tthis is our dog skooter....
 

Here he is...the way scooter was named is -once upon a time and many years ago we were visiting my aunt who owned a couple rather large Great Danes (in case you don't know what those are, they are big dopey dogs who are usually funny and floppy and large) One of the dogs was still young and, as it turned out, didn't like children. He dicided to lunge at Leah and take a big bite out of her cheek!  The mark isn't visible anymore but for a while she was afraid of dogs... When Skooter came to live with us my parents thought it would be a good idea to let leah name him -it gave her a sense of ownership over him and seemed to have worked out well. Skooter is still a well loved member of our family :)

 

would you like to see my sister?  here she is, me in the middle, and my brother on the right....
This picture was taken in 1996 when the family came to visit at school after my first month or so

 

we are all very different people.... When we were young we used to gang up on each other, torture each other, yell, scream and all the things siblings do, but things seem to work out in the end and we're all friends

 

next i'd like to introduce my parents.....
 

this picture is from leah's bat mitzvah in 1997.  so everyone congratulate these guys for having such a perfect daughter (me)   Good Job Guys!

 

and last, but CERTAINLY not least is grandma (dad's mom)
this is a picture of us in her apartment..... (-she's the one on the left)

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