Tuesday, December 31, 2013

The Best of 2013

We have not been very consistent bloggers this year, so we thought we'd summarize our year by sharing some of our highlights of 2013.

The Best Family Wedding of 2013 was...

Peter and Jeannine Strada
Hartford, Connecticut
February 2, 2013


The Best New Aunt of 2013 was...

Jeannine néni


(Although she has been like an aunt to us since we met her a couple years ago, she officially became our aunt this year.)

The Best First Cousins of 2013 (and of every year since 2009) were...

Hannah and Máté


The Best Free Bike in 2013 was...

 The Chinatown Rotary Essay Contest Prize


 (And the best lesson learned was patience. We walked away from the give-away without a bike, and were rewarded with a much better bike, helmet, and lock than anyone else received.)

The Best Family Photo in 2013 was...

Charlotte's Elementary School Graduation
May 29, 2013


The Best Roadtrip with Najm and Najp in 2013 was...

 Washington, D.C.
June 24-28, 2013


The Best Second-hand Bike of 2013 was...

The Bike that Keresztpapa and Keresztmama Bought at a Garage Sale in Avon Lake


The Best Amusement Park Visit of 2013 was...

The Annual Strada Sibling Day at Cedar Point
July 2, 2013


The Best New Uncle of 2013 was...

 Uncle Louis


(Louis is technically our first cousin once removed, but we called him Uncle and are happy to have met him. Even though he lives in Minnesota, we had to travel all the way to England to get to know him!)

The Best Picnic of 2013 was...

Sculpture Garden
Burghley House, Stamford
August 1, 2013


The Best Palace Visited in 2013 was...

Buckingham Palace
London
August 12, 2013


The Best Kitten of 2013 was...

Einstein


(She may not have earned this distinction with her behaviour - see Auntie Tracey's scratches - but she was certainly our favourite kitten of the year!)

The Best San Francisco Fog Experience was...

Football in the Fog
Fort Winfield Scott, Presidio of San Francisco
October 26, 2013


(Some might call it Soccer in the Fog, but it doesn't sound as good.)

We wish you a very happy New Year. May 2014 bring us all many happy moments!

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