Pendy Family Blog

Welcome to 30 Rock

2007-09-12T08:26:00.000-04:00

quick look at my new edit room at 30 Rock....more to come....

Chris

Happiness is a new Driveway?

2007-06-14T10:23:00.000-04:00

How sad am I?

Does the hot tub being hooked up excite me? Nope....its the new driveway....

Here are some before and after pictures.

David vs. Benjamin

2007-04-19T10:50:00.000-04:00

Anyone want to bet who won???

Easter 2007

2007-04-10T10:30:00.000-04:00

We spent Easter Sunday in New York City this year. Kris got tickets for the 5 of us (Pop Pop included) to see Go Diego Go LIVE at Radio City Music Hall. Ben got to have his first dirty water dog outside 30 Rock. He said it was the best he's ever had. The show was pretty good. Kids were VERY entertained. Not to bad for the parents either. Had a early dinner at Timbers where Jessie Bear decided to sleep through the whole thing. Once we got home, Mommy and Pop Pop did the same. Daddy got to play TMNT (teenage mutant ninja turtles for you not in the know) with Ben for 3 hours. Yea!

Coloring Eggs

2007-04-03T17:06:00.000-04:00

Family Egg coloring!!!!

After dinner last night we all got to color some easter eggs.

Beer update

2007-04-03T17:03:00.000-04:00

Beer is coming along NICELY!!!!
bubbling is good..healthy!!!
Lock on top lets air out, but not back in.
(FYI...I use vodka not water in there.)

Beer Blog

2007-04-02T10:38:00.000-04:00

Just thought I'd pass along a note that the Brewery has kicked back up again. Working on a IPAish beer. Hops added at 3 different times for different reasons. Can't wait to see what happens!

The top one is the yeast starting to churn out some Alcohol!

Easter Egg Hunt 2007

2007-04-02T10:32:00.000-04:00

Here's some picts of the kids going nuts in town this weekend at the Oakland Easter Egg hunt.

Not really much of a HUNT as a Dash and Grab!

Chris

Model Train show in Paterson

2006-11-15T09:52:00.000-05:00

Ben, Pop Pop, Joe Ordini and I went to a train show a week ago. Here are a few clips of the little adventure. Its basically the top floor of a warehouse near the pool store down there. Interestingly enough, Kris' Paterson office was on the first floor. We all kind of laughed walking in and seeing the Careplus sign on the front door.

Happy Halloween 2006!

2006-10-31T08:38:00.000-05:00

I think this says it all!

Chris

Ben's 6th Birthday

2006-10-27T10:36:00.000-04:00

Sorry that I haven't posted the latest soccer video, but it looks like Saturday's game is gonna get rained out, so I can do it then.

In the mean time, here are a few select pictures from Ben's 6th Birthday!!
We got one of the blow up castles for the back yard again, fed the kids sugar and threw them in. LET THE FUN INSUE!!! Star wars theme, balloon lightsabers all around. Good time was had by all. Jessie loved the lollypops that turned her tongue blue!

Chris

10-14 soccer game

2006-10-16T14:47:00.000-04:00

Week 2 of Soccer

2006-10-05T08:01:00.000-04:00

Due to YouTube limits, this weeks video does not have audio. I'll get back on track next week.

Chris

car boo boo

2006-10-04T10:16:00.000-04:00

Here's what it looks like!

Ben's First Soccer game

2006-09-26T00:50:00.000-04:00

I really think this says it all!

A Day up in Hudson, NY

2006-08-07T00:56:00.000-04:00

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Haven't really felt like it. But....
life needs to go on. Don't think Wilma would be happy with me moping
at all. Kids are helpful at breaking that....

What can I say...NASCAR here comes Ben.
Yes I let him drive it.
Yes I know he's only 5
No this isn't the first time we let him do it...3rd.
YES Kris was mad at me...

any other questions?

Jessie of course had to follow her big brother, but ....even Daddy has
his limits. The shot of her on the ground is her chasing the cat around
grandma's house. Sadie was at first terrified, but she came around finally
at the end of the day.

Before we left, they filled the birdfeeder outside and about
40 birds came out of no where to feed. I kept looking for
Hitchcock over my shoulder.

Kids had a good time!

Christina's Last day

2006-07-10T09:29:00.000-04:00

I think the pictures say it all.

House before and after

2006-06-27T11:05:00.000-04:00

Here is a before and after of the house.

not to mention...the TV finally came in.

Just click on a picture to make it larger.

Happy Birthday to me....

2006-06-27T10:39:00.000-04:00

This year I didn't tell anyone it was my birthday. This is how they retaliated.

Most often spoken sentence by me all day "I'm not 40, not like I'd care, but I'm not 40".

All I can say is...Christina will PAY DEARLY FOR THIS ONE!!!

How hot was fathers day?

2006-06-27T10:36:00.000-04:00

This is how hot it was!!!

Jessie's 2nd Birthday

2006-05-30T07:31:00.000-04:00

So we had Jessie's 2nd birthday on Sunday. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY!!! Definitely the best day of the long weekend. It was hot, (89) but not as bad as Monday (94 with 75% humidity). The cousins from D.C. and Long Island all came. All of my new grass was able to survive or at least make the yard look somewhat decent. The kids were on the new swing on and off all day long. The big surprise of the party...STEPHEN SAMANIEGO. The latest and I believe youngest member of Hardball with Chris Matthews took his hog out for a ride and decided to stop on by. To say the kids loved him would be a understatement. Ben wanted to tell me that he invited him back any time he wants. See what happens when you pick up a ball in my back yard! I believe all in attendance had a good time. Jessie still keeps talking about her "tinky party" even now.

Victory!!!

2006-05-21T18:49:00.000-04:00

At 6:00pm this evening...victory was achieved...

Picnic table was constructed. Hand holds were mounted. Swinges were attatched. I made the deadline of a weekend!!

yea!

Work in Progress

2006-05-20T21:35:00.000-04:00

Woke up this morning at 6 am (Thank you Jessie). This after falling alseep around 2:30 am (thank you infected tooth). So what did I wind up doing all day you ask?

Steve and I started at 11 am this morning after I finished mowing the lawn. We quit at 7:30 after being told about 30 times from our repective wives to come and eat dinner. Right now its about 90% complete. Need to hand the swings tomorrow, pick up some better bolts, and build the picnic table in the bottom.

and how was your saturday???

Hopefully I'll post some completed pics tomorrow.

Chris

Quick pics from Disney

2006-05-18T09:54:00.000-04:00

Finally getting around to posting some pics from the quick trip to florida last month. More to follow...
Click them to see larger versions.

For those of you...

2006-04-08T19:08:00.000-04:00

If you want to see a funny little video I posted of the kids today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z46dOsgFHPE

or click the name of this post to bring you to the page!!

When the Mommy is away....

2006-04-08T15:33:00.000-04:00

The children can get away with anything....
(shhhh don't tell Mom, I'm not supposed to
eat in the living room, but Dad said I could).

Good night spoiled...!

2006-04-05T10:03:00.000-04:00

Nothing worse then a good night gone bad. Finally got around to bottling the Hefe last night. Finally had a non cracked hose and all the equipment cleaned and ready to go. Bottles went through the dishwasher on a rinse/clean no soap cycle....I'm ready to go right? Oh dear god no.. I checked the bottling bucket with some water, had to sanitize it anyway, and she held water. Good clear looking beer at this point, I'm actually pleased with the way its turning out. Got a nice Specific Gravity on this beer...I'm a happy guy. Start transferring from the secondary to the bottling bucket. Hmmm....little leak around the spout. I'll just grab a cup and keep going. Take a cup out and mix in the sugar for priming....what's that sound behind me? OH DEAR GOD! The spout threads had actually cracked and beer was flowing out the top like a guizer (see photos...glad I had the camera handy). I've had bad bottling times, but this was the WORST EVER! I must have lost a 6 pack on the floor last night it leaked so bad. Oh well....finally had the kitchen cleaned up at 2:30 this morning...YAWN...now to wait and see what she tastes like.....Better have been worth the hassle..

Chris

Happy Easter Everyone!

2006-04-04T09:50:00.000-04:00

On a spur of the moment decision, we tried for the Easter picture with both kids this year. I don't think Jessie saw him as Peter Cottontail, instead it was more like a 7 foot bunnie that was going to eat her! We did manage to finally get her to smile, only to have Ben smirk. Oh well, next year....

What you DON'T want...

2006-03-24T09:26:00.000-05:00

Sometimes the beer doesn't do exactly everything you want....

Daddy's little Bear

2006-03-23T13:48:00.000-05:00

Tell me she's not a pretty little girl!

BACK IN BUSINESS!!!

2006-03-20T12:30:00.000-05:00

WE'RE BACK IN BUSINESS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!!!!!!

I just couldn't take it any more! I had to get back

in the game. Decided to whip up a new batch of

Hefeweizen (Shocker eh Uncle Ron!?!?!). Most likely

3/4 of this batch is going to be given away to people

who have done favors/just been nice to me. She's got a

nice Starting Gravity so this puppy is gonna have some

kick to it. Once it starts bubbling...I'll update the

pics!

Chris

Playin' and Coughin'

2006-03-13T10:35:00.000-05:00

She may be home coughing up a lung, but that doesn't mean she isn't industrious. Not only was she stacking blocks, but got both of her light spinners going at the same time AND BALANCED THEM! (For those of you that dont know, those orange things have lights that spin inside the globe and they wabble.)

She's GOOOOOD!

Dad's BEST helper

2006-03-06T10:49:00.000-05:00

What do you do when you have a driveway full of ice?
Call in the cavalry!!!

Ben to the rescue.

scrunchy nose!

2006-02-17T00:49:00.000-05:00

Who's got a scrunch nose?

blizzard '06

2006-02-13T10:24:00.000-05:00

what do you do when 27 1/2" of snow fall and you're only 48" tall?

3 words...

dig

dig

dig

and play with your sister inside!

Seth's Last Day

2005-12-21T09:47:00.000-05:00

Here are a few photos from Seth's last day yesterday. I would like to now take full credit for decorating his area. Seth would always take the time to do other people's desks for the holidays/birthdays/what not. I felt that we had to try and top him on his way out. Finding parts of it in the Cafeteria and the stairs leading down to the edit dept. makes me want to say....JOB WELL DONE!

Snowflakes part 1

2005-12-16T09:31:00.000-05:00

Hey all!
Just wanted to post some quick picts of the "Secret Snowflake" party. Please note the 2 that were still there in spirt in the group shot. May I add...Damn Rick...those are some F I N E jeans you have on there...

:)

More to come later!!

Chris

Let it snow..let it snow...let it snow...

2005-12-09T09:31:00.000-05:00

Morning all!!!

Just thought I'd show you all what it means to live "North and West of the City".
We've got about 8" so far, and it's still coming down pretty well. I think my favorite part of the day though was Jessie's debut on the Hardball morning call!
She still gave me more information then Shuster...

:)

Pendys @ home

2005-11-10T10:11:00.000-05:00

This is one of the better greetings I've received when I've come home late at night.
(this was from last night)

Happy Halloween Everyone.

2005-11-02T09:49:00.000-05:00

Just a few quick photos from Halloween 2005. With a quick shot of Ben's buddy from Daddy's work. (EJ)

Rain in Oakland

2005-10-14T10:38:00.000-04:00

for those of you that would like to know what rain in Oakland can look like...

Kitchen pics for Ray

2005-10-05T23:58:00.000-04:00

Here are some shots of the kitchen close up. The faucet is Kohler.

Jessie Bear and the Apple

2005-10-05T01:33:00.000-04:00

I just thought these were hysterical the other day. Jessie wouldn't take any of the apple pieces I cut for her....just my apple would do.

Home Theater Update

2005-09-21T09:59:00.000-04:00

getting there one step at a time.

First Blog Ever!!!

2005-09-20T09:00:00.000-04:00

I would like to first thank Erik Johnson for getting me off my butt and starting one of these. Popping up a few quick photos of vacation, will set up better later!

Chris