Michael & Rachel's Shower

What a great day. I have to admit that I was a bit nervous driving to the shower today...but Michael's Mom and Grandma were exactly as I remembered them...very warm and welcoming people. Let me tell you....it was ..... well I can't seem to find the right word...amazing seeing Michael again. If I hadn't seen pictures of him, I would be hard pressed to recognize the boy I knew in the man he has become. He has grown into a wonderful young man...just as warm as his family. His fiance Rachel is a really sweet girl, and together they make a great couple. The girls and I had a really nice time at the shower....Deirdre even won a prize for decorating a onsie.


More pictures from the shower can be found here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/suzanne.l.healy/2008NovMisc#










Auntie Debbie's cooking school

Auntie Debbie came over and gave Deirdre a lesson in how to make pudding old school.....on the stove! Hopefully Deirdre will study hard with her Auntie Debbie and grow up to be a great baker!



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A visit to Grandpa Beauregaurd's


The kids just love Grandpa's big TV! Say Cheese Ashten!

Grandpa captures Deirdre Chilaxing after dinner
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Lillia's November visit


Deirdre loves her little cousin.

Allie snuggling with Lillia

Dermot just loves kissing Lillia

Deirdre reads to Uncle Denny

Ashten bonding with her cousin.

My favoriate picture....Lillia loves her Uncle Mark

A trip to the circus!

Beeka and Grandpa Len took Deirdre and Dermot to the circus yesterday. They got to go early and see the animals and clowns right in the center ring. Here's the pictures of their adventure.

Deirdre loses her first tooth. :-(

Nooooooooooooooooooooo, another difinitive sign that the little ones aren't so little anymore.

Beeka and Grandpa Len came to pick up the Ds to take them to the circus, and Deirdre was worried that her tooth was so loose she'd lose it while they were gone. So she enlisted Beeka's help, and out it came.
Deirdre plugging the hole A toothless grin

A toothless grin
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Happy Halloween

The kids were really excited about trick or treating. Dermot got to go over to Lakewood Hospital with his class and trick or treat there...so he had 1/2 a bucket of candy already when I picked hiim up!

Poor Deirdre had a cold bad enough that her eyes were weepy, so we had to keep her home from school and she missed their fall festival..but at least it wasn't so bad she missed out on the night time fun.

Maddie and Aaron joined us this year for our outing. We ended up going out in Renee's neighborhood this year...then over to Auntie Judy and Grandma T's house...and for an extra bit of fun..the kids got to trick or treat to their Daddy at our house where he and Pat were handing out candy.

They were so excited about getting candy from their Uncle, that one of them walked right through the screen door. We still can't figure out which one it was...but fortunatly, they didn't break it. Mark had already started taking it out so that he could put the glass in for winter.