HappyThanksgiving

We just celebrated Thanksgiving with our 2 families: on Wednesday we spent the evening with Alan's family in Columbus at his sister Paula's home. We got to see family we only see once a year, including Alan's Aunt Charlotte, who now lives in Wisconsin. She is Clark's older sister. We also got to see Clark (Alan's dad) and both of his sisters and their kids. The food was great and the company was even finer. On Thursday the boys and I went to PA to celebrate another Thanksgiving meal with my family at my cousin Denise's house. We also got to see once-a-year family. We'd see them more if we were able to get to PA for Christmas Day as well as the June family reunion. It just seems like it doesn't get to work out. By the time we got to PA my camera's batteries ran out, so I have no pictures. Shout out to any family who took pics...please send me pictures from Thanksgiving!

While in Pittsburgh we saw "Enchanted" (cute movie..highly recommended: Patrick Dempsey is so HOT!), put up Mom's Christmas decorations, ate at Primanti's and watched Wild Hogs (another funny movie.) I got to spend some time with my brothers and sister Madonna. Colin got to hang out with Zack for 2 days. He had a great time.

So now we're home back to real life and 4 weeks of school before Christmas.

Photo Shoot

We had our family picture taken the other day. We had them done by my friend, Della, who is an amateur photographer. She took a lot of pictures, and one (or two) will be picked for the Christmas card. This picture shows the real Colin and Ben.
Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Rounding Third and Heading for Home (to Heaven)

Joseph Henry Nuxhall (July 30, 1928 – November 15, 2007) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He compiled a career ERA of 3.90 and a record of 135-117 during his 16-season career. Long known as "The Ol' Lefthander," Nuxhall is most often remembered for having been the youngest player ever to appear in a major league game during the modern era, pitching 2/3 of an inning for the Cincinnati Reds on June 10, 1944, at the age of 15 years, 10 months, and 11 days. After retiring as a player, he became a broadcaster for the Reds. Nuxhall died on November 15, 2007 after a long bout with cancer.

That's his obit from from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joe Nuxhall was very popular since he is from the Fairfield/Hamilton area. He was also very involved in the Joe Nuxhall Character Education Fund with Sean Casey and his son, Kim. He will be missed. Flags are flying half-mast all around town.

Happy Birthday, Grammie Annie

My gramma turned 94 on Friday. Unfortunately I wasn't able to celebrate it with her, but I'll be able to see her in 1 1/2 weeks for Thanksgiving. Geez, I hope I have her longevity gene. Her mother lived to 96! Happy Birthday, Gram!