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News flash! Lily wins her 2nd Spelling Bee with the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs 2019 District Spelling Bee

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Joel

I gotta give the girl credit – she can be cool and calm under pressure. On Saturday Feb 23rd morning, we drove up to the headquarters for the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs 2019 district spelling bee.  There … Continue reading →

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Lily and the Spelling Bee

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Joel

I mentioned that Lily was attending her 2nd spelling bee ever while we were standing in line at Immigration and Customs in Newark Airport. Last year, she made it far but not to 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. As we were … Continue reading →

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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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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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Lily and I went on a field trip to the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton NJ

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Joel

Lily’s 5th grade class went on a field trip to the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton NJ. Now, I’ve never been there before, but I know Nums and Josh have gone on a field trip prior. I’ve seen the statures … Continue reading →

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One Dad, three Moms, four Sons and at least one Daughter went out last Friday Night

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Joel

Last Friday, we spent the evening in separate family quality time events. Nums and Josh got together some friends at Ruth’s Chris for a Mommy-Son dinner. They ate steak Not to be complete outdone, Lily and I made plans to … Continue reading →

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The Girl Scouts learn some self-defense forms with Master Brooks of CMB Karate

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Joel

Lily and her Girl Scout troop visited CMB Karate recently for one of their regularly scheduled troop meetings. Master Christopher Brooks spent time to teach 6 out of 7 of them self-defense moves. I say 6 out of 7, because … Continue reading →

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We bought Lily a new bike for her birthday

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Joel

Lily has been riding a 20″ bicycle for a few years now. Late last year, I noticed that she was either looking really big, or the bicycle was looking awfully small. At the time, we agreed that she needs a … Continue reading →

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The kids and their CMB Karate Demo Team performed at the Wells Fargo Center in April 2018

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Joel

The Sunday after we got back from Florida, the kids and their CMB Karate Demo Team were performing at the Wells Fargo Center before a 76ers basketball game. We skipped church in the morning, then drove them down to Philadelphia. … Continue reading →

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