Posted in Family, Vacation on August 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When our friends, the Spicers, invited us to come along on a trip to New York, things just kinda seemed to fall into place and we decided to make a four day weekend mini-vacation out of it!
So, on a Thursday morning, we dropped the dog at camp, picked up the Spicers, and headed for The [...]
Posted in Family on August 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Even though she’d moved away at the end of her junior year, Shawn still considers Croton-Harmon High School as her school. So when the Class of 1978 got together at the start of August to celebrate its 30th reunion, we knew we had to be there!
Though the festivities reportedly began on Friday night, we joined [...]
Posted in Family, Running, Sports on June 6, 2008 | No Comments »
On June 1, North Reading’s second annual Hornet Hustle was a family event for us! It was a gorgeous day to run and pretty much from the start, Joshua and Jake, brandishing the Merrimack Valley Striders club colors, had dusted mom and we’re out for the win!
Jake would be the first Intorcio to finish with [...]
Posted in Family, Sports on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow!!! We had a great Memorial Day Weekend on the sports fields!!
It all started at 7:30 AM on Saturday morning with Jake’s first soccer game of the Danvers Invitational Tournament (aka: DIT). Both boys were playing on “composite teams” made up of interested players pulled from multiple town teams. The first game was a blowout. Jake’s [...]
Posted in Family, Scouts on May 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On the morning of May 4, North Reading’s Hillview Country Club hosted Pack 731’s annual Blue & Gold Banquet - the culmination of the Cub Scouting year.
The year was very special for us as Jacob, who has been a hard working and dedicated Scout since joining as a Tiger, was awarded The Arrow of Light [...]
Posted in Family on April 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
No, not that stupid Kool & The Gang song… Just a chance for some good friends to get together and celebrate!!
We thought we were gonna celebrate Heather & Thor’s honeymoon (which we did)!! But, when they showed up with this awesome cake that Heather had made…
And then Josh decided to pick up on the marathon [...]
Posted in Family on April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Confirming what his parents have been suspecting for some time, Joshua is now officially an attitude-laden, cell phone-toting teenager!!!!
The celebration was rather low key - a home pizza party followed by cake and presents. He’ll have a second party with some buds soon - but he’s clearly entered a new phase! Congrats Josh - we knew [...]
Posted in Family, Grampa on April 8, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Grampa’s chorus, the Young@Heart, are making some noise with the new documentary movie that’s come out about them - see the trailer here!! They’re getting press all over the place - including a story on the Today Show, a New York Times review, an appearance on Nightline, and an MSNBC recommendation!!
Grampa was a guest celebrity at [...]
Posted in Family, Weddings on April 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Over the first weekend of April, we participated in the wedding of John’s running buddy, Thor. The previous month we’d hosted the Stag Run bachelor party - so of course we’d get to help with the wedding too! In fact, that ball had begun rolling back at Christmas when Ironboy and his fiance, Heather, had [...]
Posted in Family, Italy, Vacation on February 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »
For the last few years we’ve talked, sometimes fancifully, about the possibility of taking Grampa back to “the old country“, from where his father had come to America in 1902. As his 80th birthday approached, the time seemed more right than it might ever be again. So, last March 29th, we presented him with a somewhat [...]
