various outings since our very long ago previous post...

baltimore, brooklyn, lauren & jeff's wedding, central park, ninja 09 (nine inch nails/jane's addiction) at jone's beach...here is a miscellaneous upload of what we've been up to in 09...

coming soon...melissa & sean's wedding in chicago! and off to visit family for july 4th...

zane patrick's day at the knitting factory march 14, 2009...

saturday we snuck out of work a little early to party with zane of three sheets and his tour de force, including jim the cop, steve mccenna and all the fans.

right away, zane cozied pleepleus the monkey into his pants. and steve sported the costume.
zane was tons of fun, of course.
me and "jim the cop", who boasts a terrible chugging time against zane and tonight, against fans!
craig beat "jim the cop" by landslides. nice.
our pleepleus jr's are affectionate. awww.
kristin double fistin'...
craig's "zane" pose...
now giving pleepleus jr. a sip of beer...
then biting pleep's head!
classic - me, zane, craig. we are having such fun!
so, this was way later in the afternoon. zane had been around entertaining, and wound up back on stage like this. and then there's steve, who looks like a zany dude.
zane being zane.
what a fun time. thanks, zane, for turning our weekend into a fantastic & fun time! three sheets!

february 2009 visit to reconnect with family and friends...

baby jake, the reason we headed to indiana for an extended weekend...

big brother brady hanging out in a laundry basket...
brady posed for quite a few photos for his doting auntie kristin...

b&w brado...

brady with mom in background...

craig cuddles with his new nephew jacob...

proud mama kara with jake...

i loved seeing the babies!

brady loves to "hold" his little brother...
friday night out with the guys - corey, craig and dustin.

corey and djay...

fiona and kristin...

fi and chris...
saturday the family held a 4th birthday party for lauren...
this is jake's hair after a bath, naturally...how stylish!
lauren and her birthday gifts...
erica, lauren, hannah and dave...
ben watches his son with cousin hannah...
matching sisters hannah and lauren...
hannah is intent on her 'fancy nancy' puzzle...
best friends!
grandma cuddles jake...
the bojda girls!...and jake.
kara and ben with their sweet sons...
ben and grandma watch as brady delights in lauren's birthday cake...
grandma helps hannah with the puzzle...
auntie kristin and her favorite girls!
indy crew reunion! brooke, fiona and diana...
this time making faces...!
me, fi, di and brooke...
again...

and again...

corey and brooke in famous "couple" shot!...so cute.
djay, chris, craig, corey, dustin...
twin frost bros...

di, chris and craig...
college buds...
djay and corey...
djay loves his wife...
...and he loves craig...

my family - craig, mom, brian and alaina...

and again...
brian and his wife...

we want to thank everyone for such a wonderful weekend. we miss our people while we live so far away, and we so appreciate the warm welcome we receive when we come home! thanks to all and we hope to see you again soon! xoxo