HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OWEN AND PIGGY!

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The big event this month is Owen’s Birthday.  He will be 12 years old on February 25th.  The second biggest event this month is Piggy's birthday.  Owen is hoping for a subscription to MAD Magazine as a birthday present.  Piggy is hoping for someone to spill an entire box of Cheerios on the floor.

In other news, Ross earned a letter for his performance on the Tuscarora High School Swim Team.  Not bad for a rookie!

And last, but certainly not least, Phil saw his shadow and declared that there will be six more weeks of winter.  His prediction is not looking good so far.  It's been warmer than usual this winter and we've only had a few light dustings of snow.  Some of the early spring flowers are already beginning to sprout.

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See you next month,

Ross & Owen

Happy Birthday to Granny and Uncle Bud...and to you too Elvis, wherever you are!

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This month marks the beginning of the 14th year for Ross and Owen's Pictures of the Month.  We wish all a happy and prosperous 2012 and are looking forward to another year of sharing our monthly news and pictures with you.

Where are you Elvis?

See you next month,

Ross & Owen

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Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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Round about the caldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one; Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! -- First Witch, "Macbeth," IV:1

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. -- Witches, "Macbeth," IV:1

Fillet of a fenny snake, in the cauldron boil and bake: eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, lizard's leg and howler's wing, for a charm of pow'rful trouble, like a hell-broth boil and bubble. -- Second Witch, “Macbeth,” IV:1

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. -- Witches, "Macbeth," IV:1

Scale of dragon; tooth of wolf; Witches' mummy; maw and gulf Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark; Root of emlock digg'd i' the dark; Liver of blaspheming Jew; Gall of goat, and slips of yew Sliver'd in the moon's eclipse; Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips; Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-deliver'd by a drab, Make the gruel thick and slab: Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, For the ingrediants of our caldron. -- Third Witch, "Macbeth," IV:1

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble. -- Witches, "Macbeth," IV:1

Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good. -- Second Witch, "Macbeth," IV:1

We have some sad news to report.  Our Grandpap Olaf passed away on September 29th.  We were sad to see him go and will miss him, but know that he is now in a better place and reunited with Grandma Rose.

More bad news...Owen fell off of his scooter and broke both of his arms.  Fortunately, the fractures were not too bad and he is well on the road to recovery.

Now the good news!  The gala event of the month was the wedding of Mom's cousin Allyson.  The wedding took place at the Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, which is about six mile south of Pittsburgh, PA.  The reception was held at the Southpointe Golf Club in Canonsburg, PA.  We all had lots of fun during the wedding festivities.  Owen was really impressed by the "Cookie Room."

Ross is busy earning more Merit Badges.  He hopes to someday become an Eagle Scout.  He is currently a Star Scout and is busy working towards the next level, which is Life Scout.  He is doing a lot better than his Pop-Pop, who never made it above Second Class.  And Owen, a Cub Scout veteran who recently joined the Boy Scout ranks, already has three Merit Badges.

Get the candy ready!  We can't wait to go Trick or Treating.  That is, all of us except Ross.  He declared last year that he was too grown up to participate in such childish activities.

See you next month...

Ross & Owen