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st. baldricks 2012
So proud of all three of my boys who raised over $1400 for kids cancer research by volunteering to get their heads shaved for St. Baldricks this year! And thank you so much to all of you who donated!!
Before and afters:
Jack.
Patrick.
And Timmy.
Waiting their turn.
Jack getting shaved.
Love the hair flying everywhere.
Patrick’s turn.
The guy who did Patrick’s shave was great- I was hoping he was a local barber, but to no avail. He’s a fireman. I drove John crazy the rest of the day asking if he was the Fire Dept barber. 
And Timmy getting his noggin buzzed for the first time ever.
He had his cute little smile on the whole time.
Even though we went later in the day this year to avoid the crowds (it worked!!), we still got to see a bunch of friends getting their shaves on.Ryan.
Stephen.
Kevin.
Maeve & Keely. (neither of whom shaved their pretty blonde hair).
Coach Lou.
Timmy and Sean. Sean soon decided that he wanted to do it too…
Mickey. Who’s making his communion this year so is taking the year off from the shaved head look.
And Anthony. 
And Danny. Which one of these things is not like the other…
So happy that they did it! Not only because it was a great cause, but because they all needed haircuts so badly. We miss Mario!!RVC St. Patricks Parade pictures coming to the blog soon.
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disney days 2012 – part 4
Moving along with the Disney trip, we spent a day at Hollywood Studios with Nate & Colleen and their girls before they had to leave to get back home that afternoon. We did the divide and conquer as usual for Hollywood Studios, John heading over to Toy Story Mania to get fast passes, and Timmy & I headed over to sign him up for the Jedi Training Academy. Rode the new Star Tours a few times- so much fun and so much better than before. With something like 54 different “trips”, the ride is different each time. Muppets were great, visited some characters for autographs for Timmy. And by the time our Fast Passes were ready for Toy Story Mania, there was a 2+ hour wait standby, and all the fast passes were sold out. Crazy!
For Christine. Totally thought of you with these. 
Jedi Training Academy. They made it much bigger and added Darth Maul. He’s creepy as hell and Timmy was so psyched to fight him!!
Can you see Timmy formulating his plan of attack in the background?
We had my favorite Jedi Master again this year- he’s the one who called Timmy “25 pounds of unbridled fury” a few years ago.
John trying to get the paper. 
Not quite dirty enough for the real NYC, but close. Except in Disney it smells good. 
Phineas and Ferb. Or as Timmy says- Vinneus.
Last picture of all the kids together. And somehow I got Nate to admit that Disney wasn’t SO bad. I think having the boys around to keep the girls company and happy was a big help. Hoping they’ll be brave enough to meet us again next year. I was just thankful we made it thru Disney without Nate punching anyone (I know my Miami friends will remember the elevator in Pearson). I considered it a successful trip based on that alone. 
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disney days 2012 {part 3}
On our 3rd day of our very busy Disney trip, we headed over to Epcot (known in our family as Efcot) with Nate, Colleen & the girls. It was a rainy on and off kinda day so the fun was a little limited. Although we were treated to 2 very cute little girls and their Karate moves- complete with yelling. Adorable!!
We grabbed our fast passes for Soarin, rode Nemo, Test Track, Mission: Space, Spaceship Earth- all the front of the park rides. We never made it over to the World Showcase this year. John’s parents came over for the day to hang out, but they aren’t much for the rides (I think it’s probably cause I ruined them on Big Thunder last year!!) so they did a lot of the “bench ride” with John. I didn’t really take out the camera at all that day, but just snapped a few with the iphone.
More Disney to come.
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blood drive for rob
Taking a quick break from the Disney posts to post a few shots from the 3rd Annual Blood Drive in honor of Rob Sullivan. Rob & Suzanne are great, great people- so generous with their time, humor, and love and it’s so nice to see that the whole community feels the same about them. The deal, as in past years, was give a pint (of blood)- get a pint (of beer). Seems like a fair trade! And since I can’t give blood, I take pictures. They had a great turnout again this year for the blood drive and even had a donor all the way in Australia (unfortunately, I wasn’t asked to take photos there.)
For those of you wondering, Rob is doing really well and looks great. We spent some time discussing the crazy last episode of The Walking Dead, so you know he’s on my very good side!!
A beer smiley face. Nice.
Please keep Rob in your thoughts and prayers. I know he and his whole family will appreciate it!
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disney days 2012 {part 2}
So not only did we have a great time at Disney as usual, but this year we got to meet up with a bunch of friends and family to make the trip even better. First up, our friends Nate & Colleen and their little girls. Nate & I went to Miami together and have stayed in touch ever since. He is so totally the anti Disney so it was a little worrisome meeting up with him there. But all was well- well, relatively.
You can just barely see Colleen behind Nate. I think we were both a little worried about Nate at Disney. 
Gorgeous girl!
Both of the girls looooved the big boys and didn’t leave their sides much at all.
So we ended up on the Tomorrowland speedway together and as I was trying to get a shot of us from the iphone, the guy behind our car hit us and Nate’s face changed to this with a quick comment of “nice job a**hole”. Yeah, he can only tolerate so much Disney. 
And a cool shot from the iphone tilt shift app of the Electrical Parade. More fun with Nate, Colleen and the girls coming up on the blog. 