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

Well hope that you guys had a good time on your 4th of July Trip. I know that we had a blast in Alaska. We had great weather just about everyday, and had plenty to do! Between doing the Live "Love and Marriage Show", and Trivia, and Sightseeing there was much else that we could have done. Here a few pictures enjoy!

Here we are for the formal dinner!

We spent a lot of the time on the Deck the day that we were at Hubbard Glacier. It was really cool that we were able to get so close.

Here is a picture of the Glacier falling off, and that was really cool to be able to see that!

Hope everyone is having a great summer. We have a new email address-
weathejt@verizon.net.
Ann