Kaduk Family Photos

Bling!

2008-02-21T00:22:00.000-05:00

Word.

Sledding!

2008-01-07T11:40:00.000-05:00

The unusually warm weather made the snow pack nicely, so the kids decided to do a touch of sledding. No serious injuries were reported, although the sled trails were really REALLY fast.

Then the neighbor decided to shoot off some fireworks (?)

Matt and Sarah's wedding

2007-12-10T00:54:00.000-05:00

The Pre-party:

The whole crew found a table!

The happy newlyweds!

Uncle Dorkboy well on her way to "back porch drunk." Or is it "ambulance drunk?" Heh.

Axl and Whitney cutting a rug like little stars!

Matt even has time to dance with Whitney....

So does Uncle Roy.

A few more from the pre-party:

Axl: Project Manager

2007-11-22T22:22:00.000-05:00

Axl is seen here doing some supervisory work at Grampy's new cottage.

Thanksgiving Feast: Surf & Turf

2007-11-22T22:12:00.000-05:00

This was our Thanksgiving feast for the day:

Left to right: Steamed artichokes with hollandaise sauce, charcoal grilled jumbo shrimp skewers, Teriyaki marinated, charcoal grilled sirloin steaks, Teriyaki basted grilled rock shrimp.

Wild rice, Crab stuffed Mini Portabellas.

Crab stuffed butterflied rock shrimp.

The aforementioned Mini Bellas and a classic green bean casserole.

Axl Marx

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Whitney's Road to Freedom

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Party Announcement

2007-08-07T10:38:00.000-04:00

Hey everybody...we're having a Labor Day bash to celebrate three separate events simultaneously. I've included some pictures from our last party so you can get an idea of what's in store...scroll past them as there is more information beyond the pictures!!!

Who: If you get an invite or if someone who did invites you....
What: Big-ass party with beer, ribs and good times
Where: 215 Ln 120 Long Lake, Fremont, IN (Click here for a Google map~!)
When: Sept. 1st, starting about 2pm... (and probably continuing through September 2nd too)
Why: Jill (Hague) Kaduk and Katie Kaduk both graduated from their respective Universities this summer! Jill graduated from Tri-State with her bachelors in business, and Katie graduated from John Marshall Law School CSU and has just completed her Ohio Bar exams! Also, it's Andy and Jill's 2nd anniversary, so a party is most definitely an order for any one of these occasions.

Yes, I'm cooking the ribs. People have been bugging me to fire up a batch for a couple of years, so I'm going BIG. Bring a bib.

My lovely wife and I take a break from the 2005 party for a photo-op.

If you want to showcase your culinary talents, feel free to bring some food. We'll be providing ribs, chicken and other entree type stuff, as well as some side dishes and salad etc, but there's always room for more! Covered dishes, crockpots...whatever works. We'll feed the masses whatever you want to bring.

Nate Dinken and Fort Wayne contractor Tom McComb enjoy the keg and the company at the 2005 party.

We will be providing two kegs, mixed drinks, hairy buffalo and some other adult beverages, as well as sodas and water for the kiddies. If you want something else, feel free to bring it. We might even have a couple cases of wine on hand, but if you want something specific, be prepared to carry it in yourself (hey, we can't read your minds, people).

We are asking that everyone RSVP if the urge so strikes you...so email us at:

thekaduks@verizon.net
akaduk@gmail.com

or call us at:

260-483-9198
260-416-2624

If you don't RSVP and show up anyway, you'll be subjected to doing 10 shots of ***my*** choice before you can join the party. Ok, I'm kidding, but I'll find some awful thing for you to do for showing up unannounced. Or, more probably, I might not even notice and you can all laugh at me.

We hope to see you all there!

The Pile of Rocks

2007-04-29T16:44:00.000-04:00

It all started with a mystery pile of rocks in my driveway....

Ok, it was a mystery to my wife until I told her how they appeared and why.

So we started the day by digging out a bunch of overgrown filth, putting down landscaping plastic and piling up the rocks. We added a few ornamental grasses, including a blue fescue of which I am particularly fond, and a small juniper shrub. The idea is that we don't want anything that will drop little pellets of compost in the pool. This was the end of day one:

Axl and Whitney got in on the action with Aunt Katie (aka Uncle Dorkboy). They planted some French rosemary and some cilantro in the freshly weeded herb garden. They enjoyed smelling the sage and the chives which seem to be doing well already this year.

The end of day one was celebrated with tuna steaks, a couple of smoked chicken breasts, bacon-wrapped asparagus, red skinned potatoes, and of course some beer and wine. Exhaustion provided a comfortable, buzzy segue into day 2.

Big Pile of Rocks, Day 2

2007-04-29T15:54:00.000-04:00

Day 2 started with steak and eggs, followed by Whitney and Dorkboy's departure. The remaining 3 of us went right to work on "the football." Anybody who has ever been in my backyard has seen that nasty little rats nest. Basically, it was a football-shaped slot in the middle of the patio about 8' long and about 6' wide. It has always been filled with vegetation of some kind, most recently grass. Grass needs mowed, and mowing makes compost....which blows directly into the pool. So, we (I) dug out all of the sod, poked a couple of holes in the dirt for a few plants and started with the black plastic sheeting again. We outlined the football in some paving bricks that Menards had so conveniently had on sale. Then, more rocks. We transplanted a baby yucca from one of our front-yard beds and added a couple of ornamental boulders to the mix. As you can see, we added a couple of extra ornamental grasses and VOILA!

This might not look like much to some of you, but to anyone who has ever seen the jungle in my back yard, this is just a foretaste of what is to come. All rocks, limited vegetation, a couple of weeping pea trees and that's it. Goodbye maintenance, goodbye dirt, goodbye hastas, and goodbye wolf spiders.

Axl's Florida Vacation

2007-01-22T21:12:00.000-05:00

Axl and Jill joined Terri for 10 days of madcap fun in Florida after Christmas. Axl put his ***brand new*** digital camera to good use. Obviously, the pictures of him were taken with the assistance of Jill or Terri, but the rest should give you a pretty good indication of what Florida would be like if you were 3' tall. Enjoy!

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Mike's Homecoming

2006-08-05T20:45:00.000-04:00

The next 115+ pictures you see are from my brother's homecoming party, June 2006. Due to the volume of pictures, it took me a minute to get them all posted. Sorry for the delay.

The Tale of the SS Minnow: Redux

2006-08-05T18:52:00.000-04:00

What you're going to witness here is my brother taking his first spin on our Scorpion sailboat. Not only was this his first time on this particular boat, it was also his first time sailing anything in the last 4 years (he lives in the middle of the desert). His unsuspecting passenger is my cousin Nick. I'm not sure Nick had EVER been on a sailboat prior to this little trip.

Now sit right down and you'll hear a tale....

Nick was pretty pissed, but only because the dumbass left his Blackberry in his pocket. Oh, and he spilled his beer, too. The actual cause of the anger is left to speculation.

Ready.....Aim.....FIRE!!!

2006-08-05T16:39:00.000-04:00

Here's Dorkboy teaching my kids how to cause trouble. What (or who) is she aiming for?

Oh.

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These are pics from Whitney's 4th birthday this year.

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Grayling, Michigan: May 2006

2006-05-25T13:33:00.000-04:00

The following 47 pictures were taken in Grayling, MI, May 19 thru 22, 2006.

The Manistee River is evident in many of the photos. The trout were present, wildlife abundant, and because of the late (or rather later than we are used to) arrival of spring to Northern Michigan, the foliage was just beginning to grow in. There are a lot of pictures of my two kids, Whitney (4) and Axl (2), as they are my favorite subjects. Everything else is just backdrops for them.

I have grouped the photos in bundles of 5 pics or less so that commenting on specific ones is easier, if you want to. Hope you enjoy!

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