Holiday Party and Luminaries 2017

Happy late Holidays and Happy New Year! On Sunday, December 17th we had our second annual holiday party down the street at Pinz in the Kingston Collection! Neighbors came together for pizza and snacks, drinks, arcade games, and lots of smiles and laughter. Santa found us again and delivered gifts to all the kids. It is awesome to see the Christmas magic at work!!! Huge thanks to Jessica Garrett, Anne Caliento, and Janet Geraigery for all their hard work pulling this together.

Later that evening we also held our annual luminary event.  Kits with paper bags and candles had been delivered earlier that week (thank you to everyone who helped assemble and deliver these!) and at 4:45pm everyone lit their luminaries. It was again a beautiful sight to behold!! Love that feeling when a lot of people all come together to pull something amazing off!! Everyone had fun walking or driving around to see the festive cheer. OHE rocks:)

Here's some pics from both events:

{Alison and Matt #whatsup}

{Jess and John...already probably talking about next year!}

{do I want to know what's going on here?!}

Kiera and Isabel #airhockeybattle

{Elina, Matison, and Maura #bikers}

{Tim, Jimmy, Chris, and Paul #trouble}

{Rowan and Jackson talking strategy}

{SANTAAAAA!}

{Ryan greets Santa #lovethispic}

{Morgan, Mya, Taylor, Chloe}

{everybody patiently waiting for the big guy and their presents}

{This way, Santa!!}

{Santa and Cloe}

{Santa and Brock}

{elf Jess bringing the joy}

{new neighbors Emily and baby Eva}

{serious convo happening here}

{How did Mya get so big?!}

{Yes! Ian gets more Grossery Gang for his "collection"!}

{Emily literally can't wait to build her Legos Friends kit}

{the Mamas making all the magic happen}

{later that night  #sopretty}

{loved seeing everyone's Christmas lights}

{Maura, Paul, and Ian checking out the luminaries}

Thank you again, everyone, for making this neighborhood such a special place to live! See you around:)

Holiday Happenings

Hello and Seasons Greetings, everyone!

Just a reminder that Luminary Night is this Sunday, December 20th (not Saturday, the 19th). You should be getting your kit in the mail soon and buckets of sand are already out on the corners. Start as early as 4:30pm, but let's all try to have them lit by 4:45pm...then walk or drive around to see how beautiful it is!! Hopefully they'll even be some mingling and merry making, impromptu gatherings or carolling!! Thanks so much for your participation, it is so cool to see what we can do when we all come together with a common cause:) PS. Also remember to dispose of your bags the next day if possible.

Thanks again for understanding about this year's cancelled holiday party. Despite the hard working efforts of our subcommittee, it just wasn't going to work this year. We're sorry! Our location, the Union Grove is not available...it has been shut down and probably being put up for sale.  A lot of the the other venues we investigated in and around Kingston were either unavailable for the right date, too expensive, or the wrong sized room. And we also weren't sure in general whether neighbors would want to drive to the party (on a school night) instead of just walking down the street. We'll rethink things for next year!

We hope this is not too disheartening.  In an effort to keep the social calendar going, the subcommittee has offered to keep working and pull together either a winter event in late February/early March of 2016 or perhaps an early summer block party in June. Feel free to comment here on which type of event you'd prefer!! (We'll keep you updated!)

See you on Sunday night for the luminaries and have a wonderful holiday!!! Happy New Year too:)