New House

Tomorrow, we anticipate signing the papers for our new house where we hope to stay for a LONG time, unlike the last one. This is the front (obviously). All the other pictures we have have the previous owners' stuff in them, so we'll have to wait to post pictures of what it looks like when we live in it- empty most likely! We have very little to put in the basement where 2 of the bedrooms are.

Cookie Surgery

If burning cookies is genetic, I got the gene. If burning cookies is environmental, well, talk to my mom. Here Steve performs surgery to try to save the burnt cookes from the garbage disposal. He was moderately successful, and people were polite and said they didn't taste burnt.

Nothing to blog

We need to download some more pictures. This is Daru in the kitchen.

Woodpecker

I have seen a few of these guys lately- I am not sure if it is a hairy or downy woodpecker.....any ornithologists want to guess?

Go Sox!

Doug's cousin was the ring bearer for the wedding and I was a bit worried since Nicholas is one of the shyest kids I have ever met. In the rehearsal, his mom had to walk him all the way down the aisle, but on the wedding day he was brave! Or at least the bribe worked and he made it down by himself, and then he didn't even want to go sit with his family during the service =).

Blast from the past

Doug was in his cousin Jon's wedding (I have no good pictures of the bride and groom- sorry Jon and Caroline), and as he was getting ready, this guy walked by and I was like,"Is that Jared?" Yes it was Jared Becker, class of 2000 Houghton College. He did the sound for the wedding- I guess Western NY is a small world....

Seven Swans a-swimming

Okay, I think there was only one swan a-swimming....but it looked like a swan in the ocean which was a little weird. It is actually just a swan in Lake Ontario.

Alexis Bledel Look-Alike Contest

Doug and I saw some pictures of Dawn recently and thought she looked like Alexis Bledel. When I told Dawn this, she said she thought that our cousin Cindy looked like her more. Obviously my pictures are not ideal, but feel free to vote....

Aunt Dee Visits

Deanna flew in from Russia for a few days last week and enjoyed time in American stores and seeing Matthew. They shared some tickle times- Aunt Dee loves to tickle!- just like Deanna used to with Doug. As an older sister, she once tickled Doug until he got hives, so she is an expert!

The Skywalk

Houghton recently added a 3rd story to their library for the religion and philosophy department and then built a skywalk between it and NAB (aka the Chamberlain Center). Some of us felt this was a bit over the top since we had to walk through the elements when we were in college- uphill both ways of course and it was always snowing....Science people still have to walk outside to get anywhere.

President Mullen

Doug and I attended the inauguration of Dr. Shirley Mullen as president of Houghton College way back at the beginning of October. It was a fun day seeing professors and a few Houghtonites our age....Of course the chocolate fountain made everything better! Andrew, a photo of the infamous/famous skywalk will follow.