Yanoff Family Site http://www.yanoff.org/ A Wisconsin family consisting of Kathy, Gillie, Carly, and Scott Yanoff. 2013 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:46:00 CDT yanoff@yahoo.com (Scott Yanoff) en YanoffFamilySitehttp://feedburner.google.com February 9, 2013 - Yanoff Family Website (www.yanoff.org) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YanoffFamilySite/~3/RXGoIVwImGw/ http://yanoff.org/index.shtml#home02092013 [Image: Scott volunteering at The Gathering on MLK Day.] You haven't missed anything; we just haven't posted since September of 2012. The photo featured here is a funny one of Scott with co-worker Jessica. Northwestern Mutual (Scott's workplace) asked employees for a day "on" during their day off on MLK Day on January 21. Scott volunteered to serve breakfast at The Gathering, who posted this photo on their blog along with others. There is a group photo as well which we have in our photos section. Scott was pretty happy to serve food that morning so his expression is probably just bad timing or perhaps he had not yet had his morning coffee yet. It was a good start to the day off and he got to keep the little hat as well.

The girls are halfway through their school year. Carly's taken to junior high well and enjoys going to the various activity nights and dances. She takes photographs for the school paper at various events, too. Meanwhile, Gillie enjoys academics and is currently picking her classes for her freshman year of high school next year. Carly had a fantastic time on the 7th-grade overnight adventure as part of Outdoor Education and the photos of her show her enjoyment. Gillie recently enjoyed the 8th-grade winterized version of the same.

We had family portraits taken at a chilly Hubbard Park Lodge in late October and many of them are posted on the site for viewing. The remaining photos on the site show the girls having fun with their various activities at the end of 2012.

Lastly, our dear cat, Shadow, died on February 2 after nearly 18 years. Scott's posting from Facebook that day sums things up nicely:

Today, I've lost my shadow. I called you Shadow when I got you 18 years ago because you were always underfoot. You were there before I met my wife, and when I did, you broke all her stuff. You were there before I had kids and when I did, you somehow knew never to pester them as babies for their tiny fingers eventually became the best scratchers you'd ever felt. You were there before I had my own house and when I did, you greeted me at the front door each day after work with a conversation only you and I understood. Thank you for 18 years of companionship and unconditional love. You were the best pet I ever had.
]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:46:00 CDT http://www.yanoff.org/ September 23, 2012 - Yanoff Family Website (www.yanoff.org) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YanoffFamilySite/~3/RXGoIVwImGw/ http://yanoff.org/index.shtml#home09232012 [Image: Carly in a big chair by the lagoon.] Middle school has started and once again both Gillie and Carly are in the same school. At least, that is, until Gillie heads off to high school next year. Both Gillie and Carly had their portraits taken at school registration so check them out.

Before school ended, however Carly painted us all with henna, Kathy and Scott got photographed at a co-worker's wedding, Scott won Stack'd Bar's beer-naming contest for their IPA pale ale ("Stack'd Blonde"), and we went paddle-boating on the lagoon.

As the summer came to a close, Scott joined the board of the SEED Foundation (for which he maintains the web site for) and Kathy was featured along with fellow neighbors in an article in the Journal-Sentinel called "Shorewood Neighbors Make Food at Home". Lastly, Scott's taken a stab at making the web site a bit more mobile-friendly. It's not great, but at least the font is now sized large enough for finters to tap on the links.

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:32:00 CDT http://www.yanoff.org/ June 19, 2012 - Yanoff Family Website (www.yanoff.org) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YanoffFamilySite/~3/RXGoIVwImGw/ http://yanoff.org/index.shtml#home06192012 [Image: The maker of the game Syzygy sent me this complimentary game and bag because I wrote such a good review of it.] We're officially done with elementary school as Carly has graduated 6th grade and both her and Gillie are now middle-schoolers. They've also both outgrown summer daycare but both have applied for volunteering efforts. Gillie has been accepted at their old summer haunt of UWM Daycare as a room helper and Carly and a friend hope to get their volunteer applications accepted at the Shorewood Public Library.

Speaking of volunteering, Kathy and Scott have done their share of it. Recently, they both volunteered with the Milwaukee Victory Garden and helped build garden boxes in the city of Milwaukee as part of their annual Garden Blitz. Kathy and Scott also signed up to be volunteers with the Urban Ecology Center and Scott was able to man a post in Estabrook Park as part of their recent Teen Adventure Challenge.

As far as the web site goes, Carly still drops a good quote every once in a while and Shadow managed a funny video. There are many new photos including those of Scott's trip in February to Atlanta (on business), Gillie in the school musical in March, Scott and Kathy at the Swing with SEED fundraiser, Carly's Science Fair entry, Gillie's "cell" project, and some of Carly's great make-up techniques.

Pictured: The maker of the game Syzygy sent Scott this complimentary game and bag because he wrote such a good review of it.

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