Category Archives: Family

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

Lily tested for her jō weapons test and passed

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Joel

Earlier this year, Lily began attending a weapons class this year in addition to her regular weekly karate classes. Lily? Weapons? You are correct — we probably didn’t think this through. Anyway, she recently tested for her proficiency with the … Continue reading →

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Lily’s Girl Scout Bridging Ceremony 2017

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Joel

Lily completed her 2nd year in Girl Scouts this June. Her Girl Scout troop celebrated all of the Brownies moving on up to becoming Juniors with a “bridging” ceremony. Lily has been a Brownie since she last bridged back in June … Continue reading →

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BSA Troop 59 Court of Honor – June 2017

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Joel

After much work these past few months (and some prodding from his parents), Joshua completed a number of BSA merit badges, and fulfilled all of the rank advancement requirements to move up from Tenderfoot to 2nd Class. Huzzah. His Boy … Continue reading →

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Lily was in an 8U girls softball tournament June 1 – June 4

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Joel

In May, Lily and a number of girls from our township (and another one adjacent) tried out for an upcoming 8U girls softball / (“All Stars”) tournament scheduled for June 1 – June 4 down in Florence NJ. They had … Continue reading →

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Tonight’s theme is “Fire!”

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Joel

I worked from home Monday, which gave an opportunity for some free time (which I usually have to spend commuting.) The kids and I had some initial difficulty but we eventually got the fire pit going. It took three Ipes … Continue reading →

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Sometimes Lily forgets how to eat a donut

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Joel
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My 41st birthday weekend

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Joel

This year I wanted to keep my birthday pretty low-key. No big parties. No dressing up.  No big fancy dinners. No polite debating whether the 40-year-olds should go to a club, and see who drops out before we get to the … Continue reading →

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Happy Easter!

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Joel
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Joshua’s 3rd bicycle

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Joel

Last year, I noticed that Josh’s 2nd bicycle (last purchased back in April 2013) was looking long in the tooth for him. We bought it when he was only eight years old, and now it looked way too small on … Continue reading →

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2017 CMB Karate Demo Team performance at the Wells Fargo Center (2nd time!)

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Joel

Last April, the kids performed with the rest of the CMB Karate demo team at the Wells Fargo Center. Last year, it was on the concourse next to a Kia Optima on display. Nice, but it obviously would have been … Continue reading →

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