Christmas in New England

Hey CT is still in New England!! It's just southern New England!

We received about 8 inches of snow the day I arrived in CT. I took some pictures before church on Sunday. This is my home church in Milford CT.

City Hall reflected in the duck pond

Ducks Skating on Thin Ice.

The choir getting ready to practice in the sanctuary. Its gray not pink!

Visiting Friends and Family.

Ah...Pierre checking out the christmas village...honest I am not touching ANYTHING!!

Carrie and Jeff with their youngest boy.

Carrie and her youngest son.

Pierre taking a picture with his camera!! : ) That is what he told us!!

Hey, use your imagination!!!

Jen and I at our annual HS track get together.

Steph and Julie at the same get together!



Dad couldn't wait until after breakfast to give mom her new digital camera.


Does anyone have stockings still hanging on their mantel in the morning? Too heavy!

Christmas Day at my Aunts house with my cousins boys.

He can spell his entire name and address with a little help...but not much!

Debb and Dean learning the states

Memorial Hospital Christmas Party

While I was in Colorado after Thanksgiving and Before Christmas I managed to get back down to Colorado Springs for the work Christmas party! It was great to catch up with the group of people I worked with this Summer and Fall.

Wendy Carla and Billie

We stepped out side after the party to find our sleigh parked right where we left it!!


I can NOT believe the number of sports cars I saw in the 3 months that I was in Colorado springs....hmm...could it have something to do with the Airforce Academy and Military bases in town???

Toto, I am not in Kansas anymore!!

I might as well be!! Brush is in the plains of Colorado...yup look at a map. Everything east of the mountains is extremely flat and dry. Then there is Kansas! I have been listening to Agricultural reports on the local country station...which btw the music disappears when the local HS basketball or football teams are playing...just sports!!

I am pretty sure that this is Brush that I flew over as I landed in Denver after Thanksgiving! I am NOT kidding!!

So the soy future report is on at 5pm. The barndoor report is on at 6:15 pm and the agricultural minute update is on at 7am!! all on the local country music radio station!

This artist has done cartoons on windows in alot of the local towns...well the three that I am in within 60 miles of Brush...Those are the only 3 towns within 60 miles of Brush!!

There are just over 5000 people in Brush... How many people are in the New Trump tower in White plains?

http://www.brushcolo.com/community/history.htm
Apparently Brush has a history.. pioneers!!

The local HS mascots are the beet diggers!! Yup!! Can't use Indians as a mascot but no problem with the Beet diggers screaming and yelling!! (My college, Juniata is an Indian tribe name in PA and when I was there it went PC and changed the mascot to eagles..well blue and gold until they voted on a new one... got rid of the Totem Inn and called it Muddy run..cause people want to eat at a place called muddy run! ) In any case..not all of us were happy with the changes...the Yearbook remained the Alferata also an Indian name...

Back to Brush..hmm...some similarities with my college town now that I think of it.. Huntingdon PA was only 1000 people larger. (That is without including when college was in session or the inmates at the local prison)

Brush has a movie theater on main street that plays one movie at 730 pm and a free movie Saturday Afternoons for kids.

Main Street

I asked at my hotel if there were some good local places to eat and she pointed back towards the highway and said there is a McDonalds, Wendys and Pizza Hut!! Thanks... I have found a local dinner or two as well. I have some amusing stories from that already. : ) Small town! Apparently the minister owns half the block near the church, including the coffee house and diner..they bought out the pub and are turning it into a game room for the kids.

At least they Warn you!! Right before you see this next sign!!!

BRUSH!


In Colorado they post the elevation no the population...in some towns the elevation is higher!!

This is the road from the highway to the main street in town. The grain silos parallel the main street!!

This was the hotel parking lot two days after we received about 2 inches of snow!! It stayed below 30 so it never melted.. They don't believe in plowing snow out there!!

A few of the locals flew by on my way into Denver one day!! There are alot of local birds!!

Local Scenery

The Apartments on Carlas street

Home Sweet Home....for now... I am renting the HOUSE in the back. This is my driveway and I actually have that shed and the garage (that you can't see between the houses) LOVING it! My car doesn't know what to do in a warm garage!

My neighborhood in Brush

Actually my driveway is the second on the left.

I have to admit that I have seen some AMAZING sunrises and sunsets...now to take some photos!!

East Coast visit

So I got to visit most of you I think! I am really disappointed that I didn't make it out to LI! I have been trying to keep from getting a cold for about 2 weeks now. When I don't sleep well I can feel it coming on again. So I have a few pictures that I took while in town...

Mom Sang at Carnegie Hall!!

Dad had never been to M& M world!! Do you believe it?!!

tWe both got our hair cut for locks of love. Not at the same time...just recently.

Sue and Carla

Bowling for Turkeys!

Or is that Bowling with Turkeys?? My sister, cousins and I had fun at our second annual bowling for Turkeys. That would be 3 strikes in a row... you get a turkey... Ray 4 is a ham bone?? :) Suffice it to say there were lots of smiles and laughing with my family!! So glad you could come down for Thanksgiving!!

How do I begin to explain my family?

My sister Debb and my cousin Tom. No, they are not related!!!

Does this thing work? They gave us a broken lane!! Wait its a picture of Ray!! Someone wasn't paying attention to all the cameras!!

What is that big red thing on my back?

Maybe it's the same thing Carla has in her hand!!!

I'm drivin in my caw, I turn on the radio......

My cousin Rich and his wife Froso

Da boys.... hey where is Ray??

Da Girls

Da Cuz!

Tom and Carla...Tom likes to pose for pictures.

Debb contemplates why Ray does not like posing for pictures. (That is Ray turning away!)

THE END IS NEAR!!! Oh just the prepaid limit near...

Hey Wait, are they all smiling normal?

This pretty much sums it up!!

This is what you get when you don't pose!!

Do my feet smell or do I hate my sister for taking this picture?

or Does this sum it up?

This is Ray not posing for a picture....little does he know I have the video on!!! Debb and I find it amusing... but apparently we find Air amusing!!! : )