Thanksgiving 2007

Some photos from Thanksgiving and the long weekend. We had dinner with Kim's sister's family. Jim and Ellie were there along with Kim's parents, Kim's sister's in-laws, siblings on both sides, and all the kids.

At one point, Henry went into the kitchen and from the fridge covered in dozens and dozens of photos and magnets, pulled a wallet photo off the collage on the side of the fridge and proclaimed it to be Sam. It was Henry's hospital baby photo!

The family dog Chase is begging Joni for a morsel in the first pic.


Our hosts, Michelle and Angelo


Joni finally gets to eat after feeding Sam


Sisters Giovanna and Lena


Carmela and Sam


Sam and Ellie - I recall those warnings about food safety: Always make sure your cook your turkey well or you could get Sam & Ellie poisoning.


Arthur, Kim's father

Some photos from the weekend. We started repainting the living room, entry, stairway, and upstairs hall. One wall had already been painted red in this series. We primed with gray-tint and blue-tint primers.

Day 1:




Day 2:




I had yesterday (Thursday Nov 29th) off, using up a couple of vacation days before the end of the year. I painted the the front window in the living room with a brighter trim paint. Also painted the molding around the sliding door.

All of the wood trim including the ceiling molding, baseboard, and mantel will be painted white. Our goal is to have everything finished before Christmas eve.

Sam's first sclerotherapy procedure is scheduled for January 2nd, (it had been the 10th but the surgeon's office changed the schedule). Henry has been running a fever on and off for a couple days. He was fever free yesterday, but he still seems a bit punk at times and grouchy at other times.