Hope that everyone is ready for Christmas. I know most of you guys are getting snow right about now and Beck and I wish that you could send a little down South. We both hope that you all have a great Christmas week!

Becky surprised me with cookies today! Man, I love the Holidays! Hope that you guys are all having a good one to!

We also had some fun in the sewing room.

Nice job Chris. I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving also. It was a samll group of 90 at my church. I finished 29th. 2nd in my age group.

Jamie

I think Chris mentioned he ran a 5k race after Thanksgiving and Becky sent me this photo of him running.

Great photo Chris, glad you had a nice holiday. I missed everyone (especially Keith) but am looking forward to my trip to Virginia on Wednesday.

Hope that everyone had a great holiday! We had a full house! And now a full stomach with plenty of leftovers!

i hope every one has a happy thanksgiving i wish i could be there.

Chesty's set for Monday -- they're going to attempt the lithotripsy but will have a surgical team standing by if they're unsuccessful. He has to have anesthesia either way so we'll see how it goes.

Adam we will miss you at Thanksgiving too. I'm glad to hear that you all are doing well.

Grandmom

Chesty has bladder stones and will have to have them removed.... we have an appointment at the University tomorrow to see if he's a candidate for lithotripsy. If not, they'll remove them surgically and either way he will have to be anesthetized. Of course, my preference is for him NOT to have an incision since it's difficult to keep him from licking or scratching.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving!

Maureen

I met with Habitat for Humanity today and was able to donate a couple quilts that I'd finished through my HeartStrings group. It was nice as they were very appreciative and eager to pass them along to two of the families that will get new homes. I hope to have a couple more finished and ready for them when we make our annual Christmas donation.

Congratulations Adam! I hope everything is going well.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at Thanksgiving or the week after at Mom's birthday.

Ann

Mary I'm trying to see if I remember how to use this blog.

Hi everyone not a lot going on in my life but Dot and Talbert are coming to see me tomorrow. I'm lookiong forward to seeing them.

Mom

Maureen was the one taking photos so there are none of her but we had a nice little cookout at Kevin's house today. Just 8 of us which is an unusually small gathering for us but really nice.

Thanks Kelly, we had a wonderful holiday in Ireland. I posted some of the photos I took while there at the site below:

Ireland 2009

Kara, Sammy, Jeremy and I wanted to say Happy Easter to all!

Hope you have a fantastic day!

The lives and times of Adam Pittman! Click the photo to see a larger view.

Ann, Kevin, Maureen, and I were talking a couple weeks ago at dinner about the Family Reunion -- with so much going on this summer we decided to look at dates in the fall.

What we're looking at now is the Saturday before Thanksgiving -- November 21st.

Let me know if you have any feedback or questions.

Mary

Pat sent me a photo today of the progress on the house. Aren't those stairways to the front door dramatic?

We've been enjoying our visit from Chris and Adam and decided to drive over to one of the nearby lakes today.

It was rather cool to be able to walk on water...

...but the cracks made me a little nervous even though there were lots of people walking and skiing on the lake. I stayed close to the shore.

That's wonderful news.  Congrats to Mom and Dad too.

Good for you Sarah I was hopeing that you would get in. Great job.

Just wanted to let everyone know Sarah got accepted into University of Maryland for the fall.

Ann

Happy Birthday Ann. I hope you have a wonderful day.

I posted these on my blog but thought I'd share them here too.

Chesty's watching for Chris.
Chris & Becky arrive and we break out the champagne.
My cookie platter (homemade from scratch - all of them!)
Our Christmas Eve picnic.
Looking at family photos after dinner.
A father/son moment.
We really missed Adam but he called us on his way home from work.

Boy that snow looks pretty but I'm so cold here I wouldn't want to be out in that snow, but I hope you enjoy it.

Mom

Thanks Adam

Love you too, Have a good Christmas don't work too hard

Grandmom

happy birthday to you Grandma 

Thank you Chris and Becky.

We've had some flurries this month but this is our first measurable snowfall and it's still coming down!

Happy Thanksgiving to you also Mary and Keith. and Debbie and Don.

We all had a nice time here.

Mom

We got home tonight from visiting the boys in GA. We won't be able to celebrate any of the holidays with Adam but it was nice to have this time with him and to see Chris and Becky.


I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Kara, Samantha, Jeremy and I wanted to send birthday hugs and kisses to Fiona!

Happy Birthday Fiona!! We love you and miss you!

You'd think it would be easy math for me since I just have to add 30 years to my age...I first had 78 and for some reason, changed it to 76 not 77.

Mary you are making me a year younger. I'm going to be 77

We're celebrating Mom's 77th and Pat's 50th birthdays on December 13th. The agenda is below. I've sent out emails but everyone who's planning to attend needs to RSVP to me.

1100-1200 Everyone Meets at Marcie's
1215-1415 Celebration Lunch at Lenny's Restaurant
> 23418 Three Notch Rd.
> California, MD 20619-6019
1414-1445 Travel to New House
1445-1545 Exploring New House & Lot
1545-1615 Everyone Goes Back to Marcie's
1615-? Snacks & Drinks - Hang out/visit

We're having a last little bit of warm weather before winter and went for a bike ride yesterday.

So far, we haven't had a single Trick or Treater but we didn't get home until after 7PM so maybe we missed them?

Happy Birthday Samantha.

Fiona is just too cute - thanks for posting photos!

Fiona had a great time tonight. She was a little tired but she did enjoy herself!

Hope you're having a terrific day. We love you!

We're all getting together at Pat's in December!

We'll be visiting with Ann too but on Saturday, December 13th we're all going to head to Southern Maryland and celebrate both Mom and Pat's birthdays.

We should probably RSVP (to me) so that we won't overwhelm Marcie. Right now, I have Mom, Mary, Deb, Ann (her family??), and Kevin (his family??) all coming.

Maureen is still trying to get off work and I think Ann invited Stephen but I'm not sure if they're going to make it.

Thanks for sharing the photos Mary.

Looks wonderful Pat! Looks so much like my property did in Deltaville. Makes me homesick! I know you will love it there. Can't wait to see it in person in December!

Pat had some photos of the house in progress and surrounding land to send me so I thought I'd share them here. We had a chance to visit in September and they have a really lovely location.

Since I'm sharing photos - these are some of the ones I took while we were in Denmark last week.

Way to go Adam, I'm so proud of you!

Thoes are some very beautiful pictures Mary.

Mom

I'm giving all my blogs a facelift today - now if you guys would just use this one more!

I didn't mention that Adam had gotten promoted again - he's now a Cook 1 and then next level up will be a Sous Chef. He was also nominated for the Employee award again (his second nomination) but didn't win. This is a huge thing considering the high service standards that the Ritz Carlton has for their employees.


We're looking forward to visiting again this year - we'll spend 3 nights and leave the day before Thanksgiving. I really love creating new traditions and a visit to the Ritz to see Adam right before the Thanksgiving is turning into a lovely one.

You can see some photos from our visit last year at this link.

November 2007 photos

And a link for those of you unfamiliar with where Adam works. Take a minute and watch the slideshow on the home page below - it's such a beautiful resort - I love it. Can you believe that November will mark his 3rd anniversary working there (and living on his own!)??!

Ritz Carlton - Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee

We're lucky that Chris and Becky are able to join us for dinner and this year Chris will take off for the day and join us in our canoeing/kayaking adventure.

Kara says Thank you all for the birthday wishes and we all send out Happy Birthday's to Brian and Chris! We love you all!

Happy birthday to Brian" again" and Happy birthday to Chris and Kara I love you all

Hard to believe you are 13, WOW! Have a wonderful birthday sweetheart!

I missed Brian's birthday on Saturday but wanted to wish both boys a Happy 25th Birthday! Hard to believe they've grown up so fast!

I believed Jamie when he wrote that was a race weekend....he had me all worried that we'd need to change the date.

Hope he had a good laugh at my expense!

You know Jamie can't resist the chance to mess with you--not to worry though--- there is nothing he enjoys more than spending time with all my brothers and sisters together.

I checked those dates with Kevin - it's Mother's Day weekend -- don't tell me you're going to be at a race then!!!

It's seems real funny that the family reunion is at Kevin's when Kevin, Jamie and Ben will be at Richmond International Raceway for the whole weekend.

Just a thought.....

Jamie

I have a couple important dates for you to save!

December 13th, 2008 (Saturday)

We'll be celebrating Mom's and Pat's (his 50th) birthdays together in Maryland.

May 9th, 2009 (Saturday)

We're holding our 2nd McLaughlin Family Reunion at Kevin's