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Monica Rose

tim — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:53:36 +0000

8 lbs 8 oz.

Lori and Monica are both doing great!l

Christmas with the McGoverns

lori.mcgovern — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:20:56 +0000

Pop and the kids

The whole clan

A (not so) big Christmas surprise

tim — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:04:43 +0000

Had to share these pictures of the latest addition to the McGovern family.

Aunt Jen and Uncle Dave surprised the kids (and Lori and I) with a pet tortoise for Christmas. The yet to be named Russian tortoise has been camped out in Grandma and Grandpa’s bedroom for the past few days.

I’m trying to decide if a pet monkey or a pet alligator will cause more havoc in the Chonowski household someday.

Birthday Cake!

tim — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:59:42 +0000

Therese’s birthday cake, courtesy of our good friend, Miss Sara.

Home Safe

lori.mcgovern — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:38:57 +0000

Aunt Jennifer returned from her second tour of duty in Iraq at the end of December- just in time for Christmas! Unfortunately, we were unable to travel and see her. She and Uncle Dave generously gave up a weekend to fly to DC and spend some time with us. It was really wonderful to see Jennifer after a year and a half. We are so grateful for her service and very thankful that she is home safe. Dave and Jennifer had a whirlwind trip to humble Mason Street that began with a missed flight in St. Louis and ended with Tim oversleeping on Sunday morning and barely getting them to their gate in time! Travel drama aside, the kids had a blast and were thrilled to take advantage of the beautiful pool in the hotel where their Aunt and Uncle were staying. They also took full advantage of their attention and energy for most of the weekend. Tim and Lori did enjoy a few heated rounds of Catchphrase- men against women of course! The sisters (Lori, Jennifer and Karen) handily beat the men (Tim, Dave and Anthony). The Agnew sisters are unstoppable…

Thanks for coming to visit!

A visit to Glenside

mike.mcgovern — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:27:39 +0000

The girls scoped out the digs of Uncle Mike and Miss Jessie on Saturday. An afternoon of licking raw flour from spoons (gross!), rain, coloring, MnM’s, more rain, sprinkles, two bites of a sandwich, cookies and no napping whatsoever.

Based on that agenda, we think they had a good time.

Therese doing her peasant impression.

Myriam doing the same.

Cookies with sprinkles - if any sprinkles are left.

Colored Pencils, monkeys, dinosaurs, and assorted animals

Happy Birthday, Uncle Tom

tim — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:50:20 +0000

Big Beautiful Baby Brendan

lori.mcgovern — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:11:15 +0000

Brendan is getting bigger every day- many people think he is 6 months old (he is barely over 3!). He is keeping us entertained with his giggles- he laughs a lot- and his chattering about nothing. Therese cannot wait to teach him “real words.” She will have him reading books before he is a year old.

Mommy and her boy

YEE-HAW!

lori.mcgovern — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:26:00 +0000

We are making the drive to Harmonsburg, Pennsylvania this weekend for the annual Agnew Family Reunion.

Grandma and Grandpa Agnew at Brendan's Baptism

This is an all-day affair held every year at Gibson Park that entails delicious food complete, laughter, dips in the creek, fishing for crawdaddies, volleyball, endless popsicles, and the famous egg toss. We have the distinct honor of being in charge of games for the 100 plus people who will attend. The trip will begin with a six hour drive that includes 2 tired parents, 3 rambunctious children and 1 forgiving aunt. That’s right- Aunt Karen is daring the 6 hour drive (of course after driving to Aunt Jennifer’s wedding in Illinois with us last summer this is a cake walk). We are looking forward to hanging out with good ol’ Uncle George, Grandma and Grandpa Agnew as well as extended cousins from around the globe. We might win the prize for newest addition to the Agnew clan- something to be proud of!

We’re coming to Sea Isle.

tim — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:19:30 +0000

Therese playing in the sand

We’re planning a trip to Sea Isle for August 16-18th. Therese and Myriam have been to the beach once this summer in the Outer Banks.

Looks like that weekend won’t work so we’re shooting for September sometime.

Myriam digging

The girls and Brendan can’t wait for more fun in the sun with their fellow McGovern rugrats.