Category Archives: Family

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

Joshua’s 10th Birthday Party – Part 2

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Joel

Part 2 of the photos from Joshua’s 10th Birthday Party. [simpleviewer gallery_id=”33″]

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Joshua’s 10th Birthday Party – Part 1

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Joel

Joshua celebrated his 10th birthday this weekend.  It was a busy weekend– Josh had his state spelling bee in New Brunswick Saturday morning, then we had more shopping to do, I had stuff at church to do Saturday evening, and then his … Continue reading →

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Joshua at the state spelling bee

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Joel

In early February, Joshua participated and won 1st place in a spelling bee hosted by the Greater Hightstown Juniorettes. The top three winners were invited to compete with other winners from the state on March 7th. That Saturday morning, we … Continue reading →

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The kids earn their Intermediate Yellow Belts

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Joel

The big news is that the kids have moved up to the next level in karate — Intermediate Yellow Belts. They tested with their friends Kaiya and Elli, and hey, they did it. It only required Namita and I to … Continue reading →

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Nums’ Birthday Weekend

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Joel

My wife celebrated her birthday this weekend. The highlights of this weekend included: homemade breakfast three days straight Dinner at Despaña in Princeton (Spanish cuisine, including tapas) a massage lunch with me (wonderful itself, you know) dinner at our home … Continue reading →

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Friday night out and about without the kids

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Joel

We planned a day (and evening) without the kids the day after Christmas. After having a Chackos & Ipe slumber party at our house Christmas night, we jointly dropped off the three cousins to their grandparents’ house for Slumber Party … Continue reading →

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Post-Christmas “Christmas Excellence” with the Josephs

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Joel

The Ipes and Josephs don’t just celebrate Christmas. We bring it to another level (in terms of food.) We celebrate “Christmas Excellence.” As per tradition, it is a culinary feast for the taste buds. Plus we drink and exchange gifts to … Continue reading →

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A very Merry Christmas and yet also a sad one

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Joel

Merry Christmas, everyone! My goodness, what a big day it was around here. A good day, but one also tinged with sadness. More on that later. Sometime during the course of the night, while I was passed out on the couch, … Continue reading →

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Attending the Christmas Eve service at our church for the first time

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Joel

We usually don’t attend the Christmas Eve service at our church. We’re usually off at someone else’s house the night before Christmas. On Christmas Day itself, we open presents, eat Polish pierogi for breakfast, then go to church for the … Continue reading →

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Our cat Scamper went AWOL for 24 hours

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Joel

We had a bit of a scare this week when one of our cats went missing. It was probably more worrisome that we didn’t know he was missing until the following day. I would affectionately describe our cat Scamper as … Continue reading →

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