WELCOME TRIX

Trix joined our family today. He's a swamp rabbit. His family was killed when their nest was run over by a lawnmower. He'll be with us for about 10 weeks or until he's strong enough to be put back in the wild. He's bunking with Tiffany and Mz. Pige.

BRUCE IN GREENSBORO

During our weekend getaway to North Carolina, we attended the Bruce Springsteen concert at the Greensboro Coliseum last night. Aside from seeing Bruce and the band in NY/NJ, this is the greatest audience and show Phil has seen.

CHUCK VISITS

Phil met Cindy's brother, Chuck, tonight. He has been working in Iraq for the last few years. He was in town to visit Cindy's parents.

PHIL'S & LOUISE'S BIRTHDAY

Phil celebrated his 47th Birthday and his mom celebrated her 79th at our place. Here are a few photos from the dual Valentine Birthday celebration.

CINDY'S SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY

We celebrated Cindy's 45th Birthday with a surprise party at Phil's parents' house. She never suspected a thing. Helping us celebrate were Phil's parents, Cindy's parents, Tiffany, Crystal, Cindy's sister Cheri, and her niece Caitlin and nephew Robby.

REST IN PEACE ZIGGY

On Wednesday afternoon, one of our iguana's, Ziggy, died. She was the smallest of the Marley's and we always thought that she probably wasn't that healthy but she always tried to keep up with her brothers. Unfortunately, her strength started to give out on Tuesday. She gave us a little hope when Cindy and I came home to see her around 1:00 PM on Wednesday. It seems to us now that she was just trying to thank us for taking care of her and keeping her healthy for so long and maybe giving us one last memory of how strong she was.

We buried Ziggy this afternoon along the canal that runs near our home. Even Bob and Damian have seemed sad the last few days. They always seemed so protective of her and now seem lost without her.

MARLEY UPDATE

Here are the latest photos of Ziggy, Bob and Damian.

HOLIDAY ROADTRIP 2007

On December 27, 2007, we departed on a roadtrip that took us to New York City (to see the lights and windows and to visit Phil's parents), Windham Mountain in the Catskills (for snow tubing), Philadelphia (to see the city) and Hockessin, Delaware (to visit Phil's sister Suzie and her family and to spend New Year's Eve with them).

Our adventures are chronicled below. But we'll start with two photos from probably the day that was the most fun - December 29 - the snow tubing day.

ON THE ROAD TO NEW YORK

More photos from our Winter 2007 roadtrip. These are from the two day trip from our home to Phil's parents home in Floral Park, NY.

Getting Lulu settled for the trip (December 27)



Starting out on Day 2, from Emporia, VA. (December 28)




Photos from inside the minivan on Day 2. (December 28)





Photos from the road Day 2. (December 28)

Passing through Richmond, VA




A dream finally realized: trailing MJ on the break!


New Jersey from the Outerbridge and crossing the Outerbridge from New Jersey into Staten Island, NY.



Lulu arrives in Staten Island


Stuck in traffic and scenes from the road on I-278 in Staten Island.




The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (the first photo is of Staten Island from the bridge/the last is of Lulu arriving in Coney Island, Brooklyn).





Coney Island
We were all hungry by the time we crossed the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn, so we stopped for a hot dog at the world famous, original Nathan's in Coney Island. (Immortilized in the Drifter's song, Under The Boardwalk: "From the park you can hear the sound of the carousel, you can almost taste the hot dogs and french fries they sell, under the boardwalk, down by the sea...") We also stopped to see the world famous Cyclone - one of the few remaining wood rollercoasters in America.