Germantown Academy Halloween Parade 2010

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Germantown Academy’s Halloween Parade is A.BIG.DEAL.

See more photos here.

(Fiona was Cleopatra and Owen was Perseus, holding Medusa’s head)


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Owen’s Birthday Celebration: Paintball & Camping

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We all went on Owen’s birthday camping trip this year (some of the early years are here and here).

One of this year’s highlights was a paintball session.  “Unfortunately,”  Fiona and I couldn’t go because 10 was the minimum age. For once, it didn’t rain during the campout, although …

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A Very Merry Christmas

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We had a wonderful Christmas, full of surprises and wishes granted. Santa was very good as was everyone else. We had great meals and better company.

A quick set of photos are here.

The kids are pictured below in their new “safari” gear (thanks Aunt MJ) that they will …

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Halloween Parade at Germantown

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The big-deal Halloween parade at Germantown Academy was today. Everyone looked wonderful. The whole school, from pre-K to seniors comes out to the quad and parades around.

The PK teachers were famous GA athletes from the past, the 3rd grade teachers were Phillies “fans,” and the 5th grade teachers were …

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Coming Soon to a Halloween Party Near You….

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… The Ghost Boy from Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Princess Amidala, Queen of Naboo.

Get those treats ready!

(You’ll have to wait until the Germantown Halloween parade on Friday to see Jack dressed up as Miley Cyrus.)


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Ryan & Kristen are Married!

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YEAH!!! We had such a wonderful time at the wedding. The whole day was just perfect.

I’m very sorry I’m not a better wedding/people photographer, but even so, with my less-than-stellar photos, I think you can see how much fun everyone had and how beautiful the wedding was.

Congratulations Ryan …

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Merry Christmas

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In case you haven’t figured out yet, you haven’t gotten a Christmas card yet. I think, this year, I might send MLK day cards.

However, we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and all the best in 2009. Below is link to our December 2008 recap.

Christmas Season 2008 …

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Christmas in Odessa

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On Saturday, we went down to Odessa, Del., for the Christmas display. Kevin’s business partners, Don & Betts, had their home on the holiday tour.

The historic homes are all decorated for the holidays and it was a wonderful trip, although we didn’t get to visit with Don & Betts …

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Just because…

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Don’t they look cute all dressed up? We were on the way to the Nutcracker ballet and they allowed me to take some photos. Owen requested the bow tie for his holiday outfit this year.  I had to crop Jack out because he was all scowly because he didn’t want …

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Trick or Treating 2008

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The kids brought home more candy this year than they ever have, so I guess trick or treating was a success.

We dropped Jack and Owen off at Jack’s friend Charlie’s house about 6:00 and Charlie’s dad took them around and then brought them home. In the slideshow, Charlie is …

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Halloween parades

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The annual Halloween parades were this morning. Jack and Owen’s was a big production around the quad at Germantown.

Many parents were there and most of the upper school came about to watch and some of the older kids were dressed up as well.

Owen went as a Myrmidon (a …

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(Drumroll) Here are the Easter photos!

After many requests, here are the long-awaited Easter photos: Easter 2008 Photos here

You’ll notice that Jack has a surly look in some of the photos of the kids in the their Easter outfits. He didn’t like his sweater, and in fact, spent most of the time at church writing …

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Visit With Santa

We like to go to Howell Farm in New Jersey to visit Santa. The farm is one of our favorite places and the Santa visit is very special. It was very cold this year and the kids needed some hot cider and popcorn to warm up before Santa arrived.

Then …

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Jack’s Fishing Trip: Quick Photo Post

Gotta go help supervise bathtime before the upstairs floods….but we went on Jack’s birthday fishing trip yesterday and it was GREAT!. We must have caught almost thirty fish–even Fiona caught one. More photos are here.


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Fiona is THREE!

We had Fiona’s third birthday party tonight. She picked the theme: Princesses. She picked the menu: hot dogs, tater tots and pink lemonade.She’s already received lots of great presents, from Aunt Jo & Uncle Kevan, Great George & Brenda, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary Jane and so on…I think she …

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