Christmas Pictures

I hope everyone had a wonderful time together for Christmas. The link to the pictures is added to the sidebar, most of them are random, but still fun to look at!

Hopefully Santa was good to everybody!

What the dilly yo ?!?!?!?!?!

Can someone please post the schedule of family get togethers on the blog?  I have no idea when we are meeting up and whatnot.  BTW I got the best yankee swap gift AND I now know the actual rules so we won’t go through a fiasco again.  The reason I know the rules is because at our retail dinner last night we did one and my huge bottle of black sambuca got taken by the number one – and I ended up with a regifted gift basket.  At least the chocolate covered pretzels are delicious!

 

Paul Bordua

Shawmut Design and Construction

560 Harrison Avenue

Boston, MA 02118

p. 617.622.7444

f.  617.622.8444

c. 617.592.2350

pbordua@shawmut.com

 

The J&J Santa came early...

...and deposited 3 big boxes of stuff in my apartment this morning! Your orders are in and will be waiting for you on Saturday night. Meredith has so nicely split up what everyone owes:

Cindy 44.00
Mel 55.00
Paula 3.60
Nicole 23.00

If you want your stuff before then I will be home after Wednesday night - just let me know!

Happy Birthday Kevin!!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Kevin,
Happy Birthday to you!!



We hope you had a wonderful birthday! We will be seeing you at Christmas, right??

Check Me Out!

Someone at work sent this to me and it is too funny to not pass along. If you go to the website www.elfyourself.com you can add a picture, but here is one I created just for fun! This can definitely make Friday go by quicker in the office.

Enjoy!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=a3b389d5261c95aa5932460_20061208

~Meredith~

Check out True Meaning of Christmas

Have your volume up.

Drag your mouse across the sentences if you can not read them.

True Meaning of Christmas

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year...

How is everyone doing with Christmas shopping and decorating? Does anyone feel they have the best Yankee Swap gift???

We finally finished putting the ornaments on our tree! Since no one will ever see our tree, here is a picture to enjoy!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!! We missed you at game night, but look forward to seeing you soon!

We love you!

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Happy Birthday Paula!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Sister Paula!
Happy Birthday to you!



Better late than never, I hope you had a wonderful birthday. We will celebrate on Friday night!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIN!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTUDAY DEAR ERIN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

We love you and hope you have the best birthday ever!

Tickets to UMASS basketball Game

A friend has tickets to the UMass game on Wednesday evening..if anyone is interested let me know…we can have as many as we want..Paula

Game Night - Are you Ready?

I hope this picture gets you all excited for Game Night!!




I think most of you know what it is, but if not...you are in for some fun! We just got the new Guitar Hero II, so we will bring home the PS2, guitars, and both games....I hope the Carons TV is ready to rock!

Meredith --you are sooooooooo Smart

Want to start new topics on the blog?

I know a lot of you would like to be able to start new topics here. There are two ways you can do this:

1) Send an E-mail to camppinehurst.robillard@blogger.com The subject of the E-mail will show as the title of the post, and what you write in the E-mail will show below.

2) If you send me your E-mail address, I will send you an ivitation to "join" our blog. Once you do this, I can make you an administrator so you can post or start anything your little heart desires.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!!

Is anybody dressing up?

It's Family Game Time

When: Friday after Thanksgiving

Where: Maryellen & Michaels House

On Friday night, Maryellen would like to host dessert and game/trivia night for everyone. It should be a fun time, and a great time to catch up with everyone. Hope to see you there!

Today show video!

Kristin saw this as she was walking out the door to work this morning. Happily Unmarried! starring the one and only Jon Shepard.

http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?g=4675a8fb-e733-4ff5-917c-ad79a73f8e70&f=00&fg=email

Thoughts and Prayers to Sister Joan and her family

Paula asked that we pass along that Sister Joan's brother, John, passed away on Thursday. The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 9 from Tazzini Funeral Home with a Funeral Mass in St. Michael's Cathedral at 10. Burial will follow in St. Michael's Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 5-9 PM.

http://www.legacy.com/masslive/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=19514071

Here is Joan's address if you want to send a card:
Sr. Joan Magnani
17 Bookline Ave
Holyoke Ma. 01040

Start thinking about your orders...

I am getting ready to place my last order for the year from our e-store. If you can think of anything that you want, just let me know: andrea.c.robillard@gmail.com

We have most, but not all products. I can check on anything, you just have to let me know what you want! I would like to try to place the order around the end of the month so that I will be able to deliver everything at Thanksgiving.

Have a good day!!! =)

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY JULIE!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JULIE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!

Happy 21st Julie - enjoy your day and drink a lot =)

Happy Birthday Andrea!!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Andrea!
Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Paul!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Paul!
Happy Birthday to you!

Let's Make Mimere Happy...She is So Cute!!

When Mimere was asked the other day what her family did for her 89th Birthday, she responded "Nothing!" She is so silly! To show her how much we love and adore her, we are going to have a birthday cake (Again!) for her on Sunday. What we would like is for everyone to bring a scratch ticket. and we mean "A", as in only one,...don't get carried away! She will be the happiest 89 year old ever....all for $1!!

my pictures for real this time

Hey everyone, here's the link to see my pictures that I commented on. Sorry its not in the side bar, I don't know how to do that. Clearly computers are not my thing.

Family News

Kevin was in an accident and he fell 20 feet on the rocks. He then had to crawl 2 miles to the bottom of the mountain then drive to the hospital. He has a broken foot and is in a lot of pain. Prayers, get well cards, calls, etc. would help to cheer him up, well they would cheer me (Paula) up and I think they would cheer him up also.

Also, Elizabeth was walking on high heels, fell and tore some tendons and she is also on chrutches. If anyone has any more information, please pass it on.

Get Well Kevin & Elizabeth, we are thinking of you!

Go Tigers!!

We had some fun this past weekend in Boston. Although Clemson lost the football game to Boston College, we had a blast just hanging out. The first picture is before the game at Boston Beer Works. The second is us hanging out after a long day of football and tailgating.

Julie's pictures

Hey everyone,
I know my mom sent pictures from my trip to Meredith and she shared them all with you, but I actually picked out what I think were the best ones and finally finished putting titles to them that describe what you are looking at. So if you want to see them put your email address on here and I'll email the link to you. I don't know how to share photo albums here through kodak gallery.
Love you and I'll see you all soon I think.

Oh yea, and Happy Birthday to everyone who I missed by not checking the blogg in a really long time, sorry.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR EMMA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

How quick the time goes by - Emma is already 1!!!
Congratulations Tommy and Sarah =)

They're finally here....

Ok, so we finally got the camera back and the long awaited pictures from Family Weekend 2006 are here for all to see. Enjoy them! Paula, you will be happy to know that Dan filtered them so you can show them to anyone you want :-) Just check out the link on the sidebar...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER AND AMY!!!

PETER IS THE BIG 60!!!!! And Amy is still young and beautiful at 24! Happy birthday guys! We hope you have a good day and love you both!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR PETER AND AMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!

Can't you hear us all singing?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTIN !!!!!!!!!!

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Happy Birthday Andrew!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Andrew!
Happy Birthday to you!

Good Luck Kristin

Today is Kristin's first day at her new job!

Good Luck Kris! Is anyone else jealous that she can wear teva's to work and not get in trouble for it?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEREDITH!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MEREDITHHHHHHH
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

We hope you have a great day...we love you!

Check Out Julies Pictures Online!!!

I am sure you all got sent this link, but I added it to the sidebar just in case. Click on the link to Julies pictures, I have set up an account if you want to sign in as me to view them... Username: SniderM Password: Hoboken

Julie, the pictures are awesome!!! Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

Welcome Home Julie!!!

We are glad that you are home safe and sound! We hope you get your shower and food quick. When you post your pictures put up the link! =)

Congratulations Kristin!!

Kristin got a job offer today from Shelburne Plastics....Congratulations! We are proud of you!

Burlington suggestions

Hi all -

I was talking to one of my co-workers who was looking for a vacation destination and I mentioned Burlington and it turns out that is where they are going to go. He asked for suggstions on what to do and where to go. I need recommendations for good restaurants and stuff to do. Let me know what you think!

Thanks
Andrea

Last update from Kenya before I leave

Hey Family,
I realized I hadn't really updated you guys in a while so I thought I would write on here before I went to bed. Everything is still amazing! We did our big project over the past week or so. My group's project was on agriculture in a swamp about an hour away. We went out there everyday for four days and split up into groups of two with a guide for each group and we interviewed the Maasai people living in bomas around the swamp and the non-Maasai people cultivating in the swamp. We also created a map of the swamp using GPS. It was basically the best experience I've ever had. Most of the people here are soo friendly and welcoming. The guides were awesome too. I am going to try to help one of them get a scholarship to go to school in the U.S. when I get back. However, after the research was very stressful. We did 90 boma interviews and 81 cultivator interviews and had to put all that info into tables and do statistics tests and I personally created 4 maps. Then we each had to write a paper on it. My paper was 17 pages without the tables and stuff and it was 50 pages with that stuff. Pretty ridiculous really. But I got an A- for the whole course, so that's good. The paper writing ended on Thursday, and life has been good since then. We went to Amboseli National Park again yesterday and it was soooo much fun. We saw hyenas eating a gazelle and a hippo out of the water trying to fight buffalo and we saw lions again. It was sooo cool! On the way home we were all quiet and thinking about how sad we were going to be to leave, now that's like the forbidden subject cause everyone is so sad.
On another note, I do know all about the whole travel carry-on restrictions and it stinks. All we can carry is a clear plastic bag. It'll be alright though, I'll survive.
Lastly, Mom, be ready to take me out to eat as soon as I get to the airport cause I want some American restaurant food! And I want a HOT shower as soon as I get to the house! If it weren't for those two things, and all of you of course, I don't think that I would ever go home. Unfortunately this did have to come to an end though, but I'm so glad I came and had this wonderful experience.
Sorry the blogg entry is so long, I'll see you all soon!
Love you!

Save the Date - September 24th!!

Where are you going to be on Sunday, September 24th??

At noon, there will be a mass for Pipere and Baptism for Emma. This will be followed by a birthday party for Emma....now we all get to witness her walking! More details to follow....

Kristin's Bone Marrow Donation

We all know tomorrow is Kristin's big day! As of this morning, she was feeling pretty well with some pain in her lower back. She will head up to New Hampshire tonight and stay at a hotel across the street from the hospital. She has to be at Pre Admission Testing at 6:45 AM tomorrow! Throughout the day, my mom will call and give me updates and I will update this blog as much as possible. Since the phones don't work in the hospital, it will be easier for everyone to check the blog regularly than to have my mom trying to call a million people throughout the day. We all wish Kristin good luck...this is truly an awesome thing to do for someone!

Good Luck!!

Family Recipe

I know everyone was talking about putting up some family recipes (ie Lisa's taco dip!!!!) Post them here! :)

Family Weekend 2006

Well, we had another successful Family Weekend...minus a few key players (Julie, Gail, Amy, Michael, and Brian). I will make sure I post the pictures once I get a chance to put them on the computer. It would be great if we could all share a funny or special moment from the weekend, I am sure the absent parties will enjoy reading about them and laughing!

The shower gifts for Camp Pinehurst were all wonderful! Thank you everybody so much!

what's going on?

Hey family,
How was family weekend??? I went on here hoping for an update about what fun I missed and there isn't one. I'm beginning to think this blogg is not frequently checked by anyone, surprise surprise. Kenya is still amazing by the way. I would put more pictures on here but it takes too long and we implemented a 20 minute internet time limit today. I sent all my postcards out today so you should get them before I get home hopefully. I sent them to all the parents, so if you don't live with your parents anymore, they'll have to show it to you, sorry. Well I don't really have much to say and I have to get back to doing all the work we have here; its a lot. So, I'm going to go, but I expect a blogg about how family weekend went soon!
Love you all,
Julie

Kenya

Hey Family,
I hope you all see this cause I don't know how this thing works. I'm having a great time here and seeing tons of wild animals and meeting awesome people. I don't know if I'll ever go back to the states (just kidding). I even saw lions today!!! That was exciting. Today was the most amazing day ever, we visited this awesome hotel here and had lectures there and then had a traveling lecture through Amboseli National Park. So basically we got lectured on interesting stuff with wild animals in the background and a view of Mount Kilimajaro, which is a MASSIVE and beautiful mountain! I never want to go back to normal classes. The only thing I miss is hot showers, the ones here are really really cold. On a good note though, there are women who we can pay to do our laundry for us! Oh yea, and the Maasai people are so friendly! I'm looking for a guy to bring home ;)
I sent postcards to Mom, Paul, and Dad so far. I'm working on the rest of you, I bought them but just have to write them and mail only gets sent out like once a week, so you might not get them til after I get back (everything in Kenya is slow), but you will get them! One for each family.
Love you all!
Julie
P.S. you won't here from me again for a while, if at all, because the internet stinks here and we are going on expedition next week. But, the website for this program should be updated this weekend to talk about what we did the last two weeks if you want to check it out. Its www.fieldstudies.org and you can follow the links for kenya and news from the field or something like that, just explore.

Julie is in Kenya!

Has she made it there yet. Has anybody heard from her?

Congratulations Paul, Andrea, and Erin!!

Today we had a successful graduation party for Andrea, Paul, and Erin. Congratulations!!!

Camp Pinehurst Needs Our Help!!

After spending another beautiful weekend in Vermont, we realized that the camp desperately needs some gifts. For Family Weekend 2006 we would like to shower the camp with gifts! Here is a list of some items needed. Please let me know what you will be bringing so we don't get duplicates. The recommended spending is $20 per adult and $15 per kid. Also, if you have any more ideas for gifts needed....feel free to add them to the list!








Pots & Pans - Peter, Peggy, Kristin, & Andrea
4 Slice Toaster - Gail
Blender - Cindy & Ray
Board Games - Tommy& Sarah
Bath Towels - Andrew
Kitchen Accessories (Spatula, Spoons, etc...) - Nicole
Griddle - Paula
Grill Brush
Trivets
Cutting Board
Dish Towels - Nicole
Pot Holders
Shower Curtain & Liner for inside bathroom
Sheets - David & Donna

Sunset at Camp Pinehurst