A Baby Shower!

Clarissa put on a beautiful Dr Seuss themed Shower for us! We had lots of great food, some very interesting games (like me having to hold a baby doll, talk to Mike on the phone and hang wet towels... I think I did pretty good :)), and lots of beautiful gifts! Babies sure need a lot of stuff - but with about a month to go we're getting down to the final preparations - so much fun!!

A month of Birthdays

Wow so October has come and gone very quickly. The dark mornings were starting to get very icky so it was nice this morning that 5:45 wasn't pitch black :)
In baby news - we have a little less than 2 months to go!! Besides feeling like I can hardly move or breath things are good :) Have had some high BP though and my Dr decided it would be best for me to be home resting, not at work, so as of today I'm out of work until well after the baby's born. Wasn't quite expecting this, but my boss has been fantastic and I'm so relieved to not have that extra stress right now - can rest up and hopefully even get the house in working order...maybe :) We've (meaning Mike) started working on the nursery - I'll post pics soon.

We have a lot of October Birthdays in our family...first it was Clarissa's 24th.


Then Bronson's 30th



On the 29th, Heidi turned 15!!

Alpine Slides

Howdy! Well we had another gorgeous weekend~ almost a bit too warm, but can't complain! Several of us went over to Jiminy Peak where we had a fun day on the mountain. I got to ride to the summit on the comfy chairlift, but the rest of the rides were pretty much off limits for a pregnant lady :) It was fun watching everyone else though.


Almost Everyone


Mountain Coaster




Mike and Brad on the Chairlift


Looking down from the Summit


Bopping time :)

I'll post the rest of the pictures on my webshots page - community.webshots.com/user/mjmccoy (or the link is on the right side of the page). Toodles!

Labor Day Weekend

Mike and His Folks at the Norman Rockwell Museum


Little town of Stockbridge, MA

What absolutely gorgeous weather we had this weekend! Couldn't have asked for a better "end" to summer. Mike's folks were out and we went over to Stockbridge and Lee, MA to the Norman Rockwell Museum and outlets :) Had Sunday Dinner at Mom and Dad's with the family as well as Tina and Justin & kids (Clarissa's sister and family) and Simon S. We went for a nice walk down by the Mohawk River later in the day. Today Mike has continued to work on our kitchen - we're remodeling a bit - now just to wait for the new counter-tops and sink - then we'll be cookin' :) He starts back to school tomorrow although his student's don't come until Thursday. Back to early mornings! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend!


Sunday Dinner

Quick Trip to Maine

We went to Maine for a long weekend and had a wonderful time!! Lots of good seafood, warm weather, cool ocean breezes, walk on the Marginal Way, Trolley Rides, Lobster boat and of course the trek to LL Bean :) Also got to meet the nice folks in the meeting in Gray, ME. It was a bit unseasonably warm - but no rain and mostly sunny skies.


Lobster Boat Tour


Waiting for a table at Billy's Chowder House


It was worth the wait - yep I ate both :) One for me, one for baby :)


Mike ready for a feast!


Perkins Cove at Dusk

Unfortunately, this weekend a very special worker died - so we'll be at the services at the convention grounds for that today. "And we have their simple message, though they've entered into rest - God's own patient, loyal bearers of the cross..."

End of Summer

It's hard to believe conventions have come and gone already, but they were wonderful as always. We've had probably some of the nicest weather these last few weeks - love the cool breeze! As some of you already know we're expecting - and our second ultrasound confirmed we're having a girl! We're both pretty excited, of course :) We were out to Freedom and then back to Altamont for convention - so good to see everyone again. Mike started right in Monday in our kitchen - removing old tile, and he's putting up 'beadboard' now around the bottom half. We got measured for new countertops and sink so the kitchen will get a little sprucing up.

Company outside our trailer at Freedom

Brad & Clarissa, Mike & I with Leslie at Altamont

Summer time...and the livin' is easy...

Summer is passing by so quickly - but it has been a fun filled one! We're looking forward to conventions starting next week. To begin the summer, we went on a cruise to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with the family.




Top to Bottom, Left to Right are: Grandma Pik, Pennie Scales, Brad, Clarissa, Mom, Dad,
Fiona Scales, Heidi, Julie and Mike.



Mike Celebrated his 30th Birthday!!













Heidi moved out of the Middle School