The Kids in Cape Cod

Savannah's Graduation

Our grand daughter Savannah graduated from Saratoga High on June 25. The time is going by so fast, now we have 2 grand children out in the work force and 1 on her way to college. Watching them grow into fine young adults has been fun.

Zack is ten (and Darby too)!

My boy is ten! I cannot believe that Zack is in double digits (happy belated birthday to Darby as well). Zack didn't want a kid party this year and instead requested a trip to NYC for the weekend (I'm thinking a party would have been cheaper;) We went a couple of weekends ago and had an absolutely wonderful time. The boys had a ball and Zack had birthday wishes scrolling across the marque at ESPN Zone, which completely thrilled him. We did have cake before we left and here is a shot of the kids, as well as Zachary celebrating with his sister. It is a blessing that our families have found each other, and I look forward to their relationship evolving as years pass. The Ryan's are such a big family already, what's four more right?

Kara's First Communion

Kara had a beautiful day for her First Communion. The ceremony was beautiful. Then it was on to the Brunswick Community Center, a great place to have a party. The young cousins all played outside and all the Film family and friends had a great time catching up on things. It was great to see everybody.

This is legal notice . . .

that the first party, Susan Ryan, is filing a law suit against the second party, Timothy T. Ryan, whereas the first party received an injury when falling on the property of the second party, etc.

See picture below:

Samantha'

Kara's First Communion

I posted a slideshow of Kara's First Communion on my grandchildren's blog. The link is listed on the right side of this blog. Click over and take a look.

By the way, Timmy, Ginny, Kenny and I just arrived in Dearfield. Please pray we all stay healthy. That would be a first!!!!

Cameron's First Visit to Uncle Eric

Here are some Pics from Cameron's first visit to Uncle Eric

I've Finally Made It

Hi Everyone,

It's Aunt Sue and I've finally made it onto this blog(I hope). I enjoy reading everyone's messages and pictures and hopefully, will be posting some of my own very soon.

What Do You Think?

I have to print this out and hang it in my kitchen. And, to boot, I even had a new kitchen put in. When we sell the house, I can advertise it with "Kitchen like new!"

Our Mom

Here is a layout I did of Mom. It came out pretty good. I had to do a lot of work on the picture. I hope you all enjoy it. I know your thoughts were with her, as were mine. We were so blessed to have her for our Mom.

Spring Has Sprung

Spring has arrived in Speigletown, New York. The grass is green. The hyacinth, daffadils, forsythia and weeping cherry tree are all in bloom. You can see buds on all the trees, shrubs and the lilac bush. This is my favorite time of year. I even enjoy the chirping of the birds waking me up. These are all signs the best is yet to come.

Pictures of My Grandchildren

Shelley has a new post on her family blog. There are great pictures of the boys. I have also added a slideshow of Easter to my grandchildren's blog. Check them out when you get a chance.

All you family members, please share pictures of your kids. We love to see them. Hope everyone had a great Easter.

Samantha's Spring Break with Grampa and Gramma

This year for her spring break Samantha visited us in Fl. We had a great time with her and I'm sure she did the same. We are looking forward to going out to Ca in May for her graduation.

Update on the Valiquette kids

Michael and Allison are doing well at Shenendehowa and Siena. Along with Michael winning the Karigon logo his name is going to be on a book cover, I'll explain. Several years ago there was a lady that was in an abusive relationship and her husband eventually beat her to death. Although that is very sad the best friend of the lady wrote a book about it. She conducted a national search for the book cover and Michael submitted a photo that won. So the short of it is that his picture will be the book cover. He gets to go to Minnesota for the book signing and he is very excited about that. His track coach told him he will most likely get a division 1 scholarship for track so we are hoping the combination of track & field and his knack for graphic design will get him into a good college. Allison is doing very well at Siena. So far this semester she has straight A's. Hopefully that will get her into Notre Dame for law school with no problems. She moved into a dorm room and that took some time getting used to. To summarize, both kids are very smart and doing well. Thank god they don't take after their father.
Love to all
Joe Val

A song Kara learned at school

Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a heater, accidentally turned it on and burnt his little weiner!! Sang by my 8 year old, with bright mischevious eyes at bed time. Perfect time of day to mention that singing about weiners at school is not super duper appropriate. Just thought I'd share......
Love, Kristen

Our Trip Down Memory Lane

Forty-one years ago this coming September, Ken and I were married and spent our honey moon in Miami, Florida. We stayed at the Sherry Frontenac Hotel for a week. While here in Deerfield, we decided to visit Miami and see what the Sherry Frontenac looked like now. Seeing the building was disappointing, but going into the lobby brought back lots of wonderful memories. The pool area didn't look the same to me, but Ken said it did to him. It was fun reminiscing. The Sherry Frontenac is not a place I would stay at now, but seeing it again was well worth the trip.

Ryan Family Vacation

The best part of our trip to Florida had to be seeing everyone - we never saw that many Ryan's when we were in NY! Thanks to everyone that got together at Uncle Chucky's and Aunt Susie's on such short notice! Although it was a short visit it was great to see everyone and yes, both kids were fast asleep before we got to the hotel and stayed asleep until morning even after that can of soda! Of course as you've seen we also had a great time watching Ryan, Kaitlyn and Carrick enjoy a day at Disney World - it's a good thing all the kids like the Haunted Mansion. Enjoy the pictures and thanks again to everyone for making the trip even more worthwhile.

Shawn, Jen, Kaitlyn and Carrick