Here are a few shots from Uncle Jon’s birthday.

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This is a scan of a photo taken by Jon on the beach of 4th Cliff in Humarock in 2007.

4th Cliff 2007

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I hadn’t maintained the blogging software we use for this site (Wordpress) for quite some time, so it was pretty cumbersome to add new posts and images. It’s now upgraded to the latest version (v2.7.1), which has some fancy-shmancy new features.
So, get cracking Mary Lou!

After several computer issues, and camera issues, and time issues, here it is, my first post in a LONG time. I hope I remember how to do it…  The family vacation at the end of August consisted of; camping in New Jersey while visiting Six Flags Great Adventure, 2 days in Baltimore to see the kids’ first Red Sox game (in Camden Yards!) and Washington D.C., camping in Newport News, VA for Busch Gardens, and 2 nights in Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, and last, but not least, the statue of Balto in Central Park and the Statue of Liberty.

Vacation 2008

The pictures from our Vacation in the summer of 2008!

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We had a good day at Henry Agri’s Karate Tournament today. We didn’t get any action shots of the kids, but the picture below kind of speaks for itself! Rebecca, Jacob, and Mary Lou all got promoted to Blue Belt, while Jacob got three (that’s right… three) First Place trophies in his age category. He got First Place in Sparring, Open Forms, and in Board Breaking, where he broke a ‘big person’ board. Rebecca did a great job in her events too, but she’s in a much tougher class - she got a Third Place trophy in Board Breaking. Mary Lou got a Second Place trophy for Adult Traditional Forms, and Chris took First place in Adult Sparring.

We were also presented with a very nice plaque by Master Henry for our help with the school - it was very nice, and very unexpected!

We had a nice visit with Lainie right before her first birthday. She is up and walking and getting into everything.

Lainie's Birthday - 2007

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Henry has left us for the higher hunting grounds. He was a good cat and will be missed.

Henry 2007

Shots of Henry in the summer of 2007. GOOD CAT.

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Niagara Falls was the first stop on our Canadian adventure! The Canadian side of The Falls is a complete tourist trap, but we had a good time anyway. We went to the top of the Skylon Tower, rode the Skywheel, toured Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, chowed down at Montana’s Steakhouse and ‘drove’ each other crazy on the bumper cars. The braver souls entered Nightmares Fear Factory, the scariest haunted house this side of the Atlantic, maybe I can get that picture up here too… Here they are!

Amanda’s birthday was hot! hot! hot! Here are some pictures of the kids with the ice cream cake, while it lasted!