Grampy

So, on October 2nd, it was discovered that my grandfather had died suddenly and unexpectedly in his sleep. I wanted to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for him. As some of you know, I grew up not really knowing my mom, for various reasons. I knew who she was, but never had a chance to meet her. I have a whole family out in Massachusettes that I recently just started a relationship with (including my mom). This is an awesome family....and a big family. Pictured below is just the Farrell cousins and Grandpa Pete and Grandma Patty. This is a man that really cared for his family. Before I even knew him, he journeyed out to my wedding (a 15 hour drive) just to meet me and congratulate me. This was our first meeting 5 years ago. Since then we have been making a yearly trek to Massachustetts to see our family. Grandpa Pete always opened his home and his heart to us and I felt that he had a deep love for me and my sisters. I am just very thankful to have known him, I just wish I had a little more time.

Grandpa Pete, you will be missed.

An Irish Blessing for you:

May the road rise with you, May the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your face, And rains fall soft upon your fields, And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollows of his hand.
In the kitchen Thanksgiving Day.

Grampy's house.

My cousins and me freezing our butts off for a family photo.

More updates

Hey Guys! Jon and I have been busy lately. We moved into a small house on the weekend of the 25th of Aug. We have spent lots of time trying to fix it up just how we want it. We have refinished a few pieces of furiture (mary's desk, a side table next to the couch, and our tv stand). Refinishing is lots of hard work. Our next project that we want to tackle is our dresser that we have the record player on in the living room. We are going to do it like the tv stand...glossy black. We still need to get a few chairs for the kitchen and a couple of bar stools, but other than that we won't be doing much till we can plant in the spring.

We have not purchased the house yet, but are renting it from a friend. By early spring we are suposed to make a decision on whether to buy it or not. So far we really like the house.

I have a big show coming up on the first weekend in Dec., so I have to get moving on that. I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet.

I should be giving more updates soon.

Later, Mary