Category Archives: Family

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

Outdoor Christmas decorations and new landscape lighting

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Joel

Last weekend, it took a family effort to decorate the exterior for Christmas. But, we did it! Okay, we skipped the lawn decorations this year, but we can live without them. Some news – earlier this month, I had one … Continue reading →

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We celebrated Father’s Day with a hike and a nice dinner

Posted on June 21, 2020 by Joel

Happy Father’s Day! I started this year’s Father’s Day by sleeping in, if you can believe it. My usual Sunday group ride was held the day before instead. In the afternoon, Nums, Luke, and I went on a hike at … Continue reading →

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An anti-climactic last day of school

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Joel

What anti-climactic end to the school year. The end of school usually means the big good-byes, signing of yearbooks, the big bus ride home. With the kids home for the past few months, there was no perceptible end of school … Continue reading →

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Josh and I rode 10 miles around Princeton to get him to his 100 miles goal before the end of the school year

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Joel

Josh told me that he had a personal goal to hit 100 miles before the end of the school year. With the end of school coming up on Thursday, he was running out of time. I went on a group … Continue reading →

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Check out the jigsaw puzzle we finished

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Joel

How do you keep your sanity during a pandemic? I don’t know, but I think you have to keep busy. Nums borrowed a jigsaw puzzle from a neighborhood friend of hers, so we all decided to get in on the … Continue reading →

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Josh and I rode a 26 bike ride along the Jersey Shore, and we lived to tell the tale

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Joel

I’ve been telling Josh for a long time now that biking along the Jersey Shore is kinda nice. Flat roads, the Atlantic Ocean on one side of you, shore houses and stuff on the other. He came around, and agreed … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the great pandemic of 2019

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Joel

Welcome to the pandemic! So, this is crazy. We entered this lockdown in mid-March, and it’s been a few weeks. Based on conversations with friends and coworkers, we all thought that we’d be done and back to work in two … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Luke’s 12th birthday, pandemic-style

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Joel

Despite a pandemic raging in the country, time still passes, and milestones still come along. Luke turned 12 this year No one is throwing parties so what can you do? All you can do is do something small, even for an … Continue reading →

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Who doesn’t love dinner & a show? – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in State Theater in New Brunswick

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Joel

In December, we got tickets for my family and in-laws to see Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat. The show was being performed at the State Theater in New Brunswick. We picked up my in-laws, and drove in. We had decent … Continue reading →

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A Friday evening in New York with family and friends

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Joel

Nums and Luke went to see a Broadway show on a chilly Friday evening in December. I hung out with my friend Gary at his place, then we grabbed a cab up to Times Square to meet these two for … Continue reading →

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