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• 25 September Gemma's Jars From fra8164 in 'bout ye (422 days old)

  The group met up tonight for the first time since our return home, unfortunately only 9 could make the meeting but that didn't stop it being a useful session.Next Tuesday it will be 3 months since Gem… more

• 4/5 August, Returning Home From fra8164 in 'bout ye (470 days old)

  At last I get to update the blog, I'm having weird jet lag, one night I'm sleeping for 14 hours, the next for 3, now back to 14!!!!Anyways here are the pix of our damp departure from Maine and our eve… more

• 02 August, Lobster Cruise From fra8164 in 'bout ye (475 days old)

  Well today is our last Saturday in Maine for this summer, so our host mummy and daddy (Frank and JoAnn Griffin) took us to Portland for the day and we went on the Lucky Catch which is a Lobster boat t… more

• 02 August, Blog Extra From fra8164 in 'bout ye (476 days old)

  Well I promised you a blog extra and here it is, sorry if my typing and grammar are more disconnected than usual. I was at the Red Sox game last night and it went to 3 extra innings so I didn't get ho… more

• 31 July, Farewell Party From fra8164 in 'bout ye (477 days old)

  It's hard to belive it's that time again, the Farewell Party is our chance to say a huge thank you to the host families. It is a little early this year as we fly out on Monday and St. Max Church Hall … more

• 30 July, Gemma (AWWWWW), Jordan in NY From fra8164 in 'bout ye (478 days old)

  Hi all, it's time for another AWWWWWWW blog as we visited the Boissonneault home to get our regular dose of Gemma. She is now over 6 and a half pounds, which is great and she feels so solid. Unfortuna… more

• 28-29 July, Lake Sokokis stayover From fra8164 in 'bout ye (479 days old)

  We had the wonderful opportunity of 2 days at a summer house in Lake Sokokis organised by Steve Beaudette who is a longstanding member of MICP. The summer house is more than a house it has 12 separate… more

• 27 July, Pancake Breakfast, other news From fra8164 in 'bout ye (482 days old)

  Well things started early on Sunday morning, we were all due at St Max church hall by 7am to prepare for the Pancake breakfast we were to serve. This is an important fundraiser for MICP and is done in… more

• 26 July, Sanford Family Visit, Rich Family Party From fra8164 in 'bout ye (483 days old)

  What a busy day with the hot weather back. We were up early, well not THAT early and off to the Sanford family, who are hosting Scott for the second year, for breakfast.Robin cooking pancakes,her and … more

• 25 July, Leadership Training From fra8164 in 'bout ye (484 days old)

  Well today we got invited to the Hewnoaks Center of Camp Susan Curtis for some leadership training organised by Walter Corey. Walt was involved in MICP a long time ago and is now involved with Seeds… more

• 22 July, Party Time From fra8164 in 'bout ye (485 days old)

  Well, it was Katie and Zoe's joint Birthday Party. I couldn't go as Phyllis was staying down and going off with the girls the next morning so I had no way home. Just as well taking into account the ca… more

• 21 July, more camping pix From fra8164 in 'bout ye (486 days old)

  Sam has kindly sent me a few pix he took at camping, some of them are quite scarey, his flash seems to create zombie eyes in the dark!! look at me dancing in the dark!!!!! doesn't brett look sca… more

• 18,19,20 July, Camping From fra8164 in 'bout ye (488 days old)

  This is the biggest blog of the summer so it may take some time to load, there are 87 pix and all well worth a view so be patient and see how the camping went!!! As always we camped at Walnut Grove Ca… more

• 17 July, Synagogue, Vaughan and Boucher Family Visits From fra8164 in 'bout ye (491 days old)

  Half way through and the time has really flown, to be honest everyone has forgotten who you all are at home....sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I doubt if any of this lot will turn up for the fl… more

• 16 July, Awwwww Day and Richardson Family Visit From fra8164 in 'bout ye (492 days old)

  Today was AWWWWW Day. What's AWWWWW Day you might ask, well it's a day when something makes you go AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. So be prepared, are you ready, here we go, AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW… more

• 14/15 July, Moreau Family Visit, Soup Kitchen From fra8164 in 'bout ye (494 days old)

  Well we did our annual trek to East Waterboro to visit the Moreau family, it's really just a few miles down the road from us but we like to make them think they live out in the woods somewhere (which … more

• 14 July, Blog Extra From fra8164 in 'bout ye (495 days old)

  Hey my e-mail has been down a few days so I have only got some pictures that were e-mailed to me over the weekend, although the ones the Kelleys sent haven't arrived so maybe you should send again.Sam… more

• 13 July, Car Wash Day & Kevin's Birthday Party From fra8164 in 'bout ye (496 days old)

  It's been a few days since the last blog, things have been quiet in the land of MICP. The 12th here is a little different to home, nothing much happened apart from another beautiful sunset across the … more

• 09 July, 3 Host Family Visits, Sam&Scott Update From fra8164 in 'bout ye (499 days old)

  We had a busy, but fun, day in Kennebunk, despite the muggy energy sapping weather. First up was a brunch visit with the King family, they are hosting Kevin W and Kieva. Kevin is the only boy in a hou… more

• 08 July, Sea Dogs Baseball Game From fra8164 in 'bout ye (500 days old)

  Take me off to the ball game, or something like that the song says. Anyways tonight we had tickets to the Portland Sea Dogs game, they are one of the Boston Red Sox feeder teams so are pretty good at … more

• 07 July, Hanley Host Family Visit From fra8164 in 'bout ye (502 days old)

  Hey one week in and we were off to the Hanleys who are hosting Matthew(Fu) and Sam, we had an early start to get there for 11 and foound the boys with their host brother Jonah playing Rock BandThey we… more

• 06 July, Phyllis lazes From fra8164 in 'bout ye (503 days old)

  Well for camping Phyllis came up with the great idea of an art project. An art project requiring use of a truck kindly loaned by Kaile Warren, our neighbour and Mr Rent-A-Husband. Of course Phyllis co… more

• 05 July, The Rothrock Family, and Susan's Birthday From fra8164 in 'bout ye (503 days old)

  We had a another trip to Kennebunk today, this time to visit the Rothrock family who are hosting Kevin. When we arrived Kevin was in the pool teaching the Americans how to really play Water Volleyball… more

• 04 July, Independence Day From fra8164 in 'bout ye (504 days old)

  Well it's the big holiday and our host family, Frank and JoAnn Griffin, hosted a party in the afternoon, some of the visitors decided to enact movie titles, here's Brett and Lauren doing Scream, Th… more

• 03 July, Hall family visit, Scott's Vacation From fra8164 in 'bout ye (505 days old)

  Off to Kennebunkport for Phyllis and I, it was our first host family visit of the summer. We stopped off at Walkers Point on the way (Summer Residence for the Bush family, ya know him what runs the co… more

• 02 July Host Family Picnic From fra8164 in 'bout ye (506 days old)

  at Fort Williams Park, Cape Elizabeth. We have a beautiful view of the lighthouse from the picnic area First to arrive were the Hanley's who are hosting Sam and Fu(Matthew) "look dad I got … more

• We're here!!!! From fra8164 in 'bout ye (508 days old)

  Hang on to your hats Maine, the N.Irish have arrived. Travel was so smoooooth, everyone worked very well together on the way over and all those nasty little things designed to trip us up like check… more

• We're on our way...... From fra8164 in 'bout ye (510 days old)

  Just to let you know how wonderfully well we have prepared for our visit here are a few pictures from our May residential, Most were taken during our identity exercise where the group drew words an… more

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