Category Archives: Family

Family-related anecdotes, visits, events, or topics.

The kids and I went to a trampoline park

Wow, jumping on trampolines is tiring. Also, climbing rock walls is a lot harder than I thought.

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Thanksgiving with the Ipes in 2019

We had a nice family affair for Thanksgiving this year. We hosted this year, and invited both my sister and her family, and my in-laws over for Thanksgiving. Since we had slightly larger gathering, we made both a turkey and … Continue reading

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Josh at the BSA National Youth Leadership Training

For the next two weekends, Josh is staying out in Pennsylvania for two straight weekends to attend a National Youth Leadership Training with the BSA. He attended with two of his friends from the Troop. They had pretty good weather … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween 2019

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Josh’s Confirmation

On Sunday, October 6 2019, we celebrated Josh’s confirmation in the Episcopal church. This year, after many months, Josh and another young woman were confirmed in a very nice service. The service was postponed a few months due to scheduling … Continue reading

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Our last day to visit Old Delhi and the return home

In the morning, we had our last breakfast and checked out of the hotel. With all of our bags in tow, we loaded up the tour bus for a last day of sightseeing in Old Delhi, then heading to the … Continue reading

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A sunrise visit to the Taj Mahal and our return to New Delhi

We were up at 5:30 AM Thursday morning to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise. I love photos at dawn and dusk – it’s magic time for good lighting. However, at 5:30 AM, I was feeling maybe it was a … Continue reading

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Our road trip (and first day) in Agra

The next portion of our India 2019 trip was a four hour road trip and overnight stay in Agra. We planned to pack light for Agra (backpacks only), and would leave our suitcases with the Pride Plaza hotel bellman, as … Continue reading

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Our first full day of sightseeing in New Delhi

After a good night of sleep and breakfast at the hotel, we met our New Delhi tour guide Naveen for our first day of sightseeing in New Delhi. We had an air conditioned 10 seat van to drive us around … Continue reading

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Goodbye Bangalore! On the way to New Delhi and Agra

We were up bright and early morning 5 AM Monday morning to catch our flight to New Delhi. We packed up 95% of our stuff Sunday night after dinner with Reshmi and Lee, and tried to catch a few winks … Continue reading

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