This past Sunday, Kate Mundell graduated from Haverford College. It is now a Mundell tradition. Paul Mundell, Sr is an alum and Paul Jr. will be attending this fall. Betsy met Paul while attending neighboring Bryn Mawr College. Several family members traveled for the event. While together, they also celebrated James Dale’s 12th birthday. Today is Kate’s birthday. Congratulations Kate, and happy birthday to you and James!
Here is the group who attended the graduation.
On Saturday, May 12,
Grace received the sacrament of Confirmation. Julia was her sponsor.
Long time Antinori friend, Bishop Marconi presided over the ceremony.
Wishing my mom and mother-in-law, and all the moms I know, a happy and restful day.
A few months ago, my mom and I walked a 5k.
Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.
~Author Unknown
it was to walk into The Stony Hill Inn on Saturday. The intimate luncheon invitation from my mom, mother-in-law Betty, and Eleanor Reuther to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary turned into an event that was beyond belief. Charlie and our moms, along with help from Julia and Grace planned a wonderful party in our honor with extra effort to make it a surprise. Celebrating 25 years of marriage is a milestone. This one is so special because our kids and moms thought to mark our date in such a grand and memorable way. It was incredibly thoughtful and deeply appreciated. We are blessed with wonderful, loving children and caring mothers. Thank you to all our family and friends who made this day complete. We look forward to the next 25+ years together and sharing it with the people we love.
Debbi recorded the following video and the photos were taken by Debbi and some by my mom and brother Jim.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDV_Uj21xac&feature=youtu.be
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Well…Doug recently met Amanda Freitag, a judge on Food Network’s Chopped. Amanda was very impressed with his cheesecake that we all know and love.
Here’s the story Marilyn relayed to me:
Amanda Freitag came to our library. Her grandmother, Margaret Grazioli, was our library’s first director. Doug knew Mrs. Grazioli from when he started teaching here. He always loved her! Amanda gave such a great talk. She’s really very comfortable and out-going — very sociable and happy. She talked about remembering her grandmother and going to the library with her when she was little and how being there again was like a home-coming.
The library director, Jen, asked some of the former contest winners to bake so that Amanda could critique it. Doug made his cheesecake, Josephine made cream puffs and the other lady made muffins. Amanda said all nice things about everyone’s food! It was one of the best events the library ever had! A really good turn-out. And we e-mailed her the recipe because she wanted it! Cindy came too. Cindy flipped out when I told her Doug had to bake his cheesecake because some chef Amanda Freitag was coming to the library. I didn’t even know she was one of the regular judges on Chopped. She is really really nice! And Dougie is in the local paper and everyone is asking me to tell him to bake his cheesecake for them. He will be happy to tell you more about his meeting with a celebrity chef! It was fun.
That cheesecake is wonderful and Amanda thinks so, too. Maybe Doug isn’t on Food Network yet, but he certainly is the celebrity chef of Secaucus.
Today Al and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary. It is amazing how fast the years have gone by and how full our lives have become.
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