baby it is COLD outside

....but these guys make it all worthwhile. Yes, we miss Key West, but the truth is that without family there it just wasn't worth it.
love you all- please post- leslie

 

Eli in Flashdance!

Ok, I'm definitely on a roll now, blogging up a veritable storm! This is a photo that Lois sent, maybe we all got it? (I have to say though that I'm extrememly impressed that I managed to get it off of the e-mail and onto the blog)
But would you look at that handsome boy! What a doll! Man, we have a good looking family!
This is a photo of Eli, who is in a production of Flashdance at his highschool. We all knew he was terribly talented.
Heads up Eva and Tom, maybe you can take a field trip to see him in the play.....I'm just sayin'.....

NOTE: I double entered some photos on the next blogs , but I couldn't figure out how to get them off without screwing the whole thing up, so pardon the doubles-
love ya lois en famille. Have a blast with the stardom Eli and keep it up, it's about time we had someone famous in this family! Get busy!

A big January hello from Leslie

I have totally fallen down on the job of keeping up with this blog....In fact Markel and I are living in Michigan, but we're still in semi-seclusion, except for Liz and the kids, as we continue to re-position ourselves up here.
I'm posting photos from the fall, Eva and Tom's visit, Christmas.
In the interim, my mother and Anthony, my nephew have had birthday's, New Years has come and gone, Carol had to post her own and Nolan's birthday greeting.
Not having a computer has cramped my style. I didn't realize that it it has been my social outlet.
We dragged my old desktop out of storage and I am having it cleaned up, bug wise. I hope it will be an inexpensive solution ot getting back online. I miss everyone. love you all- leslie

 

A January hello from leslie

Liz is sleeping, having just finished her three, twelve hour midnight shifts at the hospital (she works on the labor and delivery floor now), and so Markel and I are doing our weekly stint with Michael and Juniper, taking care of them so that Liz can sleep. I am grabbing a little time on the computer while Juniper and Markel play in the other room.
My computer is still not operating. Eva's Tom took it to his guy in New Hampshire and it is indeed fried (we had a spectacular thunderstorm in the Keys last summer and it got zapped right through the surge protector, which I have now learned doesn't always do the job).

It has been awful not having a computer. I grab a few quick minutes when I can, at Liz's.

In any case, I am posting pics that are long overdue, from last fall, Eva and Tom's visit, a visit with Marisa, my god-daughter, and Christmas time.
I hope we can get this blog thing rolling again.....love you all- leslie

 

leslie and markels new place in Michigan

Here we are, in our (not too) wintry home. It has been as mild here as it has everywhere else in the northeast.
The top photo shows our house and barn, which has been being re-roofed all fall and is still in progress. It just happens to be the oldest stone structure of it's kind in Ann Arbor, built in 1892.
We haven't really settled into it yet because of the work being done, but this spring, summer and fall it will be great and we will do our best to winterize it before next winter. Markel has had to do a lot of our work outside, a chilly contrast to the wonderful work conditions in Florida.
We know it's right to be here though and we'll get it all worked out. Everything takes longer than you think.
The other shots are the interior and our Christmas tree.
We live two blocks from downtown Ann Arbor, which is a wonderfully charming and thriving little city.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND NOLAN!!

And Merry Christmas to all, I promise I will have photos on this week!!

LOVE TO ALL AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

LOVE, CHRITMAS CAROL!! XXOO

Merry Christmas from all of us!!!

 

Christmas In NEw Hampshire

Hello everyone!!!

Just want to post and say HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!!! Tom and I had a great time in Ann Arbor, so hard to leave, but now we are back in Balmy coastal New Hampshire, 50 Degrees!! Crazy, and we are busy with work and holiday parties, but hope to be able to visit sometime again soon....

Love you all....

Eva

Night Launch of the Shuttle in Florida

This is without a doubt a spectacular sight. The photo does not do it justice. The light on the bottom is the streetlight on my street. The shuttle literally lit up the night sky. Something not to miss if you are ever here in Florida when there's a shuttle launch. 

The Mercers enjoying Thanksgiving!

Kerri, Fred, Allison and Evan - the Mercers enjoying Thanksgiving! We all ate too much and kept on eating for the next four days: turkey, ham, stringbean casserole, sweet potatoes, stuffing, apple pie (guess who made that one!) and pumpkin pie - Kerri the cook made a fab Pumpkin pie.
 

More Thanksgiving Weekend 2006

 

THANKSGIVING WEEKEND 2006

Pictures from Nana + Papa Jim, Love to all !!!!

 

Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 (cont)

 

Much, Much, Much Thankfulness!

We had a great visit.....Happy, Happy Thanksgiving!