Mom – it never fails.  I think I have one picture of her without an apron on.  However, since she is such a spectacular cook I really don’t mind!

Dad – probably the calmest and wisest person I know.  He looks at the fallen world and refuses to give up hope.


Sam – this is his normal facial expression, I promise.  He’s passionate, a tad overprotective and completely impossible to dislike.  As his friend described him, “He could talk to a rock and make it like him.”


Bridget – his long-suffering wife, mother to their three kids, always calm and consistent, not to mention beautiful.  I sincerely don’t know how she puts up with him.  I certainly couldn’t.

Knox – the obsessed book, car and airplane fan, banana lover, tow headed terror that is the first grandchild on our side and the first boy of both sides.

Havie – the diva, princess, master chef, future breakdancer and director of our lives.

Kate – the first born in the group, she has traveled and seen much more than I have and has lived to tell the tale, or at least about the food and wine they tried.

Matt – Kate’s ever patient and sometimes hilariously tall husband (she’s 5’3 1/2”(she likes that extra 1/2 inch) and he’s 6’5”)