Blog Catch Up Day!

Well, here are the catch up photos that we've accumulated over the past few weeks.
I searched through the hundreds of photos taken by all of the different cameras in the house:
My main camera, Rivky's camera, my cell phone camera, and the family camera.
You'll notice the variation in the look and quality of many of the photos. Enjoy!
=======================
Lakewood

I flew with Oma to Lakewood and Bassi and Rivky drove with Dad. We met and stayed at Asher's house and had a lovely time. Mom joined us as well after coming back from Israel.

Here the girls are reading to Alee and Binny in Asher's den:


One night, I ate supper at the Kilbergs, Rochi's sister and her family. Here is Rivky Kilberg showing me her napkin collection. Napkin collecting was last year's 'thing'. This year, the in thing is to collect business cards:


Upon arriving back at Asher's house after maariv, I found Asher practicing guitar in the kitchen:


The next day, I took the girls to the Atlantic Ocean where we made a brocho on seeing the ocean and walked on the boardwalk. We went into Jenkinsons to play some arcade games and look at the rides:


And the girls cashed in their ticket earnings for some fabulous prizes that they decided to give to Alee and Binny:


And here we are with the Atlantic Ocean in the background:


When we arrived home, Rivky had her hair cut by Tante Henny, who did a fantastic job:


We enjoyed oursleves that afternoon in Uncle Pin's pool. Here I am living it up on the diving board:


And here are Alee and Binny partaking in an after swimming snack with their cute towels:


Back at the Roberg house, all of the kids and neighbors had some fun on the trampoline:


And here is Binny, stuffing his face with something. I think it's from some baking activity:

===================================

Pfeiffer Wedding

Here we are at the Pfeiffer wedding. My first cousin married Rochi's second cousin, so Bassi, Rivky, and I were related to almost everyone there. It was a real treat to see all of the extended families, many of whom I haven't seen in 14 years (since I was last in Israel) or whom I've never met.

Here is a nice yekisheh chupah. Uncle Freddy can be seen off to the left, and Hillel Yosef is off to the right, behind the flowers:


Dad sang Shir Hamaalos:

Shir Hamaalos was extra nice b/c there were enough Yekishe men familiar with the minhag and many of them joined in. I've only been to two other weddings where the men all joined in, which is what's supposed to happen, I think.

Here is Oma with the new Chosson and Kallah: Yehudi's oldest son Avrohom, and his Kallah, Adina Emanuel from Montreal:

=====================================

Back at Home

Esti shows off her new present that Mom brought back from Israel, Hebrew Chutes and Ladders:


I went riding at Bloomer park, and noticed there was some racing going on at the velodrome. It was my first time ever seeing velodrome racing:


And one of the most anticipated events of the summer: Mordechai learned to ride a two wheeler!


We were so proud of him! Here is a very proud Mordechai who can't stop smiling:


I got a quick picture of Sendy as he was about to show us how displeased he was that he had to go to bed:


Ahron tries put on a bike helmet....


...but isn't having much success:


The girls got treated to Sarah's Kosher Deli for having two stellar report cards in a row. The boys will get the same treat later this summer:


After Sarah's, we went to Micro Center where the girls played on the Wii Fit to work off that lunch. It's hard to see, but Rivky is doing a ski jump:

==============================

Bike Riding

The following week, I took Rivky and Sendy to the Macomb Orchard Trail, which we connected with the Paint Creek Trail for an afternoon of riding. Here we are at the Macomb Orchard Trail, which follows the Huron Clinton River:


And here are the kids taking a break after several miles:


The trail passes adjacent to the Rochester Municipal Park, where we rode and looked around:


On the way home, we ended up behind the new 2010 Chevy Camaro. It's a cool car. It's supposed to be one of the cars that will rescue General Motors. Let's hope it does.


We've really been enjoying our new BBQ grill, and we've been barbecuing for every Shabbos since we got it. Here is a sample of our chicken, right as I was about to take it off the grill and run to Mincha. This was real Hickory smoked chicken (With Hickory wood chips placed on the coals) marinated in barbecue sauce, pineapple juice, and soy sauce. Truly delicious!

====================================

Blumenfeld Bris

Rochi's sister Shani, married to Yosef Blumenfeld, had a baby boy. My in-laws came in for the Bris, which was held at the Yeshiva, but the meal was at Levine's shul. Here is my father in-law speaking:


ANd here are the women taking it easy for a few moments. from L-R: Shani, Rochi, Esti (Rochi's sister who came in for the bris), My mother in-law, Tziporah Moller, her daughter, and Rivky Blumenfeld:

================================

More Bike Riding

We decided to go back and ride more of the Paint Creek Trail. We packed up the bikes and a cooler, and headed off back to Rochester. This is how we fit three bikes into a really small car:


Here is a photo I took where the trail goes under Gunn Road. The girls are off in the distance:

I managed to snap some pictures while we were riding:


Here are the girls enjoying lunch after riding about 7.5 miles:


And posing by the water where we ate:


Here is Rivky, coming from the tunnel that goes under Rochester Rd next to the river:


Another stop by the river:


Rivky got a picture of me by the river as well:


And as we were ready to wrap it up for the day (about 16 miles of riding) we saw another Camaro, the car that's supposed to save GM. It looks best in yellow (and black), I think:


That's it for the wrap up. We are finally all caught up!
Thanks for reading, and enjoy the photos! (For larger images, you can access the image gallery by clicking on this sentence.)