Eli and Esti's wedding

Eli and Esti

The wedding was called for six in Givat Shaul, but we all know how Jewish time works, so Abba took one car into work in the morning, Elisheva took a bus from school and we met up in Har Nof. While Elisheva got ready for the wedding, Abba helped Jessica move into Midreshet HaRova. Elisheva and Abba got to the wedding in plenty of time for the shmorg and Chassan's Tish.

Ima took the other car from Mitzpeh and made it there before us with the other kids. Other extended family guests that we only saw at the wedding included Uncle Alvin and his family. Sivia and her husband, Raizy was also there, as well as Molly and Yechiel, and Shabadoo Somogyi and his Shabadoodim.

Abba wasn't fast enough to get a video of Uncle David's kazatzka, but he's still going strong at his age. He certainly moves better than Abba, although he's not as good as these guys or Henry Winkler for that matter

It wouldn't be a family Simcha without Uncle David doing the kazatzka

Tali stayed with Abba most of the time. Noam was the biggest dancer of the night amongst the kids, Elazar had to be dragged in to dance with Eli. Ezra didn't like the appetizers but he had triples of Steak-Of and was singing along to most of the wedding songs. (I didn't really see Ima or Elisheva much since they were on the women's side).

We stayed way past the kids' bedtimes and everyone got to go late to school the next day. Hooray!!

Noam and Tali got to sit on Eli's lap and tell him what they want for Chanukah

Zeidy comes for Simchas Torah

Zeidy came to visit with us for Simchas Torah on Thursday. It had been so long since Zeidy had been here that he remarked upon arrival how nice the fence in the front yard was.

We all went to Mercazi for the night Hakafos, Yagel for Shacharis and Mincha and the Yeshiva for Hakafos Shniyos on Motzai Chag. For a nonagenarian, Zeidy is still light on his feet. At the shul Kiddush after Musaf, Zeidy recalled the time he was in Sighet by his Uncle Moshe who had been honored with Chasan Torah and he made a kiddush for the entire shul at his home.

On Friday morning, Zeidy took us all out for breakfast at the Mehadrin Cafe-Cafe in Elmog, before we headed over to Aunt Gail and Uncle David in Rechavia to spend Yom Tov Sheini Shel Goliyus with Tzippy, Andrew and Azi. Eli was also there avoiding Esti for the few days left before the wedding. We had a nice time at the park on Ramban. Uncle David bought the boys ice cream, while Eli and Elisheva went to Machaneh Yehuda to buy some things for Shabbos.

On the way home we stopped by Rav Moshe Eliyahu who lives a few blocks away. It was Erev Shabbos so we didn't stay long, but we met his children who were visiting from LA and finished a 1.5 liter of Coca Cola between all of us.

Trip to KefTsuba on Chol HaMoed

On the fifth day of Chol HaMoed, Elisheva and Ezra had a trip with their youth group, so we took the 3 youngins to the default local amusement park called KefTsuba. Kef his hebrew for fun and the name of the settlement that its located in is called Tsuba. Not exactly Six Flags Great Adventure, but its more than enough for the younger kids. A little bit bigger than the likes of McGinnis (if you don't know what McGinnis is, ask Aunt Lisa or Saba) or the amusement area by the Queens Zoo that we went to with the Sigals in the summer during the Josh wedding trip

I'm sure Ima has more pictures but as of right now she hasn't uploaded anything to her Facebook yet. So here is a video I took of Tali, while Ima and the boys were waiting on line for the bumper cars

On the way home Ima went shopping at Rami Levi with Tali while Abba took the boys to visit Rav Romm an the Bostoner Rebbe in Har Nof, before we all headed home.

Between Yom Kippur and Succos

Had to drop something at Misrad HaPnim for DEC between Yom Kippur and Succos and making my way to the light rail for a ride into Har Nof

Have not been in this part of Yerushalayim in quite some time. Thought the Sukkahs lined up along a midrachov like this with the train tracks was picturesque

Has it really been so long since we updated the blog...

Tali,

That's how it goes...

We have much more time on our hands as younger parents to take pictures and videos of our kids

We are sorry that Elisheva and Ezra have much more baby pictures

Please forgive us...