| It was August 20, 2005 and we had a fun birthday bar-b-que for John in New York City The following are some pics of the people and events, fun was had by all! |
| The location of the party was in Riverside Park, right next to Grant's Tomb |
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| John and I prepare to do some Badminton damage! |
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| Thom Unterburger and Ellie are ready for our skills! |
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| Ahhh, the cake and it's loving message to John! |
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| Ellie and I were going at it on the playing field... |
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| Caroline's brother Kelley and his beautiful daughter Katie! |
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| Kelley and Katie again... |
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| Thom Lee and his lovely baby Maddie |
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| We were kind and only put 5 candles on John's cake |
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| John was able to cut it, but only with a little help from Laurel |
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| John didn't let being 40 years old stop his competitive nature |
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| Thom's wife Amy with Maddie |
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| Jonathon and Eric from Sipa chat while Niko grabs some food |
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| John tends to the grill while Eric and Kelley enjoy the corn |
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| Mom, Niko, Julie and Jill |
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| Caroline watches as Laurel instructs John |
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| Like a good husband, Thom gives Amy some cake |
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| The cake was finally cut and everyone grabbed what they could... it was very good chocolate cake with a peanut butter frosting! |
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| Laurel, Caroline, Julie and Niko |
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| Ellie, Thom and Mom (The sun was out for some of the day, it was nice!) |
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| Julie and Niko (Julie directed a wonderful play about copy editing as part of the Fringe Festival, I really enjoyed it! wait...am I allowed to put an exclamation point inside a parenthesis?) |
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| Katie gets a taste of chocolate cake |
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| Jill and Kenny enjoy the weather |
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| The weather held out nicely and we were all able to chill out and have a nice time |
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| Karen gets to enjoy the cake too! |
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| Mom, Caroline, Julie and Niko |
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| Katie, Kelley and Caroline watch Amy and Maddie play |
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| Brent and John chat... |
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| Kenny and John chillin' |
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| Niko and Brent chat while Ellie struggles with a bottle cap She was still in shock after the brutal badminton game John and I unleashed against her! |
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| Caroline, Jill and Kenny |
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| Mom, Julie and Niko chat while John contemplates being 40! |
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| Caroline, John, Jill and Kenny I'm not sure, but I think John is pointing at the place he was standing when he realized he was old! |
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| John, Niko, Thom and Ellie |
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| Maddie, Amy and Caroline |
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| There was much discussion about how long it might take the grill to get hot... |
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| Julie and Kenny are patiently waiting for the food while Niko wanted to be first in line at the table |
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| People were getting wise and hanging out at the table... |
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| ...while parents entertained the crowd with their babies! |
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| Ellie was glaring at me...still upset about Badminton... She kept begging for a re-match, but I couldn't do that to her again! |
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| John was trying to prove to Caroline that there was actually heat coming from the coals! |
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| Little Maddie was strapped in and ready to go... |
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| WEBMASTER'S NOTE: For the record, Ellie and Thom kicked our butts at Badminton...it was ugly. However, since it's my site, I get to make up my own reality in which we creamed them! |
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