Category: Family

  • Happy birthday, Mom!

    Kevin’s mom Maureen hosted her annual Sunday dinner at Sirena’s in Long Branch. The weather is usually spectacular, but this time it was gray and rainy—and that was a good thing. The restaurant was much less crowded than recent years and it was much more relaxed. Everybody had a good time, and it was sweet…

  • We got together with the Shaffers, Alexanders and Barlows Sunday to watch the Eagles-Cardinals game. We gave up on the game (a hideous Eagles loss) at halftime and enjoyed the Shaffers’ gorgeous new backyard patio, which is “shelled,” as it were, by acorn-crazed squirrels. When the sun went down, the squirrels went to bed and…

  • We visited Peter at Bloomsburg, with grandma and Kelly along for parents weekend. We tailgated with Pete’s friends and parents, many from our town. It was a nice, if exhausting day.

  • Happy birthday, J!

    My sister Sue had us all over to her place in Tinton Falls, NJ, to celebrate Justin’s 17th birthday. There was a threat of scary weather in the air, and a stiff breeze blowing outside, but inside all was good. Justin turned 17 today (Sept. 9). He’s a senior in high school and thinking about…

  • Photos from our vacation to Rehoboth Beach, Del., and Baltimore. Fun.

  • We had a chance to spend more time with Virginia’s cousin Mary during our Columbus visit than we have in, well, a very long time—which was great.

  • Today we dropped Kelly off at his summer camp, Unirondack, where he’ll stay for the next two weeks. We drove up yesterday from Philly (where we had some education on a new treatment protocol we’re adopting for his IBD) to Syracuse to see—and stay with—friends overnight. We dropped Kelly off at camp Sunday afternon, but…

  • Somehow, our nephew Nick has never spent an overnight with us—until last weekend, when we rectified this shortcoming. And we had a blast. Nick is a history buff, so a visit to Philadelphia is a natural, and a visit to the Franklin Instiute was a double-natural. We had a good time, walked down to Love…

  • What can I say, they’ve become hard to find. I’ll start shooting the second I see one for the next week. But Pete’s in Bloomsburg and Kelly is hanging with Mike one night and the girlfriend the next.

  • See the full gallery on Posterous Pete’s departure for college came fast. Thanks to summer session at Bloomsburg U., we packed him up (simply, as is his want) yesterday and drove off this morning toward Bloomsburg, Pa., to get him settled in. The process went smoothly enough and included a trip to the book store…

  • The seniors have some fun at Methacton hoops photo day.  

  • The team voted and called itself the 76ers, of all things. Kevin’s one of the coaches. We’re 2-2.