Esther & Adiel’s Blog

Alright, we really should have updated earlier but we are both ridiculously busy. There are also pictures that we will add next time, but for now this rather short summary will have to do.

So the Kiddush was awesome, really great. Mom came in from Atlanta on Thursday, it was wonderful to see her. She treated us to Chineze in Chosen Island and was very impressed with the quality, variety and taste of food. She also went to Costco and Gourmet Glatt with Adiel, who doens’t love great shopping centers. Then Adiel cooked chicken soup (mike style ) and fish.

Friday the house was buzzing all day. Loads of neighbors and relatives were bringing over all sorts of homemade goodies. Mommy and I and Adiel and Mom were cooking up a storm. Batya and Sorah Leah came and slept nearby and so did Moshe. It was all a lot of fun, very hectic and a good thing they changed the clock!! Friday night the meal was very nice. The 7 of us ate together and shared divrei torah, songs and good conversation.

The rain came down overnight but Boruch Hashem when we woke up in the morning, the sky was crystal clear. Remember last Shabbos there was storms? Despite the weatherman’s prediction of rain, it was a gorgeous day and people walked from as far as Lawrence (Schloss and Czermack), Bayswater (Shabsy and Rochie), and the walking winner of the day — Tina walked all the way from North Woodmere - the walk is like an hour and a half. Don’t worry she stayed for lunch.

Anyway, the kiddush was loads of fun. We had a lot of family and friends come in and out, take some food, make a lchaim and wish us mazel tov. There were all the goodies plus cholent and kugel from Oldak Caterers, formely of the LES. Other East Siders who came were the Sebrows and Solomons and the Selevens came by too. The whole party lasted close to two hours and at about 1ish I went downstairs to feed the party girl who behaved very nicely. Everyone else followed soon after. There was some arranging and setting up and by the time I came out, 2 tables full of 14 people were ready to eat. The meal was fun and enjoyable. Adiel said a beautiful dvar Torah about what Shaina means to us. The Koster girls spent most of the time fighting over, and throwing to the sky, the pink balloons that Adiel had bought on Friday.

We all got a chance to nap and that was that.
Thanks to all who participated in this special event — the first of hopefully many simchas that Adiel and I are making together as a family. To those who came, who sent food, who called, or who just said Mazel Tov: It means a lot to all of us. Special shout out to Mom who flew in and stayed till Sunday and Mommy who literally toook charge. Let’s keep sharing simchas, and IYH pictures will be posted soon.

Have an awesome Purim everyone!!! :)

Last Shabbos (parshas Vayerah), Esther and I had the honor of having C & M stay by us. This time was even more special than last because it was pouring rain the whole time. So this meant staying indoors and realy catching up with each others lives. C brought over an absolutely delicious parve cherry topped cheesecake. When it was on the dessert plate, it literaly looked like it was from some magazine cover. Delicious!

Thank you guys for coming to visit! We want to have you again soon!

This Shabbos - Chayei Sarah - we went to Esthers aunt, Tovah. She lives in Washington Heights and is part of the Breuers community. It was an amazing shabbos with stories and singing and good company. Esther visited a bunch of her friends and got to drag me along too.

Over the weekend we had a nice amount of guests — just the way we like it! Friday night we had my friend Elana over from work with her cousin and roommate. It was so much fun to have girls around and shmooze girlstuff. Somehow Adiel never seems to mind, either! On Shabbos we were the guests at the Strickmans who we haven’t seen for a while, that was lots of fun as well.

Sunday morning, Adiel woke up at the crack of dawn to go and pick up a very SPECIAL friend from the airport —

Eitan!! We haven’t seen Eitan since our Sheva Brachos, what with him going and living in LA and than spending a few months in Israel. It was great that the first familiar face he saw off of the plane was his good buddy, Adiel. They went out for breakfast and shmoozed business and I went to the Source Mall. Love that place but the lines were LOONY!

Then, for dinner, we found out that our friends YGX and Eli were going to be in the 5 Towns area for a vort, so we insisted they come in and join us for dinner.

Adiel made the most delicious spaghetti and meatballs YUM! I put together a salad and warmed up some shnitzel and potato kugel from Shabbos.

Here’s all of us enjoying the dinner (Adiel took the picture).

And here’s Adiel with their adorable baby Liba. (And donkey ears from Eitan).

And Uncle Eitan with the baby. (These men are going to make great fathers!)

Banana Chocolate cake for desert that Elana had made for us for Shabbos - nothing was left after the evening!