Staff Fun Night!

Last night was the annual end-of-year PEF staff fun night! After the busyness of Reunions and graduation, the staff have a week or two of "June days," where they evaluate the past year and start to make plans for the year to come. Near the end of June days comes staff fun night, with all staff families invited.

This year, we went out to Chuck E. Cheese -- primarily because it would be fun for the little kids. And by "little kids," I mean everyone on staff... :)

The last time I had been to Chuck E. Cheese was actually the day I took the LSAT -- I took it down at Rider with my friends Jeff and Yashih, and we decided that we needed to do something fun and childlike to wash the taste of that exam out of our mouths... That was a ton of fun, but going to Chuck E. Cheese is probably more fun when you're not sleep deprived, and when you can share in the wonder of the place with small children. :)


Lydia and Jeremy getting their Skeeball on


Debbie joining in on the Skeeball fun


Chris and Anna competing in basketball


Laura tagging along with Chuck E. Cheese himself


Bill and Rachel playing some kind of shooting game


Anna in her own little virtual reality world


Aime and Greg playing MarioKart

Staff fun night always lives up to its name. :)

Farewell, Zartmans!

This past Tuesday was the last week that everyone in our Tuesday night married couples' small group would be in town together -- Erik and Andrèa are traveling for the rest of the month, and by the time they get back, Jeremy and Vera (and their 17-month-old daughter, Masha) will have left for Switzerland, where Jeremy is doing a two-year post-doc. We're all so proud of Jeremy for finishing his PhD (and within 5 years!), but it'll be so sad to see the Zartmans go! So we decided to do a special potluck dinner this week in honor of these dear friends.

And as an added bonus -- Erik and Erin (and 3-month-old Luke!) were in town! They used to lead these small groups, and had asked if they could come to the Tuesday group while they were around. So of course we invited them to join in!

Luke has grown so much in the almost-three months since we last saw him!

Dr. Zartman himself!

And his lovely wife Vera -- they're expecting a boy in October!

And thanks to Hilary, we got several different configurations of group photos. :)


All five couples, plus Luke


All the men


Old leaders and new


Our Tuesday group: Zartmans, Bergsiekers, Granstedts, and Keddies

We'll miss you, Jeremy and Vera! We'll have to come visit you in Zurich sometime. :) Many, many blessings on your family as you make the big move and settle into life in Switzerland. We love you!

PEF Senior Dinner 2009

Immediately following Reunions is Princeton's 3-day graduation extravaganza -- Sunday Baccalaureate, Monday Class Day, and Tuesday Commencement. In the middle of all of the university's hoopla, PEF throws a farewell dinner for the seniors and their families, on the Monday evening, right before the university's prom.

This year, we had a huge graduating class -- all of whom will be very dearly missed! It was a bittersweet evening, honoring these dear seniors and getting to know their families a bit... We're so glad so many of them were there that night, and that we could all fellowship together one last time.


It wouldn't be a PEF event without Jamie providing the music...


Nate A. and Jon K., with some of Nate's family


Going through the dinner buffet line


Molly H., one of our lovely underclassmen servers


Stephanie K. and her parents, all the way from Hong Kong


Half of the room -- it was a huge crowd this year!


Justin C., another underclassman helper, preparing fruit plates for dessert


Anna and some of the '09 girls


Bill, starting the program portion of the evening


The seniors presented the staff with gifts -- so sweet!


David, receiving his gift from Ryan


Jon H., a stalwart conservative's conservative, receiving a gift from his fiancee's roommates



Godspeed, class of 2009 -- we'll miss you!!

For more senior dinner photos, check out this Smugmug gallery.