Thanksgiving 2008

We hosted 22 family members from my moms side! Thank goodness for a basement!
Early morning worries-Our turkeys heart was still frozen!

Dessert!

Happy Birthday Aunt Barbara! We are so thankful for YOU!

Mom was a great help! :-)

Wknd in DC!

Spent the weekend with Josh's college friends and their wives!

We stayed at Becca and Dan's house-lookin good you two with the new couch! :-)

Anniversary wknd in the city...

Here is the famous Christmas tree of the year! Getting ready for the official Lighting ceremony!

We stayed overnight in the city and ate at one of our favorite restaurants in Little Italy-we ate and ate... lots of yummy things to eat!

Class trip to the Pumpkin Farm!

All my little guys in the red shirts!
Cute baby goat!

It was a wonderful day. Warm,sunny and so pretty with all the leaves changing!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

#61 this year! We celebrated with good old-fashioned pasta sauce and tons of pasta!!
I love this picture of Grandpa and Grandma!
They look like they are having a serious conversation over wine. :-)

Hello Baby Nicholas!

Mommy Annie tries to take a bite as Nicholas looks on! Madi and her mommy look like twins.

Working Hard...

My sweet Josh has been working quite hard on a special entertainment unit he is making for his sister Becca and brother in-law Dan. This is their wedding present.. a few months late. :-)

We'll miss you Spunky!

Spunky passed away shortly after this picture was taken. He took one last swim in the family hot tub! Spunky held a special spot in the Gill's hearts and he left a special stain on our couch for us to remember the babysitting days when Mama and Papa were travelling.

We'll miss you Spunky! :-(

Happy Birthday Mom!

Celebrating Mom's Birthday with a trip up to their neck of the woods and a sunny bike ride.

Of course, we stopped at the Dairy Queen afterward. ;-)

Happy Birthday Grandma DelleDonne!

We had a Crab fest in honor of Gram's Birthday!

Yet another wedding....!

Several weeks ago we all travelled to Rehobath Beach,DE for cousin Tiffany's wedding!

It was a fancy one indeed! Josh & I took the Cape May ferry back to NJ(that's Josh above)
Celebrating our new brother in-laws' birthday at Cracker Barrel!

Dan,Becca and Liz getting down! :-)

The fireworks show put on during the reception!

The Whole Gill Fam!

Who let the bat in?!

These pictures are out of order... We'll do this backwards..

Josh let the bat go!
Josh trapped the bat!
Josh walking in to tell me about the bat!
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We have no idea how the little bugger got in,but it certainly gave us a scare AND.... quite a laugh. I was not much of a help as I could not stop cracking up from the flying bat in our house and taking pictures of course.... ;-)

Happy Birthday Josh! #32!!

French toast for a birthday breakfast at home!
Holiday Inn breakfast with the Fam. Josh was very excited to receive a subscription to one of his favorite woodworking magazines!
We LOVE you Josh!

Tina "N" Tony's Wedding in Johnstown,PA!

The fam met up in Johnstown,PA for cousin Tina's wedding. Our weekend was super busy with the wedding,family party the next day,trip to the Flood Museum and a car ride past Josh's grandparents home where his mom grew up. At night, everyone met up at the local Folk Festival and a ride on the Incline...
1st time up the steep Incline! The ride was quick as a whip!
Riding with the Extended Family! They all came in for the wedding as well.

Our table was serenaded during dinner...

Ocean Grove Vacation....

What a wonderful week in Ocean Grove!

Catching the free Billy Idol concert on the boardwalk

Schucking corn for dinner!

Our Little Friend...

This is my friend Jess and her little man Joshua. He is such a smiley little boy. Jess and I took him to Costco on this day and he took a nap on our big bed afterward. Such a little peanut!

Fly Fishin with the Fam!

We signed up for a family fly fishing lesson to celebrate

Marks' B-day. Please note we did not learn in the water.

The first lesson is all about the casting,then you get to move

to the water for the next lesson. ;-)

Josh getting a little instruction...
This is a barn near the Bed "n" Breakfast where our lesson took place.

The luxurious restroom!

Liquid Party on the Green!

Started out a bit rainy...

Then the sun came out! We ran the Hot Dog Stand (our life-long dream!)
Actually, it was a ton of fun!!!

Josh and his buddy Pete.

Me & my buddy Abby! She's connected to that Peter guy!;-)

Me & the Hot Dog Stand guy...

Dallas & Becki's Wedding!

Mr. and Mrs. Devries!

Josh and his boys from Renssalear.. A little reunion!

Kiss the bride... Dallas' dad performed the ceremony!

Mom & Mark looked dashing!