A little bit about me...

i am one of seven children born in bridgeton, nj in 1960. i am a triplet. i have an identical twin; his name is jimmy, and a fraternal brother named paul. i have an older brother and sister (carl & linda) and 2 younger brothers (peter and christopher). my parents, Peter and Suzanne, were married in 1953. our family grew up in south jersey in primarily 2 towns; bridgeton then in 1970, vineland.

Happenings this week

made 4 trips, up and down stairs, to move Melletz into new offices at Cherry Hill
kelsie and the gang hits Allentown for another JB Concert
mom & dad officially moved onto Comcast & vonage
laurie's 50th birthday coming up...got to send card
my back is killing me
labor day!

Happenings this week

Mike Fanelli's father past away last weekend. funeral wed night
kelsie is staying over Uncle Timmy's & going to Hersey Park wed
matthew heads to Cabrini tomorrow, anthony on Sunday
anthony heads up to cabrini on Saturday. he is all moved in
Olympics closing ceremonies are today. usa takes 110 metals total!
mom and dad are getting comcast internet & tv on sunday, 8/24/2008
sunday church and breakfast.

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Phelps is the most decorated Olympian

last Saturday night, 8/16/2008, Michael Phelps broke Spitz record of capturing 8 gold metals in 1 olympic games. history was made. i tivo'd it for kathleen.

"Take Off"

Taken while down in Florida for Christmas last year.

JB's are a big hit

my daughter and her cousin lexie had a great time at the jonas brother's convert up at the NJ Arts Center this past Sat night. my wife took quite a few pictures, most of them very dark and blurred becasue of the darkness, but still many good shots.

Happenings this week...

Marcia Mattson funeral last night, sad to see her go, i will miss her
Olympics: free style mens relay team beat out France..Yeee Ha!
kathleen see a beautiful rainbow after Marcia's funeral (all the colors were present)
added a few more programs to my free utilities list
working with Dad quite a bit on switching over to Comcast and converting PST files to DOC
kathleen and Kelsie travel down to Barnegate for the day
the dreaded AntiVirusXP2008 virus strikes again at textronics...to the rescue Spyware Dr.!
Olympics: US women get Gold & Silver in Gymnastics All Around!

2008 Olympic Coverage

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Happenings this week...

kathleen, kelsie, alli and kim went down to sea isle (shore). they had a great time with beautiful weather.
matthew finally deposited his checks from his grad party. now if i can only get him to get his car reinspected.
trying to finalize matthew school loan...tough stuff
went down to mom and dad's to install new brother printer and have dinner
marsa mattson dies suddenly (Wednesday) from heart attach while down at shore vacation home with family. funeral this sunday
went to julie's house to look at computer. looks like fan is broken

facebook fans

well my daughter and many of my nieces are now facebook fans. in fact, its getting harder to be alone any more. i, of course, have a facebook account but i never thought i would be flooded with notifications request and comments from all these kids (young adults...i'm sorry). i like facebook better than that other social network place because you belong to a group (at least one) and more often than not it's your high school or college or work place. anyway, it was on my mind so I'd thought i would mention it. i hope they don't start twittering...that would drive me to drink! LOL

How many grand children can you count?

the Lyons grand children (all of them) at matthew's graduation party.

WDLT - Bugsy Malone 2008

congratulations to the entire production staff and fine young performers of the wdlt performance of bugsy Malone! although the back stage crew quit a day before the opening performance, karen and laura were able to recruit enough support to make the show work. there were some prety funny scene changes. kelsie and ian did a wonderful job. the production was held at St. Matthew's school gym.

Nina & Brian's Wedding

nina and brian put on a wonderful wedding ceremony and reception! nothing was left out, including a surprise song ("Crazy" by kenny rogers) for our wedding anniversary which happened to be the same day! i was very impressed with all the attention to detail. what a terrific couple.

My Wonderful Kids!

bugsy...coming soon

kelsie plays the part of blousey brown, bugsy love interest. the play is a week from this friday. she has 2 solo singing parts. can't wait to see and hear by baby up on stage again.

matthew graduation party...we made it through

well we made it through another child's HS graduation party (7/19/2008). we had it at Incarnation Church in Mantua again (same place as Ants). i hope everyone had a good time. we had the entire Lyons gang in attendance as well as many of the Casazza's. Paul and Kathleen and the kids made it down which was really cool. food was good. volleyball was good. conversation was good. i can't thank everyone for coming out and making Matthew's day a special one. happy birthday Don!

Matthew Graduates WDHS - Class 2008

It was a beautiful day for an out door graduation ceremony at West Deptford High School. my son Matthew graduated today and his mom and dad are very proud of him. his aunt annie, lexie, uncle tim, morgan and madison were there to wish him well. he has grown so fast (and tall) it seems like only yesterday when he uttered so words "i'm the best"! matthew will be attended cabrini with his older brother ant-man. i believe cabrini will be good for him for him. matthew will study accounting and business and hopefully some day will get a job at coach cip's business (maybe wishful thinking).

Twinderella

TWINDERELLA. Attention all students and staff. Come one, come all to the Drama Club's performance of TWINDERELLA. This year's show is a hilarious one-act musical featuring the singing, dancing, and acting talents of our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. The show happens only once a year so don't miss this performance! Be here this tonight at 7pm. Tickets are $5.00 and will be sold at the door. Again, that's TWINDERELLA TONIGHT at 7pm.

matthew chooses cabrini

a got a text message from my son. it read "i choose cabrini". so after many months of nagging and prodding, my son decides to go to the same school as his older brother just 1 day before the $600 check is due. better late than never. now if i can only get him to do his homework :(

kelsie confirmation

my little girl got confirmed this past tuesday at st. matthew's hall. aunt maurene was her sponsor. aunt annie, lexie, matthew, anthony, grandmom and granddad were in attendance. it was a nice ceremony and we went out to ponzio's afterwards. the picture is of Sr. Maria and Kelsie.

lacrosse

we are 3 games into the season (2-1) and my picture taking skills are once again being used to their fullest. i just took my 10,000 picture with the canon eos...wow! matthew had 3 goals against winslow on thursday. the team looks pretty good. i got an email from sherry thanking me for taking the pictures...it was nice. oh...we are also undefeated in our new uniforms (only played 1 game in them. Go EAGLES!

chris and susan wedding

last weekend my brother chris and susan were married in lansdale, pa. it was a beautiful affair. the whole family was in attendance. the ceremony and reception were first class. chris & susan looked like they had a terrific time. I wish them many happy years together.

dad talk

so kathleen and i went down last thursday to visit my mom and dad. i had some talk time with my dad while my wife and my mom were out at the store. i don't know how the topic came up but my dad said that he made a mistake when he decided not to go to his brother's (uncle tony) wedding. he was busy with the scouts (boy scouts) at that time and he was in charge of some special event which involved food, entertainment and event planning. he thought that this caused some distance between their relationship as well as with his older brother Paul. he talked about how cousin peter has also distanced himself by not coming to their 50th wedding celebration & chris's wedding. he also talked about his mother's care and how he took his mother in for a short while to give uncle tony a rest. his mother stayed in the same room with linda in vineland. his mother, at this time, had lost lost her ability to remember things including who her family was. sometimes she would leave the house and just start wondering down the street. my dad realized that keeping her in vineland was probably not the best thing for her. he had her moved to an old age home back up near uncle tony where she stayed until she died.

happy new year 2008

i know, i know. sorry :( went to Disney for christmas and it was terrific. the weather was great and the parks were great. we visited the magic kingdom (12/23), mgm (12/24) and epcot (12/25). went down with anne & rufus and their children. stayed at rufus's parents vaca home from 12/26 thru 1/30. it was right on the water way with beautiful dock. many pics taken! also started the wii world of sports.