Our Big Day!

Yesterday was Commissioning Day for our Yacht Club and this is us on our boat in the parade of boats. It is called the "Blessing of the Fleet" where ministers stand on the dock and bless your boat for the commencing of a new boating season. It was a great day, great weather, a flag ceremony and a luncheon after the ceremony and "yours truly" ran the luncheon. Thought you would enjoy the pictures. Love you, Mom (Grandmom)

Ooops forgot Happy Birthday to Jeff & Greg as well!

A shout out from the Martz's

Hey Fam,
So this is where everyone has been hangin out! It's fun to read what's going on. The happenings here is Monsoon season has hit NJ...flooding...flooding...and then a little more flooding ; ) but we are fairing very well. Our back yard has taken a beating though and it seems we don't need to look for lake front property after all.
Denver started T-ball this week and loving it. He finally lost two baby teeth this past month. So he is officially on his way to boyhood. Greg is in the height of busy season with his Virtual Tour business and doing some home projects...he just built a closet in D-man's room. The house feels like it's getting too small for us...probably b/c we keep accumulating junk. But we are feeling the itch to move. Jersey is getting too expensive to live in these days for the amount of house you get, and I am feeling very DONE with this state. However our network of people are here so it's challenging to move away from it. Where to go. Within the last 2 years I have become involved with a Wellness business "Young Living Essential Oils". It's a MLM (Multi Level Marketing) company who uses pure essential oils (or Nature) as the medicine cabinet instead of pharmacueticals. I get to recieve and witness a lot of empowerment and restored health and I'm loving it. I am still teaching Yoga privately and classes...and loving that too.

The big event that has taken place this month is the Mourning Dove that found our window box as her home for nesting. It has been quite the ride for all of us. We watched the whole process from laying the two eggs to the hatching to raining on them, and all the worrying "do you think I should cover them from the rain?" and "isn't it too cold?" oh the worrying we did (ok I did). Well finally they flew out of the nest today...and Denver and I cried. I know it sounds funny to you...I can hear Kenny laughing all the way from CA...but we really got attached! All in the learning I suppose. I'll try to send a video clip of them feeding.
That's all from this part of the country. We'll see some of you real soon. Looking forward to it!
Love, Aunt Sue

Happy Birthday Kevin!

Hi Mike this is dad,were you been for two years!

Hello from Uncle Bob

Hi everyone!
Uncle Bob and Judy were here for a two day visit and they said to "Hi" to all from them. All of their kids are doing well - Dennis' daughter Michelle is getting married in July. Bobby is going to AA - Chris is in depression - Laurie and Regina are doing well. That's all!
Love you all,
Grandmom XOXO

Whats up family i havent seen all of yopu for about two years {except for aunt chris} so how is everybody doing

Happy Birthday Kev

Happy Birthday to Uncle Kevin! (in a few days) You old fart

Elton Kenny

Bbbbbbenny and the.... no wait. Kkkkkkkkenny and the Jetssssss... NO wait!! Kkkkkenny and the GIANTS!!!!

Yo!, We made it

Hi Folks,
We'll soon be leaving Florida's paradise (you may have your computer for spell check I have Stella, all mistakes I can blame on Stella.) Nice guy. We hope to be in New Hampshire by May 2nd., blogging with you from the north east. On our e-mail is a request, would the Aunts & Uncles, & (grandchildren if you wish) kindly send a birthday greeting to Uncle Ralph on his 89th birthday via e-mail or snail mail:
"gladrap2@juno.com" or
5689 Bolla Court
FT. Myers, FL 33919
Thanks,
Gramps & Stella

Is there spell check in a blog, Salvador? Hey Gramps you've been renamed.

greetings and salutations!

Hi everyone,

How will I remember to go check the blog?...emails automatically pop up in my inbox....I'm not sure I will think about checking the blog....and will I remember my umpteenth user name and password! :)

Aunt Linda

Just Janna

Fam --
This is so fabulous! After reading the emails and posts thus far, I found myself laughing almost uncontrollably and I have to say that that is one thing I have always enjoyed about our fam -- that we always make each other laugh in one way or another. I already LOVE having an online community with you, so I hope everyone enjoys it too, and participates!

A quick update on me: Still with the publishing company, though have been looking for something new and have had several interviews/conversations with another publication here in Sacramento. Recently moved into an apartment in downtown Sacramento by myself -- that's right, it's the first time in my life that I've ever lived alone! It's just me and Sydney (the cat). So far so good, but I do get lonely at times -- especially at night. Love the location, though. My favorite thing about where I live is jogging around the capital -- how cool is that?! Also in grad school (like Alicia), pursuing an MA in English with an emphasis in creative writing. If all goes according to plan, I should finish this fall (woo-hoo!!).

So that is Just Janna in a nutshell -- thanks for reading. Love and hugs all around!

Title discusion

hey all,
Aunt Chris brought up the point (concerning the title i created for the blog) that we are not all "Santoro". i wanted to explain my reasoning behind the title, and then open it up to discussion about what the title of the blog should be. so here's my long winded reasoning:

we are all connected by one very common thread. the only reason we are blogging on this communal blog is because we are all part of one large family unit. and although the majority of the family unit is no longer named Santoro, Santoro is the origin of the unit. were it not for the patriarchal establishment of of the family by our grandparents (parents to some of you), who were then known as Salvatore and Janet SANTORO none of this family would be connected. so, whether you were born into the Santoro name, married into the Santoro name, married away from the Santoro name, or whatever, we are all connected by it. therefore, we are all santoro's somehow.

so there it is. if you have thoughts, please add them as a comment to this post so the main blog page doesn't get bogged down by this discusion. (just click on the Comments button under this blog post)

if y'all wanna get away from the "we're all santoro's somehow" title, I have a back up title for every one to chew on:

"we are sanwizlengantz"

here i am

this is such a fantastic idea. thanks tony!

i can't wait to see everyone at the wedding and visit. mom an at home spa day sounds wonderful. i'll bring some goodies. ok - here's my update

1. about to complete my first year in grad school. YEAH!! for those of you who don't know i am pursuing my master's in women's and gender studies at university of north carolina - greensboro. i recently presented a paper of mine at a conference and won an award for most creative. next year i will begin working on my culminating project - paperbag productions. the goal is to create an all female performance group that will raise awareness of social issues through multi-media stage productions. if all goes well this project will blossom into a "career" or hopefully the development of a non-profit that will serve girls.

2. i work as a DJ at the campus radio station. you can listen online at www.wuag.net. my show is on tuesdays from 7-9pm. i recently applied for two positions on the executive board, sports and news director. i will only get one (if any) and if i become the sports director i will be the first woman EVER to hold the position.

3. i am just beginning to freelance with the local newpaper's arts and entertainment magazine. hopefully i will have some published articles to share when we see each other in may.

those are the biggies. i love living in greensboro. it is a beautiful community, lots of trees and flowers and not too much suburbia. reminds me of princeton. i have made lots of connections with people who share similar interests and i work as a graduate assistant in the women's and gender studies department which has allowed me to implement original programs on campus. i am looking forward to the summer - working with a local non-profit called Girls Inc. and traveling as much as i can afford to. i have been dating here and there, nothing too serious.

well - i love you guys and can't wait to hear from you.

xoxo

A Florida Wave hello

Hi this is my first time writing on a blog space. I'm smiling because blog is a funny word. hahah
So ladies, i was thinking that it would be fun to do a spa day befor the wedding. I'm not sure what I mean...maybe nails and facials at home with a chic flic rental. Just an idea

Hey Tony do I sign off like an email? ie:
Love A. Chris

Or does the blog sign off for me?
Thanks for doing this

and it begins

hey there family. so, here it is, our own little communal blog spot. and i got to be the first one on it... ha ha ha :-p. i am at work, so i don't have much time, but i just wanted to get this up and running. hope all is well.