6th file 6th photo tag from Katie

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Katie had got a tag and now I am gonna be tagged. This is the 6th file and the 6th photo in our pic files. This was taken 2 summers ago at the awesome Marblehead Walking Path on the south side of the beach. The far north side has a beautiful lighthouse. We had a picnic there with Stephens friend Matt W. They have not spent much time together in the past few months b/c they have differnt schools and differnt interests now but still call eachother once in a while and will always be friends. That boy always has something funny to say and is so hyper it blows my mind having Raf boys. You know what I mean by that if you know us...LOL So tag do u want to be it?

FALL COOKING

I love ALL cooking not just fall cooking. Baking treats in the fall also is so good. The spicy smells and the fall produce is so awesome. I am getting more and more to like all the seasons. If we live here why not. We are blessed to be able to wake up every morning and be alive so being greatful, thankful and blessed is to honor Our Father daily. It may be getting colder and darker but we still have so much to be thankful for. There is beauty in the colors of the changing leaves and the mums are pretty flowers too. Still LOVE my tulips but mums are good ones too. I love to look out our large bedroom windows at the trees. Every season is a beautiful view. Even in the winter. Enjoy! Happy Fall ya all.........

Jon and Kate plus 8

Once again another great episode of the Gosselin family. I love that show. Last night they got to see a Phillys game in the lux box with the owners wife who also loves the show. The funny thing is that people are like in awe that they are celebs but John, Kate and the kids are so not like that. They are like we are people end of story. I love how John and Kate are on the "interview" chair. They crack us up. We can tell what they might say next b/c they are so in sink. Gotta watch those cute kids and funny parents raise them as a team. They really are awesome with those kids. Kudos to the Gosselins!

awe Sox lost. Well what can ya do/

I guess the saying goes u win some u loose some....

An ER kind of morn

At the Beverly ER bright and early this morn. I think we might be on a first name basis there..lol First Stephen back in the spring, Michael in the summer and now Ryan in the fall. Please don't say me in the winter..PLEASE! I have had enough hospital for a long time to come. Ryan woke us up to tell us his chest hurt. I got up and took him to the kitchen to see if he needed a whif of his preventol. It is not a steriod it is to prevent inflamation when he plays Lax or a running sport.Dr. Papacostas gave it to him 2 years ago when he started Lax to help with his breathing and said he does not have astma but exercise can induce inflamation. I figued it would help with his labored breathing. It so did not. We got so frightened b/c he started to tear up and say the pain is so bad in his chest. We were like firefighters in action. Clothes on as fast as could be. We woke Stephen to tell him. De ja vue from his fathers rush to the ER and off we flew back to Beverly ER. I guess once a season is not too bad. No just kidding. We never took them for anything. These kids never got sick their early childhood. Dr. P a;ways says that they never see him except for well visits. He was dizzy too so that worried us. I sat in the back of the truck to be with him. They took him so fast, they always take you right when u get there, the best ER around. We got the same room Stephen got and saw many of the same nurses too. He got a chest Xray b/c they said his lower right lobe of the lung sounded off. They called it something and said he has a virus that inflamed his lungs so he is on antinflamatory advil and LOTS of liquids. He is doing so much better since we left ER. No longer dizzy and still managed to do his homework. My poor lil Ry RY as we call him when we get all sweet with him. While Michael and I sat in the ER room with him we saw an EMT walk by that we thought was his cousin who we always see at the ER but when we looked closer it was not him. Mark the cousin in med school works as am EMT and funny he saw our nephew just this week at a differnt ER b/c Evan smashed his chin on the monkey bars and needed 3 stiches. I swear Mark must think the Rafts keep ERs going. lol There was no Grey nor a Dr. McDreamy but they are all so awesome there.

Had a SOX PARTY!

Last night we had friends over for the SOX game. We had a blast. I just kept asking what the score was. lol that is all I cared about. Cassie and I were in the kitchen "making" a creation. We made peanut butter out of the left over peanuts from the snacks. We had so many laughs we were busting our guts. We had the boys do a blindfold taste test of the creation on crackers. We got reg Jif and wanted to see what they liked better. The Jif won.... ; ( Ours was too chunky. We should of used the food processor but we so wanted to do it the old fashion way....We had more laughs. It was a fun time. I was jokin with her that someday she will be my daughter in law and she just blushes. If I say it to Ry he is like no no u don't make that call I do. I just look and say u nevah know...lol They have been so close since they were lil ones and it is so cute how much they did together all those years. They still talk when the families are with eachother but like at the Maso football game...too much Cassie tells her dad I saw Ryan at the game. Oh yeah did u talk to him...NO. Ry tells us Cassie was there. Oh did u say hi. NO....oh ok. It is like that. In school they give the lil chin lift of a hello. She comes over 4 times a month for help with math from Ry and Michael. We still have a great relationship with them and they just don't have what they did when in grammer school. They get older and things like that change. One of Rys friends said to him oh u r so lucky Cassie comes over ur house and Ry said why? So the kid says shes hot. Ry said he was like yeah what ever...lol She is a beautiful girl, popular and on the cheer team for the jr high. Ry and his friends are so not the "jocks" group. They are in differnt social status grops and know it and are so fine with it. But it cracks me up how they are when together here. Just like the old days. I love when she is here my lil Sasafras. She wanted to make more creations but Stephie Bum was tired. lol We did not stay up for the entire game but woke up bright and early to see that they won....
YAHOO to the next game......Come on boys u can do it!

TONIGHT!

GO SOX! Lets see if they can once again GO ALL THE WAY! We will see.
At H & W these 3 songs are some of the ones that are played while we get our hearts pumpin'. I love them all and when we get to boys are back in town I start to really give it ump!

They came back!

Wow.....what a come back. Still a small ray of hope. You never know....we will see.

The Lil Mermaid

My adorable niece Selena came to see her auntie yesterday and she gets me in the Disney Princess mood all the time. She knows I love Cinderellas light blue dress but she will also tell you auntie loves Ariel b/c of the water and the songs. She was singing the songs and it got me in the mood to find them on the playlist thing. Had fun with curlers in her hair them got to take them out and see the banana curls. She is a lil doll. Luv u aunties girl.

Our son # 1 AGAIN!

O... I have to brag....

For the second time, last year and this term this year Stephen scored/placed #1 in his electrical class.(mind you I had to hear this from his teacher and another parent who he is friends with)(he is a modest kid) Yahoo! smart kid of ours. What does this mean> well only the top 3 out of 15 can work in the electrical field outside of class. He gets to work with an electrician from near by Saugus.We were up at the crack of dawn to get him there by 6am, we here at the Rafs are early birds so that is not a problem. lol He makes really good money but the hours of apprenticeship he gets are far more valuable to obtain his licence as a Master Electrician. We are so proud of the love and devotion he has for the path he has chosen. He worked for 8 hours today. His timekeeper job never goes over 5 (child labor laws) and he sits for that so I am sure he is a bit worn. The stuff he did in a remodel today blew our minds. We are like WOW kido u r good. Kudos to our first born. Who would of ever thunk...lol back in the day our son was going to rewire remodel homes. Hey buddy our bathroom fan needs replacing too. LOL LOL family discount...lolGO Stephen....
btw.....his boss at the rink is so understanding that he will not be working too many hours now that he has an apprentice job and I am so greatful for that. He still gets his Friday hours.

Summer memories

Every other year we go to Tucks Point in Manchester by the Sea to Michael's dads side family reunion. Nana Marthas mothers family. The Crivello family reunion is put on by Nana Marthas only living brothers daughters. Uncle Vinny is a sweet sweet man. He and Aunt Teresa have been together over 50 years. We went to the 50Th Anniversary party about 3 years ago. He lost his sight a week before the party but there told us that he would never loose sight oh how beautiful his Teresa is. How sweet is that. Michael and I were honored to be at the party and can't wait until we celebrate our 50 years of love, dedication, fidelity, friendship and devotion with eachother.
While at Tucks Point we had a golf cake for Ryans 13th b-day. The reunion consisted of 40% Rafts..lol The other big family is the Bruno Family and they were on our tail for numbers. The two sisters Martha and Marie had children and that is what makes up those two families. Some members came from Alaska, Wisconsin,Vegas and NY. Next year we hope to see the Georgia cousin. I should say in two years. We had so much fun there was talk to make it a yearly thing b/c it is so nice to see these people. Of course my fudge was a big thing. lol I did not post this back in June b/c I was just sent the pics from his 3rd cousin. Now to plan a Christmas get-to-gether. That would be a treat.

Wise Quote ....

A very nice gal from our church sent me an e-mail and at the end was this quote. I had to share b/c it is so very true. Have a great day and always make the ones who are special to you feel special.....xoxoxoxo


'People will forget what you said,
People will forget what you did.
But people will never forget how you made them feel'.

3.3 Mil......

http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1123696&srvc=home&position=rated
Take a look at this link to see the money rasied yesterday...Yahoo! great amount since we are in an economic slump....

This month.....all about PINK!

October is more than just fall festivals, fairs, harvest and Halloween it is a very important month dedicated to breast cancer. Awareness, detection and remembrance is on top of the October list. Today is the Boston walk. I remember in years past the awesome group of women I was privileged to walk with on the walk. It was an awesome event. I am thinking of all the gals out there today walking, I could not be there due to circumstances beyond my control. I wish I were with all of you. My friend Jane always put so much effort into our team and makes all the walks memorable. One year I drove the bus to Boston and was so stressed being in all the traffic in a big bus but got through it. Jane and Sue were in the seat behind me. Funny b/c Sue does not get past Peabody much so that was the funny thing that she was "helping" (lol)navigate. I am sporting my pink today in remembrance and got a beautiful bouquet of pink balloons from LC w/ a swish mylar one and a sunshine face. Made my day. Just what I needed. Try to make any kind of donation be it cash, time or talent to this cause I hold dear to my heart. You never know who or how this will affect you or your life. Blessings and prayers to those going through it and making strides in recovery and cure of it. THINK PINK!