November 27 - Sad Thanksgiving for our family

We had a very sad Thanksgiving Day this year. My brother Larry passed away in the morning at Nashoba Valley Medical Center of a heart attack. Poor Larry...he always had great stories to tell us about his jobs in the movies as an "extra". He was especially proud of Clinton on his wedding day.

Here are 4 generations on Easter Sunday. He was so happy to be a "grandpa" to little Ivy Jane.

Here we are at Clinton and Stacey's lovely June 2007 wedding.

I always loved this photograph at Bob and Deb's wedding...looks like most of the family was able to be at their wedding.

Wesley sent over a poem from Ireland that he wrote on Thanksgiving for Larry....Thanks Wes...

"To my uncle Larry, I will miss you, you may never know,
I loved your movie tales of enchantment and fantasy,
Telling stories about your parts within a movie show,
I only wish you had it longer with your loved ones to see,
Your beloved ones fully bloom and flourish,
With Clinton and Stacey I could only imagine how proud you were,
With their first born, little Ivy so much to cherish,
There must have been so many things you adorned about her,
Clinton- I wish I could have known Janet, your mother,
A beautiful and caring woman, from all of the stories that I hear,
But I believe they are both watching down from heaven afar,
Reunited after a long many years,
I am sorry I cannot be there at this time of family grief,
I extend my sympathy and we must remember in God to believe.
Love Wes

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We are having a wake at J.A.Healy Sons Funeral Home in Westford from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday and and mass will be at St. Catherine's on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
J.A. Healy Sons Funeral Home
57 North Main Street
Westford, Massachusetts 01886
978-692-6502
http://www.healyfuneralhome.com/

Love you Larry!!! Wish we could have a few more of your stories today.

November 15 and 16 - Rachel Helen Grene turns 11 years old....Fun birthday party in Ireland..page 2.

Here's Rocky helping himself to the snacks.... Swimming in the pool.....Rachel is the first on the right....

Playing games.....

November 15 and 16 - Rachel Helen Grene turns 11 years old....Fun birthday party in Ireland...

Here are photographs Jape sent over today....Here's the birthday girl with all her birthday party gals at Mass on Sunday morning...

Gettin ready for bed....

Party time....

Breakfast in the morning....

After swimming in the pool....

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...Lawn photograph....

Kathy grabbed this quick photograph in the famous Wagon with the Pops!!!!

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...Saying goodbye....

Lincoln kissing Abby goodbye....

Bye cousin Abby.....

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...train set playtime...

Two tongues are better than one.....

Lance is so "intense" with the train set....

He really plans his trips with the train....

Silly face watching his train go up hill....

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...Ziti supper....

They love sitting on the table and chairs.....

Lincoln makes the silliest faces....

This is Lance smiling for the camera....

Lance kissing his Mom....

I love my Mom....

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...kids playing

I've been trying to get close ups of the kids with their different expressions...Lance was in deep thought trying to figure out another way to set up the train set....

Pepe' was fooling around with Lance and he threw his favorite "dump truck" out in the rain...Lance was so mad...he had to take it in for a "shower"....

I love the look on Brian's face here....he's playing with Lance....

Lincoln loves his Mom....

Carrie had been traveling all week to Philadelphia...so she was glad to be home with her littler daughter this weekend....

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...Country store with Jean and heading home

Here they are heading home "up Thomas Drive"...

No trip to the playground is complete without a stop at Bill's store....Jean was there Sunday....so everyone got some "pops".....

Photo of Carrie taking Abby and Kathy's photograph.....

Abby is looking at her Mom like "you're nuts".....

Tighe helped Lincoln learn how to "rope climb"....

November 15 and 16 - Random photographs...playground....

Poor Abby did not like the blow dryer....

Abby and Lincoln "climbing" down the stairs at the playground...

Lincoln was climbing up and down the chair with Tighe's help....

November 15 and 16 - Abby gets her first haircut...

Here's Lincoln looking like Kenny Chesney!!!

Poor Brian...he pulled/sprained his ankle last week so Kathy has been pulled back into her old Athletic Trainer Job as she tapes him up. The kids just want to wrestle and play with Dad!!!

Poor Abby....Carrie gave her a little haircut/trim...all was well until Carrie tried to blow dry her hair...she screamed "hot-hot".....poor little girly!!! Carrie gave her a cute little haircut....

Everytime she sees the boys, she asks for "Brian"? She loves the guys....she sat on Brian's lap hugging and kissing him.....she's a "charmer".....

November 15 and 16 - Cute videos from the weekend....page 3

Here is another cute video...Carrie was teaching Abby how to "rope climb"...and she was nagging "Lincoln...stop"....since he was at the top holding on to "her" rope!!! She just loves playing with her cousins and she just loves saying the names Lincoln and Lance!!!

November 15 and 16 - Cute videos from the weekend....page 2

Here is Brian with Lincoln.....Brian loves fooling with the boys!!! It will soon be Brian's busy "wrestling" season. They came up this weekend to visit/hang out and help Stacey and Joel get ready to "move" to Brookline.

November 15 and 16 - Cute videos from the weekend....

Here is Brian playing with Lance....it was fun listening to Lance laugh so much.....

Flashback to October 25 - Lincoln's Birthday - photograph with my daughters...

I "nagged" Tighe and my girls to get in a photograph....I could not decide if I liked the B&W or the Color one...so you get to see both....

Notice how I 'Hide" behind my two "thin" daughters!!! Thanks Tighe for taking the photographs!!!

October 31 - Hallowe'en 2008 - Boys from Bristol

Kathy sent these adorable photographs from Hallowe'en....Lincoln as Superman and "Superdad"...

Lance is "of course" Thomas the Train Engineer....

The Boys from Bristol....

With Mr. Anderson...one of their neighbors and a "fan" of these two guys!!!

November 11 - Veteran's Day with Miss Abby....

Of course, Abby wanted to go to the playground in the wagon today.....it's getting very brisk out but it is a lovely "gorgeous" Fall day....

She's so proud of herself...she can go up and down with no help.....

Concentration!!!

Love this one - it's my favorite!!! She says "picture" since she knows I'm there to take photographs!!!!