New York, New York..so nice they named it twice!

Today we had breakfast at the Tick Tock diner, in the Hotel New York, then spent some time checking family connections. We found the statue of my Uncle Peter Stuyvesant, and got my picture taken with him. See any resemblance? Then we checked out Bayard Street, which is now part of Chinatown. We found Horatio Street too. Named after Carrie. We took the bus back up to the Empire State Building and found a pub at happy hour. We have 135 blocks in walking today.

Going for a Cruise

Yesterday morning we were up early for a stroll down to the pier (20 blocks), then we had a great tour of both the East River and the Hudson River, and out to the Statue of Liberty. We got great views of the city of New York and the city of New Jersey. After that we took a bus tour of Uptown Manhatten, around Central Park, lunch at TGI Fridays and back downtown. We walked around Ground Zero, and then back to back to the hotel (15 blocks), and met up with Peter and went out for a beer and snacks at the Heartland Brewery (20 blocks).

Spot the Tourist

Here is Tanya and I, caught on a web cam in Times Square. Dunno how we just happened to be standing there....hmmm...

Times Square

Today Tanya and I visited Times Square, had lunch at The Hard Rock Cafe, and had a bus tour of downtown Manhattan. Then after spending some downtime, which included walking 30 or 40 blocks, we took a night tour of the city and got across the East River to Brooklyn, and got to take some pictures of New York City at night. Afterwards we met Peter for a burger and beer.

Road Trip

Tanya and I decided to go to New York City for a few days to visit Peter and stay in his hotel room. We drove down today, and made the important first stop in New Hampshire. Now we are in the hotel after driving in circles in downtown New York. Yeesh, there are alot of yellow taxis here. And high speed internet. I see what you mean Victoria.

BRHS Alumni Game

Yesterday we had the pleasure to watch 4 of our kids play basketball at the annual high school alumni game. Only Carrie left on the school team, and Stacy took a year off being pregnant so she played this year. Here she is giving Carrie a hard time. Jesse had to holler at the ref to back up to get this picture. Thanks Ms. Giddens.

Victoria came home for the game, and played really well. She played awesome and got lots of baskets. Good job Vicky!


Carrie is really gonna be a good basketball player for the school. She is our number one!

After the girls game the boys played. The old guys really showed that they aren't too old yet, and they really showed the young guys.

Happy Birthday Carrie

Today we celebrated Carries 14th birthday. She had a couple of friends over to help eat cake. Her friends are not the same ones she had as a kid.

Merry Christmas

Yesterday was another enjoyable Chistmas. Sarah's brother, A J came from Cape Breton, as he has every year. He got to help me clean the chicken barn and gather eggs. Victoria finally made it home from Iqaluit, via Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal, then a bus to Moncton, putting up with flight cancelations and long waits in airports. Jesse did most of the chores in the barn while we all enjoyed wrapping gifts and going to church on Christmas eve. Then a lovely Christmas turkey at Stacy's.

Getting into the Christmas Spirits..oops..Spirit

Thanks to Jesse & Carrie, we got our Christmas tree up in front of the barn. Frozen fingers were enjoyed by all, including the questions of why we hadn't done this on a warmer day.
Jesse took the pic on his cell phone..looks nice, huh.

Breaking News

Abby is having puppies! ... 4 so far...see that cute little head? Stay tuned for a final count..


This morning, Wednesday, we counted six puppies..Mother and litter are doing fine.

Happy Birthday Madilyn

Madilyn Turns 3 today! Carrie is going up to her birthday party today with Stacy, Kara & Bradford. Happy Birthday Madilyn!
Here is a picture of Madilyn taken 2 weeks ago when she was helping out in the barn, and another taken last July when she was really enjoying her lunch.

Happy Birthday Victoria

Vicky turns 20 today. Happy Birthday Vicky! Have a good day! Stay warm. We are still waiting on a picture of her in Iqaluit, but we have some pictures she sent of her flying into the teaming metropolis.

This one is a little closer up, it might show the apartment building she is staying in. No sign of the golden arches though.

And here is the "team" in the teaming metropolis.

"Where is Vicky?"
And alas, no polar bear, but we do have a picture of Vicky with one of her friends from years ago.

Happy Birthday Sarah

Last but not least, we should wish Sarah a very Happy Birthday today. She got lots of calls and presents, and even had time for a glass of wine.


Oh...930 eggs today!!

New Vehicles

We got 2 new vehicles this week. A new F-350 to take over from my last one (we came ahead 21 model years, and didn't have heated seats in the old one!), and a new Ford Edge (heated seats too).

Victoria goes To Iqaluit, Nunavut

Sarah took Victoria to the Moncton airport last Tuesday, she is now up in Nunavut, with Brad, who is on leave from Afganistan. If he thought it was hot in Afganistan, he picked the right place to go. Stay tuned for pictures of Victoria & Brad with a polar bear.

Last Weekend

Gilbert & Stacy had their open barn last Friday night to show everyone their new barn. It looks great! I'll have to find a picture of it.

Tanya was down for the weekend with Emma, Madilyn & Sarah, and while they were here they did a little dance for us.

Two weeks ago

I had good intentions when I took these pictures two weeks ago, but you know how that goes. We got hammered with our first snow storm of the season that weekend. It is all gone now, but it was a good reminder to get the driveway markers in, and finish picking the junk up.