Category Archives: Family

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

My nephew Ben’s baptism

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Joel

This Sunday, we drove on down to South Jersey for the baptism of my nephew Benjamin. The service was at 11am at their church, and we were running late. Fear of being late to our own nephew’s big day, I … Continue reading →

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First day of the 2014-2015 school year

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Joel

Yea! The kids finally went back to school! No more paying for summer camp! Or trying to figure out who will watch them! Josh is now heading to 4th grade, and Lily is now a 1st grader. And since we … Continue reading →

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Taking in a Trenton Thunder game on a Tuesday evening

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Joel

A few weeks earlier, Namita took the kids to that National Night Out event at the PAL fields. In some contest, Lily was able to name all of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and won us four tickets to see the … Continue reading →

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A day at the beach in Ocean City, NJ

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Joel

My sister made the suggestion that we should really get together and have a beach day before the end of the summer. Who was I to argue? Namita was unavailable, because she had vacation bible school starting the next day. … Continue reading →

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The Ipes have moved in

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Joel

I think it is rather official at this point, and we can call it: The Ipes have moved into our new home. We have spent the past two months cleaning out our townhouse and migrating the majority of our wordly … Continue reading →

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Update on our big move

Posted on July 12, 2014 by Joel

We have only about a week to go until closing on our new house. In the midst of all the packing up our belongings,  cleaning up the house, getting our new mortgage approved, finding movers, buying new furniture, and moving utilities, we … Continue reading →

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Like two archeologists, Josh and I found ancient patio brick on our property

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Joel

If I am not cleaning or making improvements on the inside of the house, I’ve been working hard on the outside landscaping, or fixing stuff in general. At times, I’ve had to enlist the kids also, just to make them … Continue reading →

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It seems our shipment of packing boxes arrived

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Joel

It seems our shipment of packing boxes arrived. We have been moving all of our stuff to the storage unit, decluttering the house as we go week by week. We used up all of the original moving boxes that we … Continue reading →

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Visiting the Chackos at LBI

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Joel

After attending the Trenton Thunder baseball game, we drove down to Long Beach Island to meet up with my sister-in-law and her husband, and my niece for dinner. It took us about 90 mins to get from Trenton to LBI, … Continue reading →

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Church outing to watch the Trenton Thunder

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Joel

As a member of the newly reformed Men’s Group at our church (St. Barnabas Episcopal Church), we organized a fun outing for our interested parishioners to see a Trenton Thunder minor league AA baseball game down in Trenton. The Ipes have … Continue reading →

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