The weekend before Thanksgiving started out pretty eventfully for a time when nothing was scheduled.  Friday night, Frank and the boys drove to Clemson to watch the semifinal games of the ACC Soccer Tournament.  Drew was rooting for UVa (over Wake Forest) and John was rooting for Clemson (Over UNC).  Both got their wish.  Meanwhile, Donna's plane home sat on the tarmac in New York for 4.5 hours because some turkey named Shane Lasseter bypassed security to retrieve his camcorder, forcing the nation's busiest airport to close for several hours.   At lteast Delta showed us good movies, and my colleague Marcia sent me good jokes on my BlackBerry.  The rest of the weekend was devoted to cooking and eating a City Ham, visiting guitar and computer stores, playing with the dogs, watching Clemson win the ACC Tournament, and generally enjoying being together.  Here are a few pictures: Cooking the Ham  Lachance home  | Lachance album

Drew cuddles with the dogs John and Gopher share a moment

John wrestling with the dogs on the floor Gopher watches the family from his favorite (and technically forbidden) perch.

We listened to Drew play some very good guitars at Guitar Center.  As you can see, they have rather a lot of them!

November 21, 2001