Jen and Tom were pulling together some photos for Jen’s dad’s apartment and came across a couple of classics. Here is Norm and Mary Ann (Jen’s mom) sometime in the 1960’s: Here is Grandpa Norm somewhere in Africa with the Army some time in 1963-65:...

Tristan loves his froggies. Hardly a day goes by where Tristan doesn’t insist on visiting his slimy green friends. Sure he wants to poke and prod them. Sure he wants them to jump into the water…or jump out. Sure he throws wood chips at them. But there is no...

For several weeks now, Tristan has been using mommy against daddy…and vis-versa. “Daddy said it was OK” “Mommy said it was OK to stay up”. This morning, a new form of manipulation emerged…bribery. While trying to convince daddy to get out of bed and go downstairs to play (and...

Someone had the brilliant idea that we should all go to the Quick Check Balloonfest in Readington, NJ this weekend. It sounded like a great idea at the time. Tom, Jen and the boys joined Grandma, Pop-pop, Aunt Tara, Professor Stewart and Aunt Debbie on the runway at Solberg...

William’s vocabulary started out with “daddy” and “thank you” and has expanded to include “mommy” and “hi”. (Tristan has added “ka-chow”…thanks to Lightning McQueen and Cars)...

On July 3rd, William celebrated his first birthday! The day started like any other…with a HUGE William smile: Then the crouds of people started to arrive… Here you can see Uncle Skull, Anita and Anthony chatting. In the background is Jen, Tara and Godfather Bobby. Many family members came...

Thanks to our generous friends, Greg and Lisa, we were able to spend a couple of days down at the beach. We have been joining Greg and Lisa on Long Beach Island for several years now. Jennifer would come down here for crazy weekends during her early working days…while...

Tristan has discovered that there are frogs in our koi pond (no koi, just frogs). Apparently, there is an gene which attracts young boys to frogs as he will no leave them alone. He wants to watch them, he wants them to jump into the water, he wants to...

Aunt Tara (also known as sister Tara) threw a big party to celebrate Flag Day…and her new house. Friends and family from Brooklyn, Rockland, Westchester, New Jersey and Long Island joined her in Chestnutridge for BBQ and guided tours. As ususal, William enjoyed himself tremedously. And so did “Pop-pop”...

We are not exactly sure where Tristan learned to hold a violin, but he seems to have gotten the idea. And Dad is so proud that Tristan has discovered an interest in Lego (like) blocks....