Carney Family Newsletter for November

 

I'm giving thanks to all of you who have helped me out this past year. You have made my life a lot easier and I appreciate you all so much! I am grateful and thankful.

As I'm putting together this newsletter, Takeshi and Allison are in Japan. Pictures are already rolling in. I can't wait to share them all with you in next month's newsletter. Tim and Kim recently traveled to Europe....Germany and Belgium. Following this blog you will find some great photos so keep on scrolling. They had a great time and I will hear all about it when I have dinner with them Saturday.

I am all decorated for Christmas.....everything came out of one bin, so decorations are minimal. Please send me your holiday decor and of course, Christmas pictures. We have already had two snow falls and it sure does get one in the holiday spirit. 

On to the news........................

Happy Birthday Amy

Sending birthday wishes your way, Amy

A very happy birthday to Mary Ann....November 25th , happy, happy!

Remembering Grandpa Joe who also had a November birthday

Thanksgiving

Embassy Duty

Well, this picture could have been taken anywhere but, in fact, it is Sean on embassy duty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We will all be thinking of you, Sean during this holiday season.

A Wedding Date

Arr Matey

Pirateland's Trivia team....yes they are called Arr Matey...lol.  Amy far right

Lunch at Big Boys

Our obligatory photo with Big Boy 

Out of Town Visitors

Mikey and gaming friends

Ripley's 

Amy's birthday celebration at Ripley's Believe it or Not miniature golf

The golfers 

Pet Shenanigans 

Ginger's place at the table

Suki's new socks

Suki...another fluffy pillow!

Archives

An 80's flashback

Time to get on my fluffy pink robe and hibernate for the winter....will be waiting for all the news and photos for next month!

Germany and Beyond

 

Frankfurt

Video link

https://youtu.be/5XuJzJTTmGQ?feature=shared

Kim planned this trip around the New England Patriots game in Frankfurt. Here, Tim and Kim pictured with her son Matt.

I think that I have gotten the pictures a little out of order but they traveled from Frankfurt to Heidelberg and then on to Brussels visiting Bruges and  Ghent. Amsterdam was a train ride away and unfortunately, I lost some of the Amsterdam photos of the red light district but you can see some of that in the video.

This is what happens when you cause trouble in Belgium.

Ghent....view from hotel room

Amsterdam 

Perfect end to a perfect trip.Where to next guys?

Be sure to click on the link at the top of the page which will take you to Youtube and a great video that Tim put together of their trip!

Carney Family Newsletter for October

 

I hope that you all had fun handing out candy to all the kiddies. It's a cold Halloween here with a few snow flurries. I really enjoyed having Amy, Allison and Jacob here and have so many pictures that I added a new post after this newsletter so be sure to check it out.

Happy Birthday Allison

Wishing you a very Happy birthday from us all!

Allison's Birthday dinner

Apple Orchard

Emma and Christian at a pumpkin patch

Anime

John and friends at an Anime event in Atlanta

Joe

Look, I got a postcard from Joe Biden

Here's to You.....

The Capitol

What a beautiful picture of the Capitol building with the moon behind it. It's hard to believe the goings on inside and even more hard to fathom is the January 6th inserection.

Saying goodbye

Archives

When I was in high school it was cool to belong to a club. Our club was called the Bop Teens. I know it sounds silly but the bop was a popular dance then and we named ourselves after it. We had meetings and did things together. One summer we rented a cottage at Lake Milton. Nancy's Mom was chaparon. We had a great time and Gail met her husband there (on the beach). From left is Marion, Nancy, Marlene, Gail, Rebecca, me, and my best friend Kay. Picture was taken by my Uncle Tom about 64 years ago. 

Be sure to keep scrolling to check out the post below and see you next month!

Happy to have you!

 I loved having Amy, Allison and Jacob here to visit! I can't thank them enough for all the help, all the hard work plus just making my life a lot easier for a week. Of course it was not all work and no play. Take a look at all the photos to see what they did while they were here. A lot was squeezed into one week. The photos do not include all the trips to the river to see the Great Lake freighters at night, trips to the Dairy Queen, walks around the neighborhood in the evening, the drive to visit old haunts, the cemetery, Motown Museum and all the great meals....thank you Jacob for the great encilatis and Takeshi for sending curry. Love you guys!

Work

Amy putting together my little cabinet.

Cleaning the basement

Cleaning out the cubby...this is some of the trash that was thrown away and some was also donated to Salvation Army

Tackling the beast

Eradicating the vine that we thought we did last year and the year before

Fun

Dinner with Tim and Kim

Dinner at Ford Garage

Red wings Game

Halloween at Greenfield Village

Cider Mill.....oh, those donuts!

Downtown with a ride on the People Mover and the Q line and lunch at the Grand Trunk Pub

At hart Plaza and the River Walk

Jacob got to see Canada across the river

Lower Huron Metropark

Goodbye Amy

I miss you already