a Boudreau (Jones) bash........

Carol is one of eleven children, so when almost everyone makes an event, like Christmas, we have over 75 people. We had a small Christmas Day gathering and had just over 20 people- that means most people were busy doing their own immediate family activities!!

Longwood Gardens

Debbie, Helen and Judy at Longwood Gardens

On the Monday between Christmas and New Year, Debbie, Dennis, Paul and Judy picked up Aunt Helen and we all went to Longwood Gardens. We had a delicious lunch (Longwood Gardens' famous mushroom soup) in the dining room before we started our tour. The flowers and exhibits are always breath-taking; especially at Christmas. It was a gorgeous day, so we were able to do some walking outside as well. We all went home happy, but tired.

December Days

Merry Christmas from the Millers ~ Paul and Judy.

We had a busy, but fun, December and want to share some of our days with you.

Our granddaughter, Lauren, spent a week at "Grand Camp" when Megan had to go to San Francisco for a conference. Here we are waiting for Santa to arrive, by plane, at the Lancaster Airport. What a fun week we had!

Our family Christmas, with our children and grandchildren, happened a couple of days early down in Virginia. We all met at Todd and Jennifer's home for three days of fun, presents, and too much food. The second photo shows Megan with our grandchildren ~ Lauren, Sean and Liam. Hope that you all had a wonderful holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

PHILLIES WIN THE WORLD SERIES!

Dan, Steve and I, went into Philly to celebrate the Phillies winning the World Series. We skipped school to watch the parade(along with 2 million other people!)

Fall in Philly

Lots of yard work , raking leaves in our yard in West Chester!

Pumpkin pickin in a friend's pumpkin patch. We picked over 50 pumpkins!

more Obama support

It's the day before the election, and we passed these people "sign waving". Sign waving is an island tradition during elections.
So, back I went to the "sign waving" to show more of my personal support for Obama. There were about 40- 50 of us there on the side of the road waving our signs and giving everyone the Hawaiian "shuka bra" sign as they beeped in support and drove by. I was also invited to join in on election day- close to a seaside polling place and then join the Kona democratic election night party. It should be fun.....

Halloween Hawaiian style.........

This morning Carol and I said "Good bye" to Carol's family- Gary & Mel and Kay as they flew home after a week with us on Kauai.

This afternoon we flew to the island of Hawaii to house sit for our friends Harold and Maureen - just an hour prior to the start of the kids Halloweening. Harold and Maureen had everything set up for us- it was a kick. Everyone was outside on their driveway- Hawaiian style................great!!

Andy and Helen Wittig

Helen Wittig and her granddaugher, Andy, at Easter

Trish H--from West Chester

Ok, everyone--sorry about the chaotic blog page--I am trying to post pictures, labels, etc. while doing lots of other things. I am going to have to seriously sit down and read how to do this, but I am hoping this gets to the blog. I am going to search for some recent pictures of my mom, Helen Wittig-and I promise, I'll check in and update when I get a chance. Mark-thanks for doing this-this is a fun idea. I'll pressure Larry and Greg to get involved....GO PHILLIES!!!!

hello from West Chester

Hello to everyone in the Wittig/Jones,etc. family! My name is Trish Wittig Huber--I am 49 years old and live in West Chester, Pa. with my husband, frank and my 3 children: Andrea(Andy)-age 14, Stephen (age 12), and Daniel(age 11). Included in our family are our 2 yellow labs, Patty and her daughter, Ginny! Frank is self-employed as an arborist and tree surgeon. I am a teacher, but am currently working as an aide in the West Chester Area School District after taking off ten years to raise my family. My parents are Chet Wittig(born and raised in Lester, Pa, and brother of Eleanor) and Helen Augustine Wittig(born in the Meadows in West Philadelphia. My father is no longer living, but my mother lives in Downingtown, Pa-about 10 minutes from us. My brothers, Greg and Larry Wittig also live in Downingtown. Andy owns a horse, and riding is her passion! Steve love his sports, and Dan loves his Playstation. We are busy, taking trips to Pittsburgh and Virginia to visit Frank's relatives.

Ben, Megan, and Lauren Snell

Hello family! We're the Snells - Ben, Megan, and Lauren. (Megan is the daughter of Paul and Judy Miller, and sister to Todd Miller). We live in Washington DC - Megan is a speech pathologist at a hospital in DC and Ben is currently a second year medical student at Georgetown University. Lauren is our 19-month old daughter - she's such a joy! Looking forward to catching up with everyone. Hope you're all well- enjoy the fall weather.
Lauren Snell - granddaughter to Paul and Judy Miller
The crazy Jones, Miller, Snell family in Rehoboth, DE this summer.

Lester Memories

My name is Judy Miller, but my maiden name was Judy Jones. I was born in Lester and was the first child of Ray and Eleanor Jones. Charles and Emma Wittig were my grandparents and I spent many happy days at their house.
I look forward to blogging with other descendants of Charles and Emma Wittig and sharing memories of our times in Lester. I also look forward to hearing about what everyone is doing now. Hopefully, I will be able to add a picture with my next entry. Blessings ~ Judy

and the Jones kids........

This is our son Aaron and his fiance Michelle.

They like to vacation on the gulf coast of Florida.
Here we are visiting with Aaron and Michelle and her son Preston. They live in Thomaston, GA- about an hour south of Atlanta.
Would you believe a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house with a pool for $85K!! We really like their small town atmosphere.

Here we all are along with Judy and Paul at Spreewell Park on the Flint River.
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And here is our daughter Ami. She still plays a lot of soccer and recently finished her first duathlon at Imperial Beach, just south of San Diego where she lives. A duathlon consists running and biking.
She's our little "jock"...............

May I introduce Carol..........

She is my wonderful wife, we got married when we eloped to Las Vegas a few years back (40 years back!!)........
This picture is from a cruise we took to Alaska- two years ago?? Judy and Paul (Miller) took the picture from across the table.......

please give it a try.....

Deb just followed the directions I've sent to everyone, please just try it. I'll help if you have a problem- just e-mail me.
We have so much to learn about each other and our common family.

I DID IT!!

I'm actually doing what I hear all my kids at school talk about. Yeah for me!
This is going to be a great way to keep in touch. Thanks Mark for organizing this (and teaching me).
Next task--PICTURES!

a Jones part.....

I'm Mark Jones and the blog master. I'm the son of Ray and Eleanor Jones. My dad was the Lutheran minister in Lester and my mom was born in Lester and the daughter of Charlie and Em Wittig. We lived in Lester until I was in 2nd grade, at which time we moved to Downingtown, PA.

I'll be blogging about my family and the things we do.

Please join us..............