Hughes Family Adventures

June ~ a fun month with a fantastic visit from Josette, Aidan & Ryan !!

This month is nearly over and it has been a busy one, filled with many trips to my parents in NY and a great time spent with the entire family.

Photos: click here

Even got to briefly visit with Christiana & Saviour! Always a treat seeing them :-D

Chrissy's photos here

Happy Summer All !!

Tara Luanne's Christening

A most memorable, beautiful day. Also a very special day in our lives. CLICK here for entire photo album

Family visited us from Malta & Gozo !

My Aunts  Mary & Carmelina, cousin Alan & his wife Maria were here last month! It had been a long time since I saw any of them, so this was a very special treat indeed.

Hope to see you all here (or there) again very soon, Liz xoxo

September has been a very exciting month so far ...

We started the month off with our first ever family (car) camping trip - a 6 hour drive from home got us to Virginia where Joe did a 100 mile mountain bike race (Shenandoah 100 - a Pro race with over 400 contestants) Link to photos

Since the race was in the Shenandoah Valley and rather remote, we had to camp out so we made a fun weekend of it. Picked out a camp site, pitched our tent (or 'Castle' as Tara called it!) and had a fantastic time. Definitely something we will do again, especially since Joe has decided he is probably going to do the race again next year.

This week Tara started Nursery School - she attends three mornings a week and so far has enjoyed every moment of it. She makes us so proud!  Here she is!

Pool time !

Visiting the Kelly Family in TN

Tara and I are back from a fantastic week in TN. Here are a few photos from a fun filled time. See November 2006 album for photos.

                                          

A couple of updates

~ Mom and Dad are now settled in at home. After visiting his Dr. in NYC, Dad is recovering well, however still has a lot of work to do before he is back to normal.

~ Tara and I are visiting Josette, Frank and the kids in TN and are having a lot of fun despite missing Joe / Daddy terribly. Hope to post of a few photos soon.

Signing off for now to hang out with Josette while Ryan and Tara take their nap.

Liz :-D

End of Dad's hospital stay!!! :-)

Dad is doing better! He is now a full week post-op and is improving greatly. In fact, he is going to be released tomorrow!! He will be recuperating at his sister Carmelina’s summer home in Marsalforn (on the island of Gozo) He will be receiving physical therapy and we hope that he will be ready to travel home after October 19.

My entire family and I wish to thank all of you who have helped out, both in person and via phone and email. Also many many thanks to those who took the time to visit Dad (and Mom) during his hospital stay. This has been a great source of strength to both my parents. Thank you all for your support.

Dad, Post-op

Dad is now 4 days post-op and is recovering well. He has started physical therapy and is not only out of bed, but getting around with the aid of a walker! Next step will be to leave the hospital for more intensive physical therapy and then hopefully the trip back to the States.

Missing both Mom and Dad terribly here, however we chat over the phone, nearly daily.

Dad

This is my favorite photo of Mom, Dad & Tara (May 2005) Tara was just 6 months old and it was taken outside their home.

Dad is scheduled for surgery tomorrow and is currently resting. Here in the US we are all glad that Mom was brave enough to make the flight alone to be by his side and Dad is thrilled to have her :-)

Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers.