Sunday, July 29, 2012

a fun farewell

A last minute get-together for Ada to see everyone one last time! We had quite the "party" with all sorts of company coming and going, continuous games of bags and what seemed like endless amounts of chips and salsa,good beer, and frangelicos over ice.


A couple candids of Stephanie and her mother, Terri - and there's one of Steve in the middle. Far right is Terri showing me how one of her students taught her the right way to box.

                                                                                 The Frangelico Brothers
My father (Uncle Tommy) and Stephs (Uncle Jimmy) have the silliest, cutest and one of the most enjoyable friendships I ever did see. Always partners in the American game of bags, they have acquired the team name "Frangelico Brothers". It might have something to do with Frangelicos over ice almost always in their hands while they're together. And yes, they have shirts to display their greatness.


Stephanie figured out how to capture these cool images using a flashlight! 


 
Here she is! The dedicated and artistic photographer who truly enjoys her newest indulgence, a Nikon d5100. Notice her makeshift tripod we used to capture the flashlight photos
Why not photobomb my Dads picture with Terri?

One of the Frangelico Brothers, my papa =), enjoying his cigar while intently watching a bags game, incessantly  providing color commentary .

My (short) father with Gene Halton, a sociology and humanities professor at Notre Dame who also rocks the harmonica and literally just informed us that he competed in the 1972 Olympics for track and field...
The bottom two photos are candids of our good (and somewhat new) friend, Ira on the left - Steph and her dad playing against each other in bags.


 
The night was full of laughter between good friends - I'd say it was a successful shindig that lasted until the wee hours of the night

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