Rose Family Stuff

Rose Family Stuff - 2002

January 2002 Disney trip. Carribean Beach resort on 220 acres where we stayed.

January 2002 Disney trip. Epcot Spaceship Earth.

January 2002 Disney trip. Colin and Marissa with Mickey at MGM Studios.

January 2002 Disney trip. Animal Kingdom at the Tree Of Life.

January 2002 Disney trip. Arriving at the pier to get onto the Disney Wonder.

January 2002 Disney trip. Our Disney Wonder dinning room staff.

January 2002 Disney trip. The pier into Nassau.

January 2002 Disney trip. Nassau's Straw Market - 500 booths.

January 2002 Disney trip. Every night on the Wonder our cabin attendant Dawson created a different animal out of towels. The first night was this elephant.

January 2002 Disney trip. Colin and Marissa sitting by the pool on the Disney Wonder.

January 2002 Disney trip. Marissa getting ready for her snorkeling adventure on Disney's private island, Cast Away Cay.

January 2002 Disney trip. And how did you say you spent your winter vacation? Here's The Ris as "Bahama Momma" on the beach at Disney's Castaway Cay.

January 2002 Disney trip. Colin and Marissa before dinner at the Wonder's "dress up" resturant, Tritons.

January 2002 Disney trip. Family portrate at dinner.

January 2002 Disney trip. Colin and Marissa getting Disney Wonder's Captain Henry's autograph.

January 2002 Disney trip. Marissa and Pat.

January 2002 Disney trip. Family portrait.

March trip to North Conway. Bev receiving instructions from Colin and Marissa on filming the pending snowboarding activity.

March trip to North Conway. Marissa coaching Colin on the fine points of snowboarding.

March trip to North Conway. Colin readies himself at the top of the hill.

March trip to North Conway. Well... maybe next run?

I was caught way too early in the morning in this shot of me on my 15th birthday 04/12/02. Too early in the morning...

Here's a group shot of the family just before heading over to Bananna's Bar and Grill for Colin's 15th birthday party dinner 04/12/02. He had been talking about their special prime rib dinner for weeks. And that's just what he had- all 16oz of it!

Knowing that Colin was launching Snow Day today, Marissa got The Wet One launched and out in the bay to act as a "crash boat" in the event something went wrong. Well, something did go wrong, and she had to tow him into the dock for repairs. She spent the entire day zooming around Pomeroy Cove! The Wet One needs some work, but it floats and for now — that's all that she needs. We will be doing some repairs and painting over the next couple of weeks. But at least she is on the water!

Late May rainbow over Pomeroy Cove...

Colin and Marissa heading out from the dock to join the "fleet" massed for a 4th of July patrol of the river.

Colin and Marissa leading the 4th of July patrol "fleet" up river.

Colin and Marissa getting ready to head out to Dover Mayor Nossiff's home 07/29/02 as helpers at a political fund raiser.

Peter's brother Alan relaxing before watching Pat's band Hello Detroit perform at the Hampton Falls pavillion.

The Rose family 08/03/02 in the backyard during Alan's visit. Sheena "T" (for The) Dog lies in guard position.

Happy Birthday, Bev, from all of us!

None of us had ever been to the Berkshires before, but it sounded like a beautiful place to visit. So, we got a timeshare swap at the Oak 'n Spruce in South Lee, MA, and spent a glorious week. Amazingly, the kids loved touring the restored local mansions and their gardens. But the best part, as always, was just sitting by the pool - although it was really hot the entire week (in the 90's). Strange as it may sound, one of my main objectives was to vist Arrowhead, the home where Herman Melville wrote Moby Dick. Great experience. We had some good meals out, many times with the kids opting to remain behind to eat at the snack bar in the activity center so they could catch the evening's movie. If you go, the Dakata on the Lenox/Pittsfield line is excellent. We also had good meals at the Cork 'N Hearth overlooking Laural Lake, and the quaint redone railroad train station: Sullivan Station. We were disappointed by the food and the offerings at the Red Lion, although all three of their resturants are very pretty. Pat and I wrapped up almost every night at the Red Lion Inn's Den Pub. They had different entertainment every night- all terrific. And one night, John Pousette-Dart himself played. We could have reached out and touched him. Better yet, Pat called out mike adjustments to him; our momentary brush with fame...

Peter's office (SITA Advanced Travel Solutions) took everyone out on The Spirit Of Boston for a beautiful September 5th afternoon lunch cruise around Boston Harbor. This is a shot of Peter on deck with Jim , Dianne, and Narges as the boat headed back into port.

What a great shot of Boston Harbor from the deck of the Spirit of Boston cruise ship!

Pat enjoying a day off with the kids in Pat's hometown of Arlington, MA in August of 2002!

An early October morning fog breaks over Pomeroy Cove, Piscataqua River, Dover, NH.

Boo! Marissa carved this pumpkin for Halloween 2002. Is this creative or what?

We all headed up on Saturday 11/23 to Smugglers Notch, VT over Thanksgiving Week. There had been a major snowstorm Friday night and the trees were covered in a beautiful blanket of snow. The entire area had about 4" of snow when we got there. It snowed a little almost every day adding about an inch or more each day. The kids had a great week climbing part way up Morse Mountian to work on their snowboarding. Even Colin was able to keep his feet pretty much by the end of the week. Marissa was building higher and higher mounds to jump. She did quite well. Check out the family pictures page for some shots. Friday the 29th we had a big storm — you could only see a few hundred feet most of the time. We got about 4" inches alone in that storm. Pat and I braved it and the wind for as long as we could watching the kids come down the hill, but then retreated to the indoor heated pool, its 82 degree temprature, and the 104 degree dual hot tubs. It was nice sitting inside watching the snow beat down through the huge windows. We had Thanksgiving dinner at the Hungry Lion Inn. It was excellent. Another great meal was Friday at the 3 Mountains Inn - what a pretty place inside! All in all, a relaxing getaway. There are more pictures of Marissa on her website

Pat and the kids were able to get down to see Pat's Grandmother, Alice, just before Christmas. She brought her guitar and sang Christmas songs for most of the morning.

Pat's folks, Tom and Bev, joined us for what turned out to be a really snowy and stomry Christmas Day. We kept the fire stoked and smiled through it all!