{"id":1160,"date":"2007-12-31T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/12\/31\/monday-morning-new-years-breakfast-invitation\/"},"modified":"2007-12-31T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T14:55:00","slug":"monday-morning-new-years-breakfast-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/12\/31\/monday-morning-new-years-breakfast-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning &#8211; New Years Breakfast Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"pBlogBody_342880785\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<font size=\"2\">Folks,<br \/> As is our tradition, we&#8217;re inviting folks to join us for New Year&#8217;s breakfast starting anytime around midnight tonight. Please bring food and\/or drink to share if you can,&#8230; Bring musical instruments if you&#8217;d like&#8230; Please pass the invite around. We&#8217;d love to see you.. call us at 802-434-3576<\/p>\n<p>-us<\/p>\n<p>Friends&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31082.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#8217;s now 3:30 AM .. and there are still 20 or so folks in the house. Theres music coming from down below.. but I&#8217;m too sleepy to go down and listen.. The day started so long ago&#8230; We were all pretty lazy throuh the day.. in a nice&nbsp; sleepy sort of way. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31001.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Diane, Chai and I did manage to get out for a really nice snowshoe in this wonderful powder&#8230;<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31008.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31004.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">We checekd in on our &#8216;bird tree&#8217;.. Nearly all of the food we&#8217;d put on it had already been eaten&#8230; <\/div>\n<p><font><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31016.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The rest of the day was nice and slow.. The high point was Max coming downstaires after his freind Emma had straightened his hair.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31022.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Gabe spent the afternoon up at the mountain.. but was ready to coem down by about 6:30&#8230; <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31023.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Around 8:30 Diane and I picked up Deb and Hannah and went up to Bolton to watch the&nbsp; the fireworks.. There were lots of our friends up there. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31026.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31027.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The fireworks started on time at 9. They were pretty spectacular.. it was a small but appreciative crowd.. there were some of the coolest &#8216;shaped&#8217; burst I&#8217;d ever seen.. they even had one that blew up into a happy face.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I love watching the fireworks up here.. I can think of many times we&#8217;ve had the family up here to see them..&nbsp; They made me think of Sam <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31062.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31063.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31071.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31072.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31076.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">When I came home I was feeling pretty sad&#8230; I needed to go send a few minutes in Sam&#8217;s room. that&#8217;s just what I needed. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31083.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I spent some time looking at Sam&#8217;s artwork.. here&#8217;s one I hadn&#8217;t really looked at much before.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like it !<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31084.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I also spent time look at .. and talking to.. the many pictures in the room.. Here&#8217;s one from the mid 2006&#8230;&nbsp;&nbsp; I can connect to myself at the moment this&nbsp; picture. was taken. . I knew how lucky I was.. I&#8217;m glad that I can say that. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31093.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31086.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"> <font size=\"2\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><font><font size=\"2\">Around 10:30 I drove out to pick up Gabe and some friends..&nbsp; <\/font><\/font>As it got closer to midnight, we all decided to stay here rather than venture out&#8230;. I found a place to watch the ball drop in Time Square.&nbsp;&nbsp; we did the whole 10&#8230; 9.. 8&#8230; 7&#8230; thing.. it was fun..<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><font><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b008.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/font> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"2\"> <\/font><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b007.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">We toasted the new year with sparkling lemonade&#8230; <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b012.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">And lit our candle to invite Sam to be part of the celebration. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b017.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The next few hours went as most of our parties.. it was 98% kids.. some in Sam&#8217;s room playing video games.. some in other parts of the house talking.. some downstairs playing music.&nbsp;&nbsp; It wasn&#8217;t a big crowd.. but it was a nice crowd.. <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b018.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b025.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b026.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Just before I came up to bed at 3.. I looked at Chai and saw that she was getting tired too&#8230; <\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/dec3107\/Dec31b030.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s about 4 and I just heard Diane serve breakfast.. I better go help out.. <\/p>\n<p>I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy new year.. .. I wish we all find the peace we need in our lives.. Happy new year my friends.. Happy new year Sam<\/p>\n<p>-me <\/div>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folks, As is our tradition, we&#8217;re inviting folks to join us for New Year&#8217;s breakfast starting anytime around midnight tonight. Please bring food and\/or drink to share if you can,&#8230; Bring musical instruments if you&#8217;d like&#8230; Please pass the invite around. 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