Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Four in Five Parts

If someone could please let me where the times goes, it would be greatly appreciated...




















Teaghan Anne Lynch. 1.27.04















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Teaghan Anne Lynch. 1.27.07














Teaghan Anne Lynch. 1.27.08

Monday, February 4, 2008

Feet

Grandma Joanie had surgery on her feet in late January, and we headed over to visit.














The feet in question.














Maeve gives Grandma Joanie a hug.














And so does Teaghan.

Of course, the girls had to get some QT in with Papa Jack before we left.














Teaghan, Papa Jack and Maeve at play in the fields of Burgundy Way.














Papa Jack and Maeve and bucket.

Grandma Joanie is healing up nicely and hopes to be out on the tennis courts this Summer.

Sisters

Sometimes it feels like you can turn your head for just a minute and they've grown another inch.














Maeve: Princess.




















Teaghan: Superstar.




















Teaghan does her best Daddy impression.




















So Maeve decides to give it a shot...

Deep Fryer

Dan and Nora gave us a deep fryer for Christmas. We immediately put it to use.














Items that have gone into the deep fryer: pork meat balls, frozen breaded shrimp, snickers, twix bars, twinkies, french fries, tater tots, chicken nuggets, mozzarella cheese sticks, pizza rolls, frozen burritos, taquitos. Essentially anything not nailed down has gone into this thing. Remember that just because you CAN deep fry something, it doesn't mean you SHOULD deep fry it. Trust me, there have been some hard lessons learned. But you can't beat perfectly cooked french fries out of the deep fryer.

There's still a standing wager for deep fried grilled cheese.... If it happens, there will be pictures. Stay tuned.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Another New Year

New Year's Eve was spent with Los Lavelles in San Jose.














Maeve and Teaghan - New Year's Eve 2007














Scott, Bill and John ring in the New Year with some tunes














Papa Jack and Teaghan celebrate the New year with toys!














Maeve interrupts her call for a quick picture.




















And they're off!














They played hard and gave it everything they had.














In Los Lynches lore, the Holidays aren't over until the gingerbread house has either been eaten, carried away by ants or deposited in the trash. Shortly after this picture was taken, the gingerbread house was sent to live with other gingerbread houses on a farm out in the country. And with that, the Holidays were officially over.

Monterey Bay Aquarium

After Christmas, but before New Years, we headed down to Monterey to see the fishes.














Fish doing their thing.














Papa Jack performs his usual magic by REACHING INTO THE AQUARIUM!!!!














Maeve and her cousin Sara learn about one of the Ocean's many denizens.














Maeve, Anne, Sara, Jack and Teaghan reach for Bat Rays.














Teaghan and Papa Jack experience the wave tunnel.














Considering this thing didn't really have anything to do with fish, it was very popular with the kids. Kids like waves.














Maeve and Sara walking to and fro.














"I shall call him squishy, and he shall be mine, and he shall be my squishy! "














"So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29, 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb."














Teaghan and Daddy take a self portrait.














Los Lynches en Monterey (un poco frio)














Papa Jack tempts the sea, but stops just short of mockery.














Opposite of ugly.














Teaghan, Daddy and Maeve on the beach.














Ok, now Papa Jack is mocking the sea. And it's fighting back.




















Maeve and Sara on the beach.














Daddy and Maeve take a self portrait.




















Just sisters enjoying the view.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Los Lavelles

After Christmas, the Bay Area was invaded by Los Lavelles for an almost complete family reunion. Teaghan and Maeve had a blast with all of their Aunties, Uncles and Cousins, some of whom they had never met before.














Cousins Sara and Jack rock out!














Hey, let's take a picture of Grandma Bernia and Papa John with all the grandkids. How hard could that be?














See? No problem!














Los Lavelles Mas Viejos.














Colum and Steph.














Scott and Bill rock out the house.















The newly engaged Nora and Dan hold court on their favorite couch! Congrats to both of them. We'll have a blog up shortly where you can track their progress.