The Twins

T H E Q U A R R Y B U L L E T I NVOLUME 7 ISSUE MARCH/APRIL 2010

Grandchildren are gifts that soften all the hard edges of our lives.Look at all these beautiful children! Grandparents, stand up and take a bow, we salute you.

he Joys of Grandparenting – A VSR Celebration

This special issue of the Quarry Bulletin has been lovingly created for you by Shirley Chambers and beautifully presented graphically by Nany Diaz. If we have omitted anyone, it is by their choice. Enjoy!

K ate lynF rank & Peg B ashore 'sgrea t g randdaughter

Avary, Mad ison & MiaE li & C harlo tte Demetri's

granddaughtersAvary & Mia a re tw ins .

William-Dean , Theodora & MaryssaDean & Maryann Proyous '

grandch ild renMaryssa in cen te r, a tw in on each s ide

Sam, Ho lly, A nn ie , G rac ie , A lie & Ty le rRuth A nn D illon 's grandch ild ren

Sam & Ty le r and G rac ie & A lie a re tw ins .A ll a re tak ing p iano lessons from grandma.

C ay la & B ryson (cous ins)Lou ise & G eorge Theofilos '

grea t g randch ild ren

Seth , G rane lle , Tessa , Dakota & B e llaTom & B arbara West'sfive grea t g randch ild ren

The Great Grandkids

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GUTHRIE

Jean has 7 grandch ild ren – Made lyn , Ju lia and jus t - bornJoseph T imothy G uthrie – and Sam, C hris tina , A ndrew &Peter Spanos who ca ll he r Y ’ia Y ’ia .

Th is handsome happy go lfe r is none o therthan Jeremy F rancoeur, so say Nana Joanand Pepere A rmand.

G randma Lou ise says B en jamin , Jackson & Lukelive no t too fa r away in Hopeda le . Jacob & Emilylive in NC & ca ll he r g randa moush. The five loveswimming and boa ting toge ther. “They a re thegrea tes t th ing tha t ever happened to me .”

Jess ica , C arly, C onnor, Dan & h is wife Jes and the grea tgranddaughter K ate lyn (see front cover). The B ashoressay “K ate lyn is the light o f our lives right now.”

LEARY

O scar and Meme B arbara a t H igg ins B each , ME las t summer.B arbara announces " O scar is p res ident o f my fan club ."

FRANCOEUR BASHORE TAHMOUSH

THEOFILOS

Nana Lou ise & Papa G eorge have five grandsons– Sean & Ky le who live in Westboro , andthree who live in C o lorado–Dustin (ho ld ing grea t g randson B ryson), A dam & Trav is . (See fron t page for the ir g rea ts .)

CURRIER

K aile igh, Emma, B ra iedon, G av in & Michae l. Papa Steve & Nana C lara te llus the ir five grandchildren live in NH: the two youngest boys in Manchesterand the g irls and o ldest boy in Sa lem. So n ice to have them nearby.

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SHREVE

G randchildren B rad and L insay are in NJ, but to see Ryan (theRed Sox fan) and G illy we cross the country to C A to v is it.

DIAZ

Rav i, our ve ry soc iab le & brigh t 5 year o ld grand-daughter, is such a joy to us. She meets every challengefearless ly ins is ting tha t “ I can do it myse lf.” She is avery eager kara te s tudent

TINO

G ramie & Pa say a ll our grandchildren gathered a t our clubhouse to ce lebra teE la ine 's 70th b irthday. Ha lf live in B ille rica and ha lf in Tewksbury.

SULLIVAN

“The S ierra g irls” Naomi, Melan ie & J illian . G randma A nn asks “Who wearspearls to the beach?” Pardon me!

Our grandboys Connor, C arl & baby Nathan makeus proud , and we do spo il them. B oth C onnor& C arl exce ll a t sports , espec ia lly swimming .

J illian , Jackson , L iam & Meaghan , D ianne ’s fourgrandchildren . A ll four live in Westford , fac ilita tingv is iting .

G rammie Jean's three – A lyssa, Nick & B rooke – liveclose to us in Dunstable , a real plus!

ERICKSON EINARSON MARSTON

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O’DONNELL

Nana Lou ise and G rampy Harry te ll us K a te lyn & C hrislive in B urling ton and Laura & Sean live in Westford .

G ra immy L inda & G rappa La rry p roud ly repo rt th a t Rache l (le ft) p e rfo rmed in th eloca l Nutcracker program for the 2nd year in a row and Jordan (right) is a 2nd-yearleve l-4 gymnast who won 16 meda ls and 4 troph ie s la s t ye a r.

Nann i & Papa a re happy tha t C aro line & Dy lanspend every F riday w ith us here in our V illage .Now tha t C a ro line 's s ta rting k inde rga rten ,Dy lan w ill be feed ing our quarry 's fish a ll byh imse lf. C aro line loves soccer & Dy lan is anatural athelete who will someday be playingwith the pros . We a re so proud o f them!

ANZIVINO

B rendan , Jay, Mason & A lly a ll live in Windham, NH. G rampy Sk ipand G rammy Pau line te ll us they a ll love sports – footba ll, snow-board ing , baseba ll & baske tba ll.

GILES

BARRY

K atie is the reason B oppa B ob and NaiNai G a il" found " our V illage s ince she lives in the nex ttown. They describe her as a mix o f C uriousG eorge (wants to know how, when , why &what if) and D iane Sawyer (ta ll, b lond , ta lksnon-s top & reports on every de ta il o f her day).

EDDY

Ron & C hris tine proud ly present s ix o f the ir seven grandch ild ren : Megan , Ju lia , K irs ten , K amden,B rady & B rendan . A nd over to the righ t is number seven – Ryan .

CATERINOZAHOS

Marissa and James E as twood, grandch ild ren o fC hris and Dot.

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BOUCHER

Memere & Pepere B oucher are happy a ll s ix o f the irg randch ild ren liv e nea rby : A llis on , E liz a b e th ,C aro line (ho ld ing G race), Emily & Matthew. Thebaby is G race Irene & she makes everyone smile!

SERGENIAN

Pierce & Hay le igh are the C T branch of the family. G a ilsays they ca ll her G randma and Mort G randpa. O urC A grandk ids , Ju lia (2 years) and Dav is (2 months),ca ll us G randma and B e-hop.

G rammy and Pops get to see Jaden (3 yrs)& B rooke (2 mos here) fa irly o ften s incethey live in F ramingham.

Nate wants to be a writer/h is torian, K ass ie aspires tobe either an actress or fashion designer, & Lexis wantsto be an equestrian or art teacher (th is week). B abySydney Lynn has a vocabulary o f 3 words so far.

SHANZER NUSSBUM

CRAIB

Mered ith & Jack on Maine beach las t summer. They live in B illings , MT. C aro line and E lizabeth are in C lin ton, muchhandier for G randma and Papa to v is it.

DUGGAN

G randmere Phy llis p roud ly te lls usJared is an exce llen t s tudent, loveshockey & b a s eba ll, bu t ex c e lls a tkara te . He won a bronze meda l in the8-yr old div is ion of the national sparringcompetition in 2009.

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George & Denise are rightly proud of their nine grandchildren: the footballplayers C hris & K ev in , baby Lauren , Will & K aden s ledd ing , and Zack ,C hris tian , Rowan & Jeremy.

In back A idan, Luke, Joshua & Zachary (ages 3 to 11), and in front Nicholas, A lexa& Dylan. Nanie K athy & Papa Peter te ll us that two live in A Z, the others in Haverhill& Reading MA .

ROACH ABATE

NEYMAN

K imberly, Zachary & Maxwe ll in the top row. Then L indsay, SamanthaRache l & Ky le be low. G rammy Susan te lls us Zachary & Maxwe ll live inWestboro & the o ther grandk ids a re in No . A ndover.

TINSDALE

Emily, A llison , Samantha , K a tie & Meaghan , Mary E llen 's five love ly grand-daughters . How very fo rtuna te fo r her tha t they a ll live in Westford .

G ramma Jean is p roud o f her beautifu l family : Rebecca , K ris ten ho ld ingJack (the on ly boy), Amy, K e lli and K aren in the midd le . Two live in Westford ,the o thers in MD and NY.

WILLETS

G rammy Pau la & G rampa B ill have been b lessed w ith 5 charming , ta len ted ,c rea tive , smart, funny & adorable grandsons : Joshua , C o lin , B en jamin , Pe te r& C a leb . Hard to be modes t when they a re so awesome!

TOWNSEND

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AULD

G rammine Lore tta reminds us tha t th is photo o f C la rissa , C amellia , Sean &Dav id was taken a few years ago . The boys ca ll Dav id Rh ia , bu t the g irls call himgranddaddy. They all love games, and the girls are artistically talented.

TOBIASON

Jake & Tobey live in Westford . A ndrew, B en jamin (midd le fron t) & Thomaslive in Waterloo , B e lg ium. Nana B arbara te lls us they ca ll La rry " Morfa r,"wh ich is Swed ish for " mother's fa ther."

WEST

C hris tmas 2009 a t VSR C lubhouse . The Wests have a to ta l o f 14 grandch ild ren and 5grea ts (see fron t page).

Rubba Dub Dub, what fun in thetub – our four younges t rang ing inage from 3 to 6: Mia , C apri, Wes , &G iovann i. A nd here a re our twoo lder ones : Jus tin & Samantha .

HUBBARD

G ramma Nan brags a little about her grandch ild ren Tori andTy le r. She says not on ly a re they grea t k ids , bu t they a re a lsoexce llen t s tudents .

FLETCHER

A gg ie & K en 's g randsons Zac & Sam C ohenwa iting fo r San ta to come .

HYLE

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B renson, N icho las , A idan , K e lsey & A n ica . G ram June & G randdad Len a re g lad they a ren 't too fa raway, th ree live in Westford and the o thers in Newton . A nd look who jus t a rrived on March 6th-- RyanQ uinn , mak ing it number s ix fo r the Ha lios .

Three-year o ld Hannah and baby Max live in Newton.Hannah has dec ided C aro le and Joe l should beca lled Mimi and JoJo. Max hasn't dec ided ye t!

HALIO

G rammy Judy & G randpa R ick sen tphotos o f the ir g randk ids Trevor &A llie hav ing fun a t C hris tmas time .

CULVER

Nana Judy snugg ling w ith her four grandk ids : Maddy, B en ,Will & Noah .

The Demetri granddaughters C elia & Tessa. Madisonwas p ic tured on the fron t page w ith the tw ins . Tha tmakes five .

PREMRU

SHYAVITZ

When I come to v is it Nona and Papa here in S toneRidge they take me with them to ge t the ma il, and Ige t to meet some o f the very n ice peop le who livehere . I hope to meet you sometime . Isabe lle

JOHNSON

DEMETRI

KERN

G ranny A lice and G rampy E d don't like being so many milesaway from their grandkids B ella & Liam who live in Louisville , KY.

O u r p rid e a nd joy : g randsonsA dam and Jason .

DEFRONZO