Kelly tests out a little lapel mike and his eyes get all freaky. Has to be seen to be believed—in HD.

… for the people of Haiti. Consider giving whatever you can spare. What a tragedy.

Kelly tests out a little lapel mike and his eyes get all freaky. Has to be seen to be believed—in HD.

We got it on the 23rd or so, paid just $11 for it, and we broke it down today, Jan. 3 – it’s probably the shortest-lived tree ever for us. But it was big and looked great!

This is from a game during the week between Xmas and New Year’s. He’s No. 14. Game was in Southampton, which feels darn close to NJ. Anyway, Pete’s team won by a couple points, and he played a lot. Virginia and I were glad we were there.

Kelly and his friend Tyler wearing shades, 3D-style. We were in the city to see the gigantic video holiday presentation at the Comcast Building in Phila., followed by a visit to Penn’s museum of archeology and anthropology – very neat place. We were home by 3 pm and hosted some friends for NY’s Eve. Pete…

My Aunt Betty does her best to hide her displeasure when she realizes that Virginia has broken the sacred law of Christmas and violated a gift embargo. Despite Virginia’s defense that she got a great deal, Betty is miffed, don’t you think?

Virginia made some awesome crab cakes—if she says so herself (and agreed by acclimation)!

We spent Christmas in NJ. Here Kelly is with Grandma at Chris’ house in Atlantic Highlands, NJ, on Xmas Eve. Christmas Day was spent at Kevin’s parents’ house in Aberdeen. Had a nice time. Despite the recession, everybody managed to get something they liked – Pete apparently got an entire new wardrobe. As Nick said,…

Thanksgiving was great here. We ate, we played, we decorated, we walked and ran, some hot-tubbed, and we saw the Fantastic Mr. Fox. During dinner, we talked about our childhood memories of Thanksgiving. Grammy (Roz) shared her stories of Muscovy ducks and pies and potato peeling. Heard Auntie Do could do amazing things with a…

… to the Internet, Auntie Do!

Virginia finally got to the new super-supermarket, one town over from us, and it looked …. like a really big grocery store. Kelly tells me the pizza is awesome. Anyway, I think the thing Kelly likes best is that, as you can see, he got some gelato when we visited. Virginia liked that she got…