Happy 34th Wedding Anniversary Kathy and Kevin!

Happy Mother's Day!

A belated wish for a happy mother's day to all the Moms!
xoxoxo

Happy Birthday Erin!

Enjoy it! Happy Birthday Erin!

XOXOXO

Happy Belated Birthday

Hey Sean - Happy Birthday!

And Congratulations on the presentation you delivered at your first seminar. .. and on being able to continue your research work now that funding has come through for the project! Love, All of us

XOXOX

changes and reminders

Hey everyone, Don't know if this applies to you, but I've been having trouble making posts maybe because I am lazy and don't like to pay attention
:) I guess Google has "taken over" blogger because I can no longer sign in with my old blogger user name, now I sign in with my Gmail account. You can click around and bring your old sign-on over to gmail ... Reminder to myself: You will sign in to New Blogger with your Google Account email address, from now on.

Belated Happy April Birthdays!

On April 9th, Devin "I'm the handsomest" Mahoney turned... wait for it... drum roll please...

28 years old! Happy birthday handsome!

On April 15th, Aunt "I'm not your Aunt I'm your Mom" Kathy turned a forever young 34! Oh Aunt Kathy, Hope you enjoyed it!

Happy Wedding.....9 months later!

Congrats to the newlyweds who will be moving into their very OWN place this weekend!

Happy 1st Birthday Sue!

our very own Stars of the Stage and Screen!

Congratulations to Christopher (front and center in the picture on the left) on his Stage Debut this week in The Music Man Jr. ..."break a leg", Christopher!

AND

Rachel is Co-Producer on the new Adam Sandler movie, ReignOverMe opening this weekend! Congratulations, Rachel...big buzz in the media about the movie! Go see it this weekend, everyone!

Beauties!!!

The Next Generation

Intrepid

This was somewhat exciting ... the Intrepid as seen from our 35th floor office as it is tugged down the Hudson to Bayonne.

Happy Birthday Meghan O. Mahoney!!!

Hey Meghan
Hope you have a GREAT day and a WONDERFUL year!!!!!!

Love you,

Aunt Maureen

Happy Anniversary Suzie and Al!!

Happy Anniversary to you both....can't believe it has been 11 years!
Time flies when you are having fun!
Have a great day!
Love,
Corrie, Glen, Ashley and Ryan

Smile...Christmas is less that 7 weeks away!

Happy Anniversary Jeanne and Chris!

"Love is patient, love is kind..."

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Birthday (+1) Maureen!

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy". Thich Nhat Hahn

You've been flashing those dimples and that smile since you were a wee lass....providing the source of much of our family joy with your sweet smile...keep on smilin' and may all of the joy that you give to others come back to you tenfold....

Happy Birthday!!

We love you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG LOVER!!! (aka Aunt Maureen)

Hope you have a great birthday Aunt Maureen!!!!
Love,
Corrie, Glen, Ashley and Ryan

Oíche Shamhna!

Our Jack O'Lantern and ... some history on Hallowe'en I just learned ...

Halloween originated among the Celts in Ireland as the Pagan Celtic harvest festival, Samhain (means November). Halloween is most popular in Ireland, also known in Irish Gaelic as "Oíche Shamhna" or "Samhain Night". The Celts celebrated Halloween as Samhain, "End of Summer," a pastoral and agricultural fire festival or feast marking the end of the harvest, and when the dead revisited the mortal world; large communal bonfires would be lit to ward off evil spirits. In Ireland they continued to practice their deep-rooted, ancient pagan rites well after the arrival of Christianity in the middle of the sixth century.

The holiday was a day of religious festivities in various northern European Pagan traditions, until Pope Gregory III moved the old Christian feast of All Saints Day to November 1 to give Halloween a Christian interpretation. Many European cultural traditions hold that Halloween is one of the liminal times of the year when the spiritual world can make contact with the physical world and when magic is most potent. (Halloween is also called Pooky Night in some parts of Ireland, presumably named after the púca, a mischievous spirit.)

On Halloween night in present-day Ireland, adults and children dress up as creatures from the underworld (ghosts, ghouls, zombies, witches, goblins), light bonfires, and (especially in Derry and Dublin) enjoy spectacular fireworks displays. The children walk around knocking on the doors of neighbours, in order to gather fruit, nuts, and sweets for the Halloween festival. Salt was once sprinkled in the hair of the children to protect against evil spirits. The houses are decorated by carving pumpkins or turnips into scary faces and other decorations. The traditional Halloween cake in Ireland is the barnbrack which is a fruit bread. Each member of the family gets a slice. Great interest is taken in the outcome as there is a piece of rag, a coin and a ring in each cake. If you get the rag then your financial future is doubtful. If you get the coin then you can look forward to a prosperous year. Getting the ring is a sure sign of impending romance or continued happiness. Here's to getting a coin or ring!

Happy Birthday Kelly Liz!!!

Happy Birthday Kelly Liz!!!
This should have gone up yesterday (sorry)! Thank you so very much for coming into my life.........I love you so much and am so very proud of you! You are terrific, Monkee!
All My Love
MaMa