It's Been a While

Hi All,

So if you've been on the blog you've noticed the last entry is May 4. That is the day before our fire and well, we've not been very good at posting to the blog since then. Well it's about time we get back to it and a lot has gone down in the past 60 plus days. We've visited Lake Anna with Mark Rokala and Julie Eddy,

made a trip to Chagrin Falls to see Rob and Wendy.

 This past week we were in St Michaels for the Fourth of July celebrating Gary's birthday and our nations independence. We are hoping you'll all be part of our campaign to get Gary elected as St Michaels' parade grand puba. It was a pretty weak effort.

 Yep that was about it Uncle Sam, bagpipes and an old fire engine!  I expected more from"the town that fooled the British"!

 

The house is under repair and a significant amount of work has been done. We are still hopeful that we'll be home by Christmas. 

We'll try to do a better job of keeping you all in the loop here. Thanks for all the visits and support. Special thanks to the our families, our close friends the Rokala's, Mulvaney's, McGreevy's, Knight's, Pick's, Meaghan Slater, our professional families at the NALC and SPAWAR, and everyone else that has offered help, cooked a meal or just offered their   condolences and a story of how they got through a tough spot. 

We'll try to keep with this so you all know where we are in the house rebuild and how the kids are doing. We could do a totally separate blog on Graeme's hives, and with the next 11 Friday's off maybe I will!  

Happy summer,

Will, Jenn, Graeme, Claire and Harvey

Finally, Photos From Graeme's 2nd Birthday Party

Hey All,

Sorry this took so long but her are a few pictures from Graeme's 2nd birthday party here at Litte Alex.  Graeme had a blast as did all his friends as well as ours.  Thanks to everyone that came, helped or or sent a gift.  It was a really special afternoon.

The last few pictures are really cute Graeme play with his friends Henry Rokala and Juliette Knight

Best,
Will and Jenn

Graeme's Bolton Kit...Sort Of

Hey All,

Graeme continued to celebrate his birthday this past Friday by wearing his new outfit to school. I am convinced it is a Bolton Wanderers Home Kit!  Some of you may know that Dad and I are followers of the Bolton Wanderers, our English soccer team that was relegated to the Championship last year, but making a run down the stretch to get in the playoffs and hopefully back in the premiership!  Go Wanderers!!  Graeme loves to kick his ball in the back yard so who knows maybe one day he'll be taking to the pitch for his adopted English Football team!

Maybe my cousin Brett will see this and he can weigh in, sure looks like Graeme is ready to go!

Thanks Dad and Kath for a really fun little outfit.

Love you all,
WIll and Jenn

Oh My How The Time Flys, Graeme Turns Two

Friends and Family,

Oh my how time flies!  Graeme turned two yesterday hard to imagine.  He's such a great little boy, like all parents we really can't imagine our lives now without him and his sister.  Graeme has really started to blossom over the past few months.  His vocabulary is growing, he is putting words together, answers questions and loves to play outside!  Only recently he has begun to point to trucks and planes and exclaim Truck!!  or Plane!!  very fun to watch him grow and develop.  Here are some photos from last night as Graeme opened his presents.  Thanks to Janice, Gary, Bruce, Lynn, Poppa and Kath for his gifts.  He loves his new whiffle bat, bath toys, swim suits and Bob the Builder videos!  Thank you all very much.

Mom comes today so I know the gifts will keep on coming, then of course we have his party on Saturday.

Graeme is famously addicted to chips and gold fish, however evidence here also indicates his recent sleepless nights might be dur to his Sweet Tooth coming in!!

Thanks everyone for all the support and love for Graeme and Claire.

Love you all,

Jenn and Will

South Mountain Creamery Truck Makes It's Delivery

Hey Friends,

Just a quick note here because I forgot I had this photo.  As many of you know Jenn and I are big fans of South Mountain Creamery and Graeme loves his whole milk!

And they have a really cool truck!!

Best,

Will and Jenn

Delivering for America, Graeme's First Rally

Graeme was a huge hit at last Sunday's Delivering for America Rally at the Arlington Post Office.  He was joined by Margot, Tucker and Megs daughter.  Tucker was also celebrating his last official act with the NALC as he has decided to move on to AFGE the American Federation of Government Employees so we will be representing me now!

Best,
Will and Jenn

Riding His Bike

Just a quick video of Graeme riding his bike in the family room.  Enjoy, he loves riding around and show off for anyone that will watch.

Some more photos of Graeme taking it easy

Best,

Will and Jenn