halloween fun ...

our favorite Princess Jalene and mini clark kent ...

sweet angel baby ... Janelle Reese

Isaac ... 1 very cute lion

THANK YOU

Terri & Paul and Adam & Jenn for sharing your pics with us !!!

Maica & Chris ...

Chris [ a 12 year marine currently serving in san angelo, texas ] ... and Maica [ kc's neice ]

the setting was awesome ... at the belhurst castle, in geneva, ny ... on beautiful seneca lake

the proud parents of the beautiful bride ... and... grandparents of the very cute flower girl ...

Courtney [ kc's other neice and Maica's sister ] with her boyfriend Mike and her daughter

Tera Jo ... the very cute flower girl

1 of my favorite parts of a reception ... the father / daughter dance ...

Myriah ... [ kc's neice ... Beth's daughter ] ... drove her mom up from washington, dc for the event ... you're awesome Myriah !!! ... we missed you Chrissy !!!

me and my 2 favorite sisters ... Kay [ maica & courtney's mom ] on my rightand Beth on my left ...

a 3 generations fun afternoon ...

i just was going over to watch the penn state / michigan game with my 2 favorite congdon boys ... penn state indeed won the game ... but ... the photoshoot was my highlight !!!

any wonder why autumn is my very favorite time of the year ...

we settled in to watch the 9 game streak come to an end ... ... ...

isaac was like ... what is up with these guys ... they aren't looking like the #3 team in the country today ... patience, my grandson, patience

he was a lil'bit bored so he entertained himself elsewhere for a lil'while ...

adam even let him call his mom to see how she and lindsi were enjoying their movie ...

after awhile ... things started looking up ... good call isaac !!!

we were excited when the nittany lions finally took the lead ... for good !!!

and ... with the penn state victory ... isaac showed us his victory dance ... i'll call it the "lil'man walkin" dance ... priceless 4 sure

he thought we needed to celebrate even more and played us a victory song ... too cute !!!

after the game it was just back to being a little boy playing with his awesome toys ...

tagged by Steph .... "4 things" ... kc's edition ... (-8b

4 things i was doing 10 years ago ....

• began my 25th year at eastman kodak company
• celebrated adam's graduation from greece odyssey high school
• watched cal ripken's consecutive game streak come to an end
• enjoyed the movie "you've got mail " for the 1st time

4 things on my to do list today ....

• devotions
• "officially" congratulate steph & steve on their wonderful news
• go to work
• be thankful for all God has blessed me with

4 jobs i have had ....

• bartender at forest lanes
• tailer at sterlingworth furniture factory
• film technician at eastman kodak company
• produce associate at wal•mart in kansas city

4 movies i have seen more than once ....

• field of dreams
• for love of the game
• runaway jury
• return to me

4 places i have lived ....

• forestville, ny
• northeast, pa
• rochester, ny
• kansas city, mo

4 places i have been this year ....

• the dmv
• church at the beach
• u-haul
• letchworth state park

4 places i want to visit ....

• PHOENIX, AZ !!!!
• nyc
• wrigley field
• schwabl's in west seneca

4 tv shows i watch ....

• sportscenter
• friday night lights
• seinfeld reruns
• west wing reruns

4 things you may not know about me ....

• i THOUGHT i was the last person to ever WANT a dog
• i love rainy days
• i once won a bike rodeo
• i had 2 fabulous little league baseball experiences

4 things i love about my wife ....

• i LOVE how she loves me !!!
• i LOVE and admire her daily walk with our Lord
• i LOVE that she wanted thea
• i love when SHE snores ... (-8b

4 people i tag ....

• Ruth
• Kay
• Beth
• my favorite cuZin Karen

celebrating isaac's 1st birthday ...

what a beautiful day it turned out to be ... thankfully, the weather forecasters were wrong and it turned out to be a nice overcast [ best for pictures ] kinda day !!!

isaac had SO much fun ... the rest of us did too, of course ... he was his usual cute self and had many friends and family over to celebrate.

the awesome hosts ... can you tell isaac was happy to have everyone there ... the food was spectacular • i even heard there was a delicious pasta salad with sauerkraut in it ... ??? ... like i said, i JUST heard about it.

isaac got many awesome gifts and this is my favorite of the gift opening ceremonies ... i think adam & jenn were even more excited than issac with this one ... isaac actually was more excited with the cards ... (-8b

he had his own personal "little einstiens" rocket cake that jenn made for him ... he entertained us for awhile eating it while posing for some photos ... too cute !!!

this is my favorite photo of the afternoon ... this blessed grampa's 2 favorite congdon boys !!!

thought you all would enjoy this picture of adam ... 27 years ago on his 1st birthday ... he seems to have had alot more hair than isaac does and he was about 3 of those hairs short of being as cute ... (-8b ... love you son ... and grandson !!!

born in 54 and now ... 54 ... (-8b

W O W !!! ... 1 of my favorite words ever [ at least i've been told for many, many years i've said it way more than i've needed to ... (-8b ] ... where has all the time gone and ... what did 1 of the only yankees i've ever liked say ... " if i had known i was going to live this long ... i would have taken better care of myself " ... amen to that mickey !!!



well ... if you were thinking you were going to see a picture of me here ... you were wrong. what a blessing to have my grandson, isaac, come over and personally sing happy birthday to me. the only thing that could have been better is if his 3 cousins jalene, evan and janelle were here to have sung with him.















isaac is so cute around thea ... he's not quite sure what to make of her but ... he does let her lick his hands

he is definately 1 of THE cutest little blessings in all this world and how blessed are we that we get to spend alot of Quality time with him !!!

just catchin up ...

here's winkin at you Jalene ... we LOVE and MISS you guys SO much !!!



i miss all the Mackmers ... especially my favorite model ... we've enjoyed getting all the pics and videos Terri has sent since they moved FAR FAR away ... (-8b ... hard to believe Jalene will be starting school soon ... maybe even THIS week ???

Isaac LOVED having Jalene and Janelle and Aunt Terri spend a couple nights at their house before they flew off to ariZona ...

Isaac is getting cuter and cuter by the day ... now that he's eating "real" food ... he's even gotten this grampa to eat a few green peas ... (-8b

i love playing [ i mean babysitting ] Isaac ... he has much nicer toys than i did when i was his age ... and an awesome toy box too ... (-8b

my new favorite photo ... (-8b

THE most blessed grampa and his 4 grandbabies ... thank you Terri, Adam & Jenn and especially Evan, Isaac, Janelle and Jalene !!!!

one last holiday celebration before THE move ... (-8b

we had an awesome time with Terri and the kids on the 4th ... THANKS guys for being the best photo subjects any grampa could be blessed to have ... we miss you already and you haven't even left yet !!!

a flashback to Oct 2005 ... i think i remember Jalene saying then that she couldn't wait to have a little brother to share this special car with ... (-8b ... Ev rode for over an hour ... til the battery died

what would a 4th of July celebration be without corn on the cob and watermelon ... HEY ... we forgot the watermelon ... ???

Jalene was awesome as usual ... when Ev wouldn't put on his [ special ] PJ's for a picture ... Jalene thought if she put her [ special ] PJ's on ... Ev would follow ... it was a great idea ... but it still took a little more convincing.

it took a super team effort of Super BIG sister Jalene and Super Baby sister Janelle to persuade Ev to wear his PJ's for a pose or 10 ... [ thank you ladies ]

and here is our favorite Super-man -Boy himself ... [ great birthday gift Uncle Adam, Aunt Jenn and Isaac !!! ]

me and my sisters Kay and Beth ...

we got to spend some Quality time with my sisters and their families a couple of weeks ago ... i'm the much younger sibling in the middle ... Kay [ who lives in nearby West Henrietta ] is on my right ... Beth [ who lives in Herndon, VA ] is on my left ... (-8b

btw • my t-shirt is from Blue Springs South high school ... [ a suburb of Kansas City, MO ] ... which just happens to be THE high school that recent american idol winner David Cook attended.