I'm crazy when it comes to taking pics of Sam

Hey Ian, yup those pics are cute alright, and Sam loves the camera for sure. Mum took the pic of her in the tub, I think it came out so adorable. She loves taking tubbies. And the pic of her in the mirror, standing in the tub is my favorite of the ones I posted. She's a keeper. My little poog. Check out these ones too. Love Gina xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
Hey Evan and Sabine, are you almost packed. We'll be seeing you in just a day and a half, can't wait. I love you both. Love Ginabobina xoxoxoxox

Samantha...what a piece of work.

Those pictures are so amazing!!! She is just so photogenic. Gina, I must say, those shots are incredible. I don't know if you were trying to be artistic, but I just love them!!!

She got in there herself... sneeky poog 

Toodlebug 

Bathtime Sunday Night 

Vanity Smurf 

At the playground last week 

Bathtime Cootie 

Spring Pooglet 

Can't Wait to See You Guys!!!!!!

Hey Evan and Sabine,
I can't wait. Just four more days and Yey!!!! you'll be here. I tried to call you at 10:45 our time but no one answered. I always knew you didn't love me. No really, Sam was sleeping and the timing was right and I wanted to say hi to you guys, but i'll try later. I'm gonna go with Sherri to pick you guys up on Thursday. I can't wait to hug you both. Mom and Pop are wicked excited to see you as are all of your friends who are having withdrawls. We'll have a great time. Hey Ev, Mum found a ton of change that you left here in the closet in your room, she put it in bags and you can cash it to have some extra $. I love you both and I can't wait for you to see Sammy. She's a feisty little one. She like a little Doggy, when we're eating she always comes over to beg some food off us. She likes toast with cream cheese and french toast and scrambled eggs she even had some of my ribs that I had when we went out to lunch with Ian and Sherri on Friday. Still waiting for her to get teeth, probably in a couple of months I hope. Well take care and see you soon!!.
Hey Ian and Sherri I had a great time at lunch the other day, I definitley enjoyed those ribs, and I sure my hips did too!!! ya ya ya!!!!!
We will be sunning ourselves at the beach soon. And Sherri I might as well confess now that I signed up for tanning this weekend. I know your going to yell at me, but I won't be able to hear you because I'll have skin cancer in my ears anyway, uh that's gross. I'm just going to go for a little bit to tan my booty,ha ha. At the place I went to in town they even have the sunnless tanning booth called Mystic Tan, I'm sure you've heard of it. But it's really expensive and it doesn't last more than a week or two. But atleast there is no risk of cancer.So anyhow that's my excitement. talk to you soon. Love Gina xoxoxoxoxo

Four more days!!

It's going to be so good to see you and Evan, Sabine. Only a few more days! Who is picking you up at the airport? We are looking forward to sitting out on the deck with everyone and Pop will grill some nice food for us!
Do you realize that we never looked at the video we took during our trip?? I checked out the Italy tape and we have to watch it! Today, April 24th, is actually one year to the day since we landed in Italy!!
Love you all! xoxoxoxooxoxo Mumski

hello, sorry i haven't blogg in a while, things are going good, very very busy before we actually leaving, we kind of trying to finish our service before xe are coming, which it'isn't easy but, well we are almost there to see everybody, can't wait to see sam, she is a big girl now!!!! very cute pics Gina by the way. well i have to run now in service sorry didn't say much, but we will have a lot to say for real and face to face!!!!! hahahahah love everybody Sab

Go Sox!

Yup its true, I totally love baseball. I'm not sure if its just the excitement of routing for a (sometimes) winning team, or if I actually enjoy the concept of the sport...I haven't decided yet. But yeah, I definitely enjoyed going to the game last week, and it was such an awesome suprise (Kudos to Ian).

So I didn't know about Michael's, father did you say, Leanne? When did that happen? That's never easy. My boss at work lost his dad about 1 month ago, and he's still having a rough time with it. We talked to our landlady yesterday (Dot) and she's still broken up about her husband and its been a whole year. I found myself realizing that there really isn't anything you can say to anyone to make them feel any better, unless they have the hope of a resurrection. Because really, the bottom line is that you miss them, and unless you know you're going to see them again, how could you ever feel better? Its so sad. Anyways...on a brighter note...

Sam looks so old in that picture, Gina! I can't believe it...she's going to be a year in July right? Crazy!

Anyways...I've got to get back to work...love,
Sheri

Squash Factory

Hey, I'm feeling kind of silly today, can you tell? I think it's because of this AWESOME WEATHER!!!! *~*screaming like Chris Farley in "Herlihy Boy"*~*

We, SO deserve this. It's not even May yet and it's in the upper 70's. Yaahhh! This is what I'm talkin' about! "We're gonna be BUDDIES we're gonna be PALS...we're gonna...WRESTLE AROUND!!!" (again, Chris Farley)

"Come jungle friends!!" - Jim Carrey

So last night we saw "Hotel Rwanda". It was an excellent movie, but it's not for the faint of heart. It was PG-13, so it wasn't too bad, but it was very difficult to take.

Anway, I'm looking forward to the visit and we can all hang out and WRESTLE AROUND!!! It'll be fun. (We don't really have to wrestle around, unless of course, Evan, if you want to.)

Gina, Sam is getting so big. You both look great in that photo. Maybe we can have lunch on Friday, what d'ya say?

I'll see if I can post some pictures of us at the Red Sox-Yankees game last week. Sheri loves it...I never would have guessed she'd be a baseball fan. But we had a great time. Anyway, see you all soon!!!!!

Love,

Ian

Sorry I haven't blogged lately, it's been busy. I thought I'd send a quick pic of me and Sam. Love you all. Gina xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo 

hello everybody! hope things are doing fine for all of you, in 2 weeks we will be there and we are very excited to spend times with you all. Saturday is going to be the special talk can't wait to hear it. also yesterday i had to help a sister and be her interlocuter for her talk, was kind of stressedfull becausi just read it once, but it was ok. talk to you soon love Sabine

I'm Back!!!

Hey everybody!!! I'm back!!! It's been awhile since I blogged, not because it got old or anything, but because I've busy more than usual at work lately and that's usually when I blog. But this week will be better.

So, what's new? Well, we saw Fever Pitch last night--great movie. It's a lot of fun and funny too. It's got the extra element of the Red Sox and Boston. Jimmy Fallon is hilarious. We also went to that Thai restaurant at the Taft House in Millbury last night and it was REALLY good! The curry sauce I got was so good that I finished it off with a straw!!! YUMMY!!! (In Ace Ventura voice)

Let's see...Oh, I started going back to the gym last week and it feels great! I'm playing racquetball again too. It feels good to be moving and active again. It's like coming out of hibernation...or a coma. (Is that how you spell coma?)

I miss you, Evan and Sabine, and we can't wait to see you guys, it'll be a great time. Evan, remind me to tell you about "We like our new nominess, 2, 3, 4...". I know it makes no sense, but don't forget to ask me about it. You will DIE laughing. I almost did. Sheri knows what I'm talking about. I'll keep all of you posted on the mystery.

Oh, plus, you have to see Carpocalypse. There's this one episode that is so funny where they race while towing campers--yeah, that's right, 27 footers--and they all get destroyed . It's a bunch of rednecks driving around in old pieces of crap and destroying them. It's too much. Pa, you would LOVE it!!

Well, I'm looking forward to getting together with everybody when you guys come--it'll be the best. See you soon!!!

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while either...
Today, the weather was sooooo nice. Over 70 degrees! Gina and I took Sammy out in the yard. I carried her then let her feel the patio with her bare toes and the grass too. At first, she wasn't sure what to think. While we were out back near the trailer, Rick came home. I waved and he saw us and drove about 90 miles an hour right up through the side yard to us. Then we got in the car and I held Sammy near the window and we drove through the rest of the yard to the driveway!! A new neighbor was watching and probably thought we were loonies! Sammy usually doesn't get to be near a window cuz she's always in a car seat, so I think she liked it. Later, while Rick was grilling shrimp for scampi and Gina was making the Scampi sauce (for the first time), I took her out again and showed her the big yew bush in the back. It's about ten feet tall now. She touched it and was talking to it! Then I gave her a little branch with soft pine needles on it and she held it for about another fifteen minutes before she threw it down! She was so sweet! She really seems to like it outdoors. I can't wait 'til we can take her in the pool!
I went to see Dr. Connolly yesterday, and he said the only thing left to do is surgery. He said it will be a big surgery and there will be fusion. I'm kind of scared. If he does fusion, will I be able to swing dance? They took some more x-rays and he's going to call me. Then I will go back and discuss it some more with him.
My appointment was at 4:45 pm, and I didn't get out of the hospital until 7:20 p.m. because they were really running behind. I was so exhausted when I got home. But before my appointment, I had had no work in the morning, so my father and I took a ride to Everett to look up some family information on my grandfather's first cousins. We had a nice time and went to the Abbondanzan Italian Seafood Restaurant. I had picked it out ahead of time, and it was wonderful. I found out that Boston Magazine called it the creme de la creme. They baketheir own bread. Mmm....we bought two loaves to bring home. We had mussels and littleneck clams in red sauce over linguini and fried calamari to start. Best calamari I ever had. Not chewy. Tender and crispy. The waitress was Italian and they play Italian music. The interior was very pleasant also with tiles and soft green paint, cherry tables, white tablecloths. On the way home on the Mass Pike something started going wrong with the Suburban. Then the battery light went on and the battery power was really low. I would press the gas pedal and not much would happen. Thankfully, we were a few exits from Auburn. I called Pa at work and then brought the truck there and took the Nissan for my appointment. I left my father with with Pop but unfortunately, they only made it to the Shell station in Auburn and they broke down. They waited TWO HOURS for the AAA truck to tow it home. Dad ran out of oxygen, and when he went to the bathroom in the gas station, he caught his hand on something, and it started bleeding badly. His skin is very thin and he bleeds quite easily. I got home just after they did, 7:30 at night! We were all so exhausted. We ordered pizza and went to bed. What a day!!!!

Gotta go now..Love you all very much! Only 23 days to see Evan and Sabine!!!! Yay!!!!

Love, Mumski XOXOXOOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOXOO

Back to Blogging...

Sorry I haven't done my blogging duties in a little while. So sorry you're so sick Gina. I hope that I don't have what you have...I've been feeling pretty crappy the past couple of days and I thought it was maybe my allergies starting to kick in...I've just been really tired and basically crappy all day. I think Sabine is right about the changes in weather...but it looks like hopefully maybe the nicer weather is here to stay. I can't believe how quickly it changes; it almost feels like winter was such a long time ago...As far as the airport is concerned...I can probably pick you guys up if you want...just let me know what time. I only work a half a day that day anyways, so I can go in the morning if I need to.
So girls, do we want to make an appoitment to get our nails done and stuff for the wedding? Depending on what we get done there are a few different places I thought of. There's a place on Grafton St. in Worcester that only charges like $30 or $35 for a manicure and pedicure. But I wasn't sure if you guys were going to try and get your hair done too or anything. Just let me know and I can call and make an appoitment or something. I can't believe how quickly this wedding is coming up. Anyways...talk to everyone soon.
Love,
Sheri

hi guys, hope Gina you gonna feel better, when i was sick it took me more than 1 week to recovert, i hate this!!!!! it s cuz of the weather hot and cold, you never know what to expect. Does anybody knows who is going to pick us p at the airport? just to know! well i can't wait to see ya all sounds like nobody blogg anymore :-( have a great day everybody!!! :-) ciao Sab

 

 

Hey guys,
Well I have the stinking Flu. Last night my body started to ache all over and my head was pounding, and I made some pretty interesting trips to the bathroom. This morning mum came up to my room to say hello to Sammy and she was trying to help me by changing Sam's diaper, so she opened the curtain so she could see what she was doing and I almost died, I felt like Dracula. The light that came in pierced my eyeballs. Sam was up alot of the night because her gums were bothering her so we were a pretty funny pair today. What stinks the most is that it was beautiful out today and we couldn't even go to the park. I did take her outside a couple of times to sit on the steps and take in some fresh air, but the last time we went out around 4:00, we were sitting there all peaceful and a jumping spider lands on my shoulder, a big fat one. Now I have a spider phobia, so I flew back in the house. Well, that was the highlight of my day. Well time to go. Much love to all of you.xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

hi everybody! hope you guys are doing good, in 2 weeks i have a talk in the second school in english! i m kind of little nervouse but i ll be ok i think. i can't wait to have some vaccations, we both really tired. the weather 's been up and down, it rains a lot in this season, so it s kind of hard to go out in service. well got to go so talk to you all later. love Sabine

hi!

The Long Lost Blogger....

Hey Family,

I know you haven't seen me up on the blog lately. I'm sure you can guess the reason though. NO INTERNET STILL!!!! I think I'm going to hang myself from the balcony of my bedroom window with one of my favorite ties soon if they don't turn our internet back on. Anyway, I have to stop talking about that now.

So, I just finished a little service this morning. Well, technically it's more like searching for names. I have my own territory and for the past 2 weeks I've been scoping it out. It's really difficult though because there are always people you. Especially the Gardien of the building. They're like hawks. Also, the buildings are well secured. Even so, I was able to find a good number of English names and spoke to one person. The other day too when we went to the service appointment in the afternoon there was no territory prepared so we did what they used to call "white witnessing". That's where you go to an area where there are a lot of English-speaking people and you either talk to people on the street or just randomly choose a building and try to get in and find a name. Well, we managed to talk to some people and I got a call on an Irish guy that was really nice. It's really different service, but it's a nice change.

I'm really excited to come home for a visit. It's about time for that. It will be about 8 months since the last time I saw you. It goes by so fast. The wedding should be great to. It's good timing because this way we'll pretty much see the whole family.

Take care of yourselves everyone and we'll see you soon.

Huge amounts of love,
Ev

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