Carney Family Newsletter for December

Out with the old..... 

I am glad to see the back of 2018 and hope that 2019 will be a great year for everyone. I had the best Christmas! It was so nice having Amy, Takeshi, John and Allison here. We had a great Christmas eve with the cousins... missing Mikey and Sean though. We also had a pretty nice Christmas day meal courtesy of Uncle Bob down on the farm. Tim brought his friend Sara for dinner so it was a nice day. Just a note to thank everyone that helped with the meals, cleaning up, taking down all the xmas decorations and so on. Sorry about the two people that fell down the steps and sorry that there was no snow for Christmas.
Now, we have a lot to look forward to in 2019.....Sean going back to training, Mikey going to Italy in June, me taking my usual trip to SC in the spring and many other things. We are blessed.





Christmas 2018

 Mike and Twin's tree in Kansas....adorned by Twin's Santa collection

 Is that Santa I see?

 Another of Twin's Santa collections ;-)

 Amy's little tree in SC

  Tim's tree...the only live tree in the bunch

and my fabulous tree with all the Christmas morning presents.

Christmas Eve

Such a nice family photo....2/3 of my family together......missing the other 1/3

 Emma and Liam

 Allison and John

Allison with her Dad




In Royal Oak

Nice to see a picture of Emma in Michigan

Mikey

 Cute as ever...



At Brookgreen Gardens

Allison and Jacob




San Diego

 The resort that Mike and Twin stayed at when they went for Sean's graduation.

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 The Pacific

 MCRD

 graduation

 There is Sean, right in the middle with glasses

 Proud Mom and Dad

Christmas Past

Now let's move forward....start anew with love and forgiveness, hope and renewed energy .
See you next month!

Happy Holidays

Celebrating 2018

Carney Family Newsletter for November

Good things are happening.....

Well, the last day of the month and the newsletter is finally out. Had a reason for putting it off this long.....Sean's graduation from boot camp! See more below. We have had an early winter here in Michigan with snow almost everyday. Leaves are still on the old Oak and snow is on the ground. Kansas got hit as well last Sunday. This is global warming screwing with the weather. Lots of news this month so read on......

Happy Birthday Amy

 Wishing the best for Amy who celebrated her birthday with her whole family.

Ice cream cake!

Congratulations Sean !

 Today, Sean graduated from boot camp.......I'm so proud of him. I think that it was pretty hard but he did it! Mike, Twin and Mikey are out in California for the ceremony. Third generation Marine in the Carney family, Grandpa Joe, Mike and then Sean......plus Mom as well. What was the first thing that Sean wanted when they let him out....a Mountain Dew.

 I dare you to pick Sean out of this group.

 Proud parents

Mike and Twin relaxing in the California sun.

Sunset on the Pacific

Snow in Kansas

 Mikey shoveling and earning his way to Italy.

Halloween Revisited

 I had the best kids come to the door this Hallows Eve. ....about 70 of them. Great costumes like Gene Simmons here.

 Scary people in Kansas....

 and scary people in Pleasant Ridge

 Twitchcon

 John was in San Jose for Twitchcon....he had a great time, made new friends and got to meet some celebrities in the gaming world.

Meeting Up With Old Friends

That Matt Stein does get around....he met up with Tim in Kentucky and got together with Mike and Twin in Kansas city. The guys all went to school together.

Coming Soon.......

Christmas.......looking forward to Amy, Takeshi, John and Allison visiting for the holidays. Can't wait to see them all. In the meantime, Tim is going out to Kansas to visit Mike this week actually. So more news next month.
Santa Claus is coming to town.....

How tall are these people growing.....Emma is the shortest here but she towers over me, but then I'm shrinking.

Snow!!!