Happy 4th Birthday ASHLEY!!!!

Our girl is turning 4!!! Happy birthday to Ashley!!!
We love you!

Happy Birthday Laurie!!!

A day late and a dollar short...

"Y"????? Because we LIKE YOU!!!

Happy Birthday, Laurie!
Hope your day yesterday was wonderful....and only the beginning of your best year ever as it unfolds before you....

We LOVE you!!!

Ashley's first dance recital

Here is our little super star dancer!

Happy Mother's Day!

Since I am the first one to experience mother's day here in NZ, let me be the first to wish all of our wonderful mothers, grandmother, aunts and great aunts a Happy Mothers' Day! And an extra special one to Kelly on her first ever mum's day!!!!

You're all a great bunch of gals...and quite good lookin' to boot...and have done a wonderful job raising some terriffic, interesting (to say the least children).

This quote is somewhat self-serving, but I think you'll understand the sentiments as it works both ways:
"She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children, but because of the friendship formed while raising them" (from "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Marquez).

Have a wonderful day and eat lots of pancakes (that seems like a mothers' day kind of food).

Cheers,
Meghan

Donate ?

Hey Everyone - I hate to take advantage of the blog, but you can always ignore this message and I'd never even know! My friend Jocelyn is walking in The Rock’ n ’Roll Marathon in San Diego, California along with the other members of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training program from New York City. If you are just out there waiting to make a donation you can click here: http://www.active.com/donate/tntnyc/tntnycJRussel

Thanks!

Tear it up, Taurus!

April 30 - Happy Birthday, Erin !!!!

Hope you have a great day and a Fabulo-TASTIC Year!

We love you, miss you and wish we got to see you every day.

Erin and Sean of yesteryear looking way too incredibly adorable...



Erin today with the same great smile still looking pretty...


ENJOY! Love,
Mom, Dad, Sean, Laurie and Brian

Stop Having Babies!!!

I would just like to request that all of you please stop having babies. There was a time when I was not only the cutest baby in the world, but also the baby of this family and, perhaps, the most cherished among us in grandma's eyes.

I would therefore appreciate it if you would all stop having children to usurp my position (ahem...Jean, Corrie, Kelly...and don't go getting any ideas, Laurie!). That is all.

Thank you for your time and consideration and if you can think of any ways to remedy this matter, do let us know.

Yours in New Zealand,
Meghan O'Neill Mahoney
PS: I hope you all know that I'm joking and I'm very happy for you and your children (though I am a bit miffed that Kelly did not follow my advice and name her daughter Meghan). Also, check out my own blog which has been recently updated. Love you all!

Happy Birthday Sean!

April 17th and One More for "Aries" -- Your horoscope says: You'll have a great day and you rock!
We love you. Love, Mom and Dad, Erin, Laurie and Brian.

The Young Professor ....


I can never pick just one photo ...

Everybody Party...

It's aunt Kathy's birthday!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kathy!

Happy Birthday Devin O. Mahoney!

Happy Birthday, Devin O'Neill Mahoney!!!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful son! Cherish this day, Devin for it is a celebration of YOU and the wonderous gift you are to us...and to the world.

It's sunny and warm here today....unlike the day of your birth which was snowing...for the third day following a blizzard! Of course...now you're warm in CA pursuing your dream!

"human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves..." Gabriel Garcia Marquez

You inspire in the way that you've chosen to nurture your passion...to reinvent and continually give birth to yourself to live your dream and in having the "courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are" e.e. cummings

We love you and we cherish the gift that you've been and continue to be in our lives.

Love,
Mom and Dad

Happy Birthday Papa Bull! April 1, 1918- July 17, 1976

Remembering Daddy on his birthday....oh and all of the times we teased him mercilessly about being born on April Fools Day!

Hard to imagine....what do you think he'd have been like at age 88?!

Happy Birthday, Dad....we love you!

Happy Birthday MB!!!!

A big Happy Birthday to MB on this beautiful spring day!!!!

Fair turnabout

Hi all,

This may be a day late and a dollar short...since they're feeling better each day...but since grandma's always praying for each and all of you (and the various intentions you bring to her attention for her powerful prayers) I thought it might be nice if each of you keep HER and Pete in your prayers....the colds they developed last week turned into pneumonia....they're on the mend now and feeling much better... but i'm sure will appreciate your prayers and well wishes....so keep them in your thoughts and prayers....and maybe even send them a little note to let them know you're doing so!
Thanks!

....and Happy Spring (I'd have put this in as a separate thought but Devin's imposed a one message limit on me!).

Love you all!
Kathy

La Fheile Padraig Shona Dhuit

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We had a great time at the parade.



Former Mayor Ed Koch.



An old guy pulls up his pants,



and another old guy watches.

I call it "old guy series #1". See "MOORE" pics at:

http://www.laurieandbrian.net/stpats.html

Laurie and Brian

Birthday Boy

Here are a few pics from the big 1 year old birthday party!

Hello From Cape Town!

Hello one and all. Thanks to everyone for your posts, it's really been great to keep up with the fam while I'm gone! Since I haven't posted here in a while I thought I'd pop my e-head in to say hello. Kelly, congrats on being preggers and stuff and I presume that the child will be named after me. Kevin, congrats on the wedding and stuff and I presume the bride will be named after me.

I am currently in Cape Town right now, playing hockey and soaking up the sunshin, which is quite a nice mix. The people and atmosphere here are terriffic and I'm truly enjoying myself. Now, it took me way too long to update my own blog and since I'm utterly lazy, I will just give you that link, rather than retyping it all. So go to www.meghanabroad.blogspot.com to learn about my recent goings on; there you will find such fascinating tales as my last weeks in Denmark, my trip to Italy, and my initial perspective of South Africa.

I'm sure you all miss me terribly, so good luck with that. Fortunately I'm always with myself so I never have to miss me, but I'm certain it must be very hard to deal with! ;)

Peace, love, puck,
Meghan

Clifton Park Shower

Hey, It was great to see everyone at Kelly's Shower this Saturday. Kelly, you look beautiful!

I wish I had taken more/better pics, you can view them all at:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=9AbNWzRs5csXi&notag=1
(Just click, "View Pictures")

Here are some good ones....

Disney

We had a fun time in Disney...these pics are the breakfast at Cinderella's castle. Sleeping Beauty gave Ryan a big smooch!

Kelly's Shower

On a much warmer day... I was delighted to attend Kelly and Peter's baby shower in Brooklyn.

Blizzard '06

Old news now, ... here's the Blizzard '06 photo. The apts. across the street.

will you kids quit clowning around

dateline February 17, 2006: Christopher turns 9 years old! Happy Birthday , Christopher!!!

Happy Birthday, Christopher!
Hope you're having a wonderful birthday that's as special as you are.....and that you're not 'blown away' by the gale force winds!

Hey everyone....click on the "comments" below and.leave your birthday greetings here!

Celebrate a wonderful Birthday for a wonderful young man!

I Have a Question

I am just curious, here, does Grandma and Aunt Pete actually check their email? I would like to correspond, but I am not sure if they actually are using the internet for real yet. Perhaps they could respond, or if anyone else can shed some light on this, that would be great!

Love Erin

denmark

The O'Neill Coat of Arms or crest

Kathy - Here's a question: I am confused about the crest posted on this blog. Is there more than one O'Neill crest? I found the one you have on the Internet referenced for the family O'Neall/O'Neill Genealogy.
However, prior to seeing this coat of arms I thought this one was THE ONE. This one can be found here:
http://www.allfamilycrests.com/n/oneill-family-crest-coat-of-arms.shtml

Discuss ...

Only a very good Grampy........

Only a very good grandfather would get his nails painted for the first time! Ashley got LOTS of nail polish from Santa and spent Christmas day trying to paint everyones nails. Uncle Kevin some how got out of it!

Even Kevin LOVES Kelly Clarkson

So glad I am able to be included in this blog and embarrass Kevin, I am sure he will be mad at me :) HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Rachel xoxo

New Year's Cali Style

The Cali crew had a good time (although we missed Devin, sorry, thought you were in NY)!! Chris and I went to Kev's for din-din, which was excellent by the way. Rachel apparently has a "famous"lasagna, and it was AMAZING! Gary and his new girl, who is very cute and nice, came over as well as Kev's brooklyn crew and rachel's bro. We all went to a house party and it was fun!!Good times, too much dancing to Kelly Clarkson, but it was cool.It's super nice here this week, although it rained a bit on New Year's Day.....hope the rest of the fam had a good time. Happy new Year!!

Erin (you can also call me EBo)

A smile from Transylvania

Happy Holidays and "I vant to suck your blood."

Happy New Year 2006!!! (click here for a fun New Year's surprise; especially for the kids)

For last year's words belong to last year's language
and next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.

~T.S. Eliot

Happy New Year 2006 to the O'Neill progeny and "adoptees" near and far!
Here's to all of the special moments of our lives...the endings and the beginnings; each part of the unique tapestry of our "tribe" (as Dean would say!).
May 2006 dawn with new possibilities and dreams realized....Slainte'!

How did everyone ring in the new year? Post a comment and let us all know how your celebrated New Year's Eve and New Year's Day....what resolutions, if any have you made for this new year? What are your hopes and goals and dreams for 2006???