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I am so behind in posting this, but work has been extremely busy (and wonderful) lately! At the beginning of October our cousin Olivia had her Bat Mitzvah. When a jewish girl reaches the age of 12 she is a "bat mitzvah" and now considered an adult. This occasion is usually marked by the bar/bit mitzvah leading a Torah service followed by a HUGE party! Its pretty much a mini wedding. Olivia did such an amazing job, we are so proud of her! We even got to be a part of the service, we were honored that Olivia asked us to bring out the torah from the ark. The extra special part of the the whole weekend was that The Sieglers came out from CA for the event and we got to spend a few days together. We met for lunch when they landed at the airport then headed to the hotel to get ready for the big night.
Me and Mindi at the party
Aaron and Mindi
Liz, Mindi, Karen, Peter, Jeff, Jodi & Me during cocktail hour
The morning after the Bat Mitzvah Jodi and Pete hosted a brunch at their house to celebrate. There was so much delicious food- oven baked french toast, challah, lox and bagels and babas cookies!! yum!
Some of our wonderful Aunts, Uncles and Cousins
The Sieglers!!
The Mendlingers and Sieglers
Congratulations to Olivia and thank you very much to our fabulous cousins Pete and Jodi for hosting such a fun weekend. We were so happy we got to hang out with Karen, Lew, Mindi and Aaron, hopefully there will be another visit soon. My parents also got to join in the festivities and come for the brunch. They happened to be coming into town to visit Jeff and I and it was perfect timing that everyone was in town for the Bat Mitzvah. We miss you all!!
