last excursion for the holiday season was a holiday gathering with all of the relatives(Stephanie’s Mom’s family) that live down in New Jersey. We gave Nathan the task of capturing the experience in pictures for us. He took all of the pictures that follow.

This was a great picture of Aunt Susan. If you look closer, [...]

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Christmas 2008

The Christmas Holiday started for our family on Saturday the 20th when we traveled east to visit with Steve’s Mom and Dad.  We had a nice lunch and exchanged gifts. 

After our visit we rendezvous”ed” with Aunt Susan.  The boys were off from school for the week and were spending the extra time with Aunt Susan [...]

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