Weekend in the Country

This weekend, we all headed up to New Lebanon, New York to spend some tima at the Hitchcock House B&B, in honor of Cindy’s visit to New York. The weekend was full of fun games and lots of food – and even a family musicale on Sunday night!

Picture of the Week

I can’t believe I almost forgot to post this! I’ve had a really busy week, apparantly!

This famous family picture was taken during a trip to Kevin and Lori’s house. We filmed one of our famous musicals in the basement, using bags of old clothes. Kara and Emily located these teal pants that apparantly my dad gave to Jordan and which Jordan used to wear in the snow (this was confirmed the next day when we were watching home movies). Anyway, as we were cleaning up all the clothes, I thought I heard Kara say something like, “Let’s make a fat man dummy and leave it on Jordan’s bed.” When I mentioned it, everyone liked the idea and we proceeded to create this new person on Jordan’s bed.

When Jordan came home with his girlfriend at the time, they headed into his room while we waited for the reaction. We later heard that Suzy had jumped at the sight of it, and Jordan admitted that he had thought it was his dad, as the shirt we used was Kevin’s “lawn mowing shirt.”

Picture of the Week

Joe, Pam and I are looking amazing, aren’t we?

This picture was taken in August 1993, when we all headed down to Disney World for a week or so. This was the morning that me, mom, Pam and Joe went to the Magic Kingdom an hour before it opened, leaving a sleeping Chris, Katherine and Lindsay behind. We spent a few hours there alone, trying on hats (apparantly) and going on rides without heinous lines. We were amazed just a few hours later to actually FIND Lindsay, Katherine and Chris in the crowd!

I must say: we did know how to dress back in ’93, didn’t we? And the fanny packs?? That’s a look that should NEVER have gone out of style. They’re fashionable AND convenient for carrying your most needed items (keys, wallet, etc). Perhaps one day it’ll be cool to wear the fanny pack again…

Bonjour!

I’m back from France and it was absolutely amazing. I stayed in Cannes in the South of France for 4 days and stayed in Paris for 3. Hopefully, I will be sending Pres. Bort photos soon if someone decides to email them to me anytime soon (I’m seriously getting frustrated. I want those damn pics!). Anyway, I’m sorry to say that summer is coming to an end. We should definitely take some pictures to add to the family website on labor day though.
Au revoir!

Our Gang

Stemming from a Christmas present to Katherine, the family formed the “Kip Gang.”

Lindsay

Katherine

Kelly

Joe

Grandma

Hmmm…. perhaps we need to come up with some better gang names.

Every family has one of these…

… a mystery relative, that is. This picture was found in the Roberts family archives and has provided great fun and mystery for everyone who has seen it. Though we know that he is a member of the family, so many questions remain. Who exactly is this strange, bathing-suit (or perhaps wrestling outfit) clad man, and just what is he dressed for?

A Day at the Aquarium

Today we headed for the New York Aquarium, making quite the group with Thomas Robert, Jack, and Vandana and Desmond (Lindsay’s baby-sitting charges) in tow. We had a nice time looking at all the fish, and the kids were particularly entertained by the walrus!

Dinosaur Adventures!

Today we headed to the Museum of Natural History to see the dinosaur bones and to see a special exhibit about Mythical Creatures. It was really interesting to see all the bones, and Thomas and Robert got to touch some fossils, both real and reproduced, including a velociraptor skull and an allosaurus hand.

The Mythical Creatures exhibit was really cool – it was full of information about the origins of dragons, mermaids, unicorns and more!

Tomorrow we’re going to Coney Island to the beach and, more importantly, the aquarium!

The Fishy Massacre

Today was Forbidden Pleasures Day at the Botanic Garden, so we all gathered for the big picnic! We had a lot of fun eating and exploring the gardens. The best part of the day, however, was when Thomas, Robert and Jack decided they wanted to feed the fish in the pond at the Japanese Garden. So we gathered up some hamburger and hot dog buns and headed over. We were not prepared for the “Fishy Massacre” that occured – the fish were in a frenzy over everything we threw in for them, and they were not alone – the ducks and turtles tried to get in on the action as well!

The fish fight for crumbs – while a ducks sits on top of them!

The fish in the middle was insanely huge compared to the rest, and Lindsay noted that it seemed to suction onto the other fish. However, it still managed to get lost in the shuffle!

Learning Something New

Did you know that apparantly it is the law that when you start working you have to get married? Well, it’s the law according to a six year old anyway!

I’m currently spending a week with Carol, James and the boys and today Carol and I took the twins to Wal-Mart with us. On the way home, we got into a discussion about my job and one of the twins announced that because I was working, I would need to get married, as “it’s the law.” I asked him what happened if I didn’t get married. He said I would have to quit my job. Then I asked who would buy things for me if I quit my job. He said, “You could buy them for yourself.”

So I kept it going with, “Well, where would I get all the money for this stuff?” His answer: “The post office!”

So… keep that in mind: 1.) It is the law to get married once you have a job and 2.) The post office is now giving money away, apparantly!