Never a dull moment around here. Tonight Gabe’s friends jack, jack and will show up. The main fun tonight was copping will’s hair into a mullet and then dying it with koolaid.
first .. check the internet for styes.
then wash the premullets hair
then start cutting !
It’s billy bob !
then into the tub for some purple koolaid risnse..
OK.. never have to watch that again !
nite all. nite sam
-me
After such a busy week, little to report today . I spent almost the entire day glued to the couch watching the fire and working on my end of year report for work..The high point of the day was getting to sit down with my family for a late lunch/early dinner.. at 3:30 pm. would that be Linner in the same way that half breakfast and half lunch is Brunch ?
whatever it was.. it was so good having my family here..
nite all, nite sam
-me
Very nice and slow day.. our friends linda and david are up from endicott, which is really nice. The only thing we did today was another hike up Bolton for the folks who couldn’t come with us on Thursday. there were about 20 flks who braved the wind and ice today to climb to the top.. there was a light dusting of snow.. not enough for them to open..
Max, gabe and I climbed the rickety tower for the biannual ritual.. we took a shot of red bul for our brother and sonl, placed a samstone and light a big aerial burst mortar
Gabe assumed the position… (its pretty scary to be right next to a mortar when you’re 3 folks on a 4 foot by 4 foot rickety platform
We couldn’t get the damn thing to light. the three of us ended up hovering around the fuse.. we used up two lighters.. then gabe had to climb down and find another.. eventually the thing took off.. just in time.. we were frozxen solid by that pint.. and all of our phones had died from the cold.
we came home to lily’s birthday party.. lily had decided to have a photo shoot party and our friend joanne was the photographer..
the yoga space was full of preteen girls and a ton of costumes.. (sorry no pics of the girls.. cuz I forgot to ask them and their parents for permission).. Gabe, luke and I dressed up and took a walk down the runway..
we spent the rest of the day sitting in the living room staring at the wood stove as it snowed outside.. .. ahhhhh so nice.
now were sitting here doing more samstones.. a very good day…
ok… time for bed..
nite all, nite sam
-me
The 22nd is the day that Sam donated his organs to save 4 other people. You can help us honor Sam by having a conversation about Organ Donation with your family. You can learn more about it here. I hope it never comes up in your family, but if it does, the most important thing is that your family knows your wishes…
today is also the day this year that we invited friends over to remember sam . more than 60 of our friends.. many of them Sam’s freinds came by for a potluck tonight.. it was so great seeing everyone. we had picture books of sams life out. folks got a chance to look through them.. mostly folks just ate, drank and hung out..
gabe and sue look identical from the back of the head
we all did a red bull toast
then we had a birthday cake for kevin who turned 22 (I think) tonight..
speech !!!
when the time was right, max, gabe and I and some friends snuck out to the lab and prepared the fireworks for the burn..
i’d built a burning man out of some old broken Adirondack chairs we had.. gabe , max, colin, mason and I got the guy loaded with fireworks and doused with liquid courage 
then we lit three roman candles and took aim.. 
it went up like rocket !
after the fire, it was inside for samstones.. 
A great evening … made us all feel so good to be surrounded by that much love
Thank you all for helping us remember our great kid..
we love you all
nite all, nite sam
-me