End of Summer Corn on the Cob

Dupree loves walking on the trail across the street, especially visiting the cornfield!! He's growing up so fast, now 5 months old. Debates continue as to whether he should be allowed on the furniture. Today, the ruling is "not allowed on the furniture". I'm sure tomorrow will be different.

Bagged 2 peaks September 26, 2009

Kate and I headed to Erin and Dougs on Friday for a short weekend in the ADKs. Erin, Doug, Maddie, Cooper, Kate and I left Glens Falls at 11am, started our ascent up Cascade at 12:50pm. We totally overdressed(per my suggestion-oops). The first mile was filled with multiple layers coming off, astonishment at how warm and sunny it was. We made it to the top of Cascade at 3pm for lunch. The views were amazing. After much deliberation, Doug, Kate and I decided to climb Porter as well. It was a muddy .7mile to that peak from cascade. Kate's blood sugar was in the 50's all day but that didn't stop her from bagging 2 peaks. Cascade was first peak for Doug, Maddie, Kate and Cooper. Third for Erin, second for me. Ended the day with dinner in Lake Placid. It was a tiring, muddy, hot, great day!

DUPREE

June 2009

Welcome our new baby Dupree-isn't he cute? Born April 26th at Kresland Kennel in Victor. Loving brother to many other cute pups.

Nicknames:
Dewey
Dewey Decimal
Little D
D-zel
Big Easy

Dew had a great summer learning his place in the fam. Introduced him to camping his first week-he was the hit at Roscoe 4th of July parade. Below, crossing his first river.

Cure4Kate 2009

Our team exploded this year. Kate and Brooke designed Cure4Kate tshirts and we had 40 made figuring to have a few left over. Over 50 friends showed up for the walk. It was a great day. We raised over $1100 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We truly believe scientists will find a cure for Kate-JDRF funds the majority of research done towards finding a cure. Join us for the 2010 walk and party in May.

Summer 2009

Oh what a summer.....New puppy, first trip to Orlando, camping in Western NY, Catskills and Adirondacks. Kate went to Camp Stella Maris for overnight camp for one week, Brooke enjoyed horse camp at Lehman Stables. Brian enjoyed golfing in Texas with high school buds. Erin, Doug and Maddie traveled to Rochester to visit with us. As usual, September hit before we knew it.

Back to School 2009

Wow, what a busy 2 weeks. Brian returned back to Charlotte September 1st for the start of another school year at Charlotte High School. He has a new position, new students, and renewed motivation for a good school year. When he's not teaching science, he's home with Brooke, Kate and Dupree after school managing homework, activities, doctor and dentist appointments. On the side, he continues to work on magnaclean and bringing it to market. It's been a slow process, but he has made a lot of progress...Look for it on the shelves soon!!

Brooke turned 11 September 6th and started middle school this year. She gets up at 6am to make the 7am bus! Craziness. Good news-she loves middle schoool and is apparently starving by 10am. We're continuing to try and find something that she can bring to school and will actually still taste good by the time lunch comes around. If you think of something good for lunch, let us know.

Kate started 4th grade and doesn't have too much to say about it!! Apparently, the "real" work has begun and not as much playing goes on. Favorite subject: RECESS. When not in school, she is cheerleading 4 days/week. 9 years old and totally committed to the team.

Me?? Well, I continue to work at URMC. Luckily, I have great colleagues that make the busy day lots of fun. Phrases this past week: Good times. Love it.