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friday june 12, 2009 - phillies fun

neither john's nor my company had an official picnic this year due to the ever present "state of the economy", however tamara volunteered and took over the daunting task of organizing a great evening, attended by several berks homes employees, at the reading phillies on the coors light party deck. the all-you-can-eat buffet was great as usual and everyone had a great time...

little kids (paige, tony & jacob)...

and big kids (steve, john, joe) alike.

i didn't take too many pictures as i got to the game late since it ended up being the same night as the rehearsal for the wedding i coordinated. i got there just in time to enjoy a beer, chat with some friends and see the a-m-a-z-i-n-g fireworks display the stadium does! tony had a great time (as he usually does anywhere he goes), but i know he enjoyed spending some daddy-and-t time! thanks to aunt sue for lending her helping hands as usual!

sixburgh, pa!!

well, they did it! the pittsburgh steelers (and d'angelo family 2nd favorite nfl team -- you can't go to school in western pa without becoming a steelers fan) became the first nfl team in history...yes, history, to earn 6 superbowl champion titles when they defeated the arizona cardinals this past sunday in the superbowl!

we had the pleasure of joining our friend the kutzler's at their homestead for a black and gold (doreen is from pittsburgh) party to watch the steeler's bring home a victory!! it proved to be a great time just as we expected as we got to see some friends that we haven't visited with in waaaayyy too long!

the lovely hostess and i

wave that terrible towel...there was a lot of this going on here in robesonia...

...and in tampa (via the big screen of course)!

here is a little slideshow of the rest of the pictures and some video from the party! thanks dor & paul (and all our other friends that were there) for such a fun night...and i sure am glad johnny and i took off the next day!

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enough said

all you need to do is look at the excitement on our friend ben's face as he exited the phillies world series winning game wednesday night?

and Lord, does he not have the longest pointer finger you've ever seen!?!?!

unbelievable!!!

to quote quincy from the little einstein's..."i can not believe it!!"!!!!

the philadelphia phillies have won the 2008 world series!!! this is only their 2nd time winning and it comes 28 years after that first win (1980 for those not up to quick math this evening)!!!

great job...let's just hope the philadelphians don't burn down the city during their celebrating!!

take me out to the ballgame...

last night we went to john's company picnic held once again at the reading phillies. we have such a good time there every year and the food and fun just seem to get better with every passing year.

anthony fell asleep in the car on the way to the game and continued to sleep until almost 8 p.m. well into the game. good thing i had saved him some food because til he woke up, the 2 hour buffet had ended. guess his first few hours today at his "new school" really wore him out (hmmm...was it the hysterical crying - when i was there with him for the time we were there - or the playing he did once he relaxed? my guess it was a little of both)!

this year was a first for the "reading phillies dance team"...interesting...why a minor league baseball team needs a "dance team" is beyond me...aren't all the men there to watch the baseball game anyway? how about an all male dance team to entertain us women that aren't into sports?? now we're talkin'! well, anyway...they came into our section to search out the craziest woman there to win a "makeover" treatment at a local salon. i told them up front while pointing to sue d. that they wouldn't have to look too far...well sure enough, when the contest started, so did sue! she won the title of craziest woman in our section that night and in the process won herself a haircut, full color and wax at a tricia's salon in wyomissing!! way to go sue!

despite john leaving early for the men's church group camping weekend, tony d and i stuck around and enjoyed the fireworks with all of john's fun co-workers! it was a long night, but we had a great time!

special thanks to heath, jamie, julie & maddy frey for taking such good care of t and i and walking us to our car after the fireworks!

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berks homes company picnic @ the r-phils

another year, another fun summer company picnic!! john's company picnic for the last several years has been held at the reading phillies picnic pavilion. this year's event was moved to a friday so no one had to worry about waking up and heading to work after a long, fun evening at the ballpark. this year's event also included the post game fireworks. it was so much fun and we got to see a lot of the families of john's co-workers we wouldn't get to see throughout the year. we always enjoy mingling with their spouses/significant others at the company christmas party, but it's always nice to see all the kids having fun with each other. anthony was such a good boy, but as you can see in some of the pictures, was also a very sleepy boy towards the end. he doesn't want to ever miss a thing, and hung in like a trooper til the fireworks started, then dozed off and slept through the loud booms til it was over. he was awake for the trip to the car and then was out before we were 2 blocks from the stadium. yes, in true christy style, he was dressed to the 9's for the occasion in his phillies gear! included are some pics of the lutz and frey families. mike and heath started as co-workers of john but have become good friends of ours outside of work now as well!! hope everyone has a great weekend!