uncle jerry's 70th birthday party (08/2006) 
My wife Joni is one of six kids in her family, all of whom live in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Joni's siblings (and their families) are:
  • Older sister Liz, her husband Lee, and their daughter, Molly;
  • Younger sister Alex ("Gix"), and her husband George;
  • Younger sister Katie, her husband Garry, and their children Matthew, Natasha, Maggie, and Dmitri
  • Younger brother Andrew and his children Freddie and Mia 
  • Younger sister Alice
We have a lot of gatherings with her siblings, which are always loud and chaotic and almost always a great deal of fun. This past August, we all got together to celebrate the 70th birthday of Jerry, their uncle on their dad's side (Dad, alas, passed away in 2004).

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Our hostess, Alex; Jerry, the birthday boy


Alex's husband, George, and Riki, Alex's (and my wife's) mom; Katie and her husband, Garry
 


Dmitri and Maggie, Katie and Garry's kids; Freddie; Molly; my older daughter, Beth


Jerry and Katie's son, Matthew; Riki and Alex


Riki and Liz; Beth and a zuzzing Dmitri; Garry with a little silver purse as a yarmulke


After a while, the kids went outside to play and George was kind enough 
to let them use his lawn mower. 
Matthew driving with Freddie and Molly; 
Andrew's girlfriend Shannon and his daughter, Mia


Mia running across the lawn; Beth taking a turn, pulling Molly and Ally (in the orange dress)


Liz, her husband Lee (a source of great frustration to her), and Dmitri; 
Beth, Freddie, Natasha, and Maggie riding behind the lawn mower


George driving the kids


How do you spell "ugly?" R-O-S-C-O-E, Alex's pit bull; Sweetpea, Alex's cat


After a great meal, the party finished with some awesome desserts. 
Nice, job, Gix!



Posted December 2006