Year: 2007

  • another fun family christmas

    we spent another fun family christmas with the fellins and the spences this year. all the fellin siblings reunited in conyngham by sunday, dec. 23 — also known as casino day! kids and adults alike played bingo and trivia games for fabulous prizes. uncle joe and aunt cathy godinsky also joined us this year, driving…

  • we’ll have a green christmas

    in our continual quest to “go green,” we’re wrapping up the year (literally) by wrapping up our christmas presents in old newspapers. the ribbons once were a VHS tape, languishing in our basement. now, they have new life as lovely, shiny bows. if you’re lucky enough to be a recipient of one of our gifts…

  • getting ready for christmas

    We’ve spent the last few weeks sloooowly getting ready for Christmas. It all started with the arrival of our new dishwasher. An early Christmas gift! Our professional consultant, Jackson, was a huge help in the installation process, of course. And he’s had no trouble adapting to unloading the new model, after mastering our old machine…

  • thanksgiving 2007

    when it came time to talk turkey, dave, jackson, molly and brooks headed up the pennsylvania turnpike to doylestown. this year, the holiday was filled with visits with friends (including the new whomsleys, the hylands and the “hoodlums”) and, of course, family (including grandma and grandpa spence, grandma edna, and the barainyaks). the long weekend…

  • weekend with the barainyaks

    24 hours hanging with the barainyaks — the recipe for a perfect weekend, according to jackson! molly and jackson arrived in collegeville on saturday afternoon. after some horsing around in the playroom, we all piled into the minivan and headed to ikea and the plymouth meeting mall. some heavy-duty shopping was followed by a fabulous…