Friday, November 17, 2006

Christopher's Baptism

Last Sunday was the baptism of Christopher Michael Graf, my most recently born nephew (son of my brother, Peter and his wife Marcie).  We loaded everyone on a plane and traveled down to Raleigh, North Carolina for a three-day weekend including the big event.  In addition to being a lovely celebration for Christopher, it also was the closest thing to a family reunion in quite some time for the Graf-Hughes branch of the family.  Here are some pictures taken over the course of the weekend.    

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

A Great Day

So the Saints are 6-2, and now this, and even this!  Stunning.  There is hope.

Monday, November 6, 2006

Halloween 2006

Halloween 2006 in Mountain Lakes will be pretty hard to top.  The town closes off several streets in two different areas and tries to focus most of the trick or treating in those places.  This year, it was like a giant block party.  The weather was great and most people in the designated areas were sitting outside their houses, and many had set up pit stops where the adults could pick up some well-deserved refreshments.  Our kids held up very well, and we even managed not to lose any of our black-clad children in the darkness and crowds . . . well, at least we didn't lose anyone for more than five minutes or so.  Here are a few pictures. 

By Popular Demand

Some in the ranks of State of Nature devotees have expressed a desire to see more pictures of Lisa and information about what she's up to.  Here's a start.  This shot is from her adventure sewing a cover for a pad cut to fit a little nook in Nina's room.  The fabric threw off large quantities of fuzz, or some such, and as you can see, the stuff got literally everywhere.  For reasons I still don't understand, the finished product does not bleed fuzz everywhere.