death of uncle al at coxsackie ny

to all,

as of today all i know is he pass away last on wednesday sept 10 2008

aunt irene

Arizona or Bust

Hey everyone - Joanne here, I haven't been on in awhile--super busy. Anyway, Jimmy and I are leaving this Sunday - 9/14 for Sedona, AZ. I have a timeshare out there and after 7 years, (the last time I went out there, 9/11/01 happened, I was scheduled for 9/14 and that was the first day the planes went back in the air and you bet, I got on that plane, safest I ever felt flying), I'm finally getting to get out of dodge here. Jimmy has never been out west and is looking forward to it. We're taking the Grand Canyon Railroad from Williams (outside of Flagstaff) to the Grand Canyon on Tuesday. Wednesday is my "29 again" birthday and Jimmy and I are going to be renewing our vows at Cathedral Rock in Sedona, which was always a dream of mine to get married there.

Other plans are to go to the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert, Red Rock Jeep Tours in Sedona, go to Jerome (outside of Sedona, which is an abandoned mining town that has since been redone and turned into art galleries and shops, etc., also the people that live there don't know it's the millenium, they're still hippies and they think it's still the 70's there), and Meteor Crater. Then the other few days will be resort relaxation. If you'd like to see what my resort looks like go to sedonapines.com and click on "cottages" and click on "living room"...etc. and see what each room looks like. It's a beautiful resort. I'll be in touch when we get back on Monday 9/22. Take care - if anyone knows of anything else close by there for us to check out, let me know by this Saturday. Joanne Braman-Palmer

September 6th Golf Outing

The golf outing got lucky again this year. Even though it threatened to pour rain it waited until the last hole. No one remembered a camera for the golf part of the day. Thanks to Jayne we have a few pictures of the luncheon.

Dottie and Friend

This summer I recieved a surprise visitor, it was Michael Raymond's mother Dottie. Hadn't seen her in many years, here is a current picture of her. Love Aunt Irene.

Here is a photo of Billy & I on a rafting trip on the Colorado River. We spent 5 days in Las Vegas with some on the LaMarre family and one day we took a trip on the river. We started at the base of the Hoover Dam it was beautiful and fun. We had vacation. We also spent a week in July in Rhode Island. Rachel lives in Providence now, so we spent some time at the beach, Danielle was able to fly down and join us for 2 days, it was nice to be together.

Here is a photo of Mom, Aunt Yvonne and Aunt Marie with Aunt Marie's great grandson Gabe, Lisa's baby. Lisa visited this summer, it was great to see her and Gabe, he is adorable.

A new Daoust arriving in January

Josee here in North Carolina. I just wanted to announce that my husband and I are expecting our second child around the end of January. Some in the family already know, but I figured I'd make it official. So far the pregnancy is going well. Danny, our first born, knows that the baby is in my tummy and tries to put toys up my shirt for the baby. Here's a recent photo of the whole family (including the baby belly!).