Category Archives: Family

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

A photo shoot in Central Park after Thanksgiving

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Joel

For our Christmas / holiday cards, we have tried Sears and JC Penney with middling success. Often the photos need a lot of editing and cleaning up in Photoshop (by me) to make them decent. Last year, we were so … Continue reading →

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The Ipes kept Thanksgiving simple this year and we were cool with that

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Joel

Thanksgiving weekend was shaping up to be a bit busy, but Thanksgiving day itself was turning into a low-key day. We hosted for ourselves and my wife’s parents this year. Simple was good, because Nums and I were working pretty … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween from the Ipes!

Posted on November 3, 2018 by Joel
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Our daughter Lily tested and achieved her 1st Dan black belt in Tae Kenpo last Sunday

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Joel

Since reaching senior brown belt last year, both Joshua and Lily had been practicing for about a year on making it to black belt. Last June, with lots of practice in his regular forms, self-defense forms, and jo weapons forms, … Continue reading →

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The Ipes have assembled Lego Volton and we are ready to defend the universe

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Joel

It took us a little longer to get it done than I expected, but I’m happy to announce that we assembled Voltron! Seriously it took us two months on and off to finish building each of the five lions, with … Continue reading →

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My cousin Tessin’s wedding

Posted on September 16, 2018 by Joel

My 2nd cousin Tessin got married in mid-September. We had to run the usual errands that Saturday morning, including getting haircuts for the kids. We got it all done, but left later than planned. We got to the church in … Continue reading →

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“Form feet and legs! Form arms and torso! And I’ll form the head!”

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Joel

The kids started assembling the Voltron Lions this week. I thought I’d be working alongside them but I’ve unfortunately been extremely busy with work. They’re doing a pretty good job on their own. Red and Green lions are done, and … Continue reading →

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Our next project – Lego Voltron

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Joel

Our next fun project – a Lego Voltron. There are 2,321 pieces, people!

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Weeknight jigsaw puzzles

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Joel

We had some time Thursday night so the kids and I had fun putting together a 300 piece jigsaw puzzle sitting around. We’re not Rick and Morty watchers, and I’m not personally a big jigsaw fanatic, but it’s nice to … Continue reading →

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The Ipes had a busy weekend doing all sorts of things

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Joel

The kids went away to stay with my in-laws for a few days as their cousin Sophia was visiting. They came back Friday afternoon. After that, the busy weekend began in earnest! Friday Night Dinner Party Dinner with neighbors down … Continue reading →

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