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CHRISTINA COUNSELMAN PATRICK ‘97’s son Henry, born in April 2012.
in my office much in the last month — vacation in Outer Banks, spending quality time with my parents and brother down in Fort Myers, Fla. and then Summer Olympics! Wacky!” Hugh Peterson writes, “I have ditched the death and danger of the Arctic to come down and do some comedy in Louisiana. I’m currently running the second season of A&E’s show Duck Dynasty and having a fun time. I miss Peta, but we see each other as much as we can, and I’ll be home for the holidays.” And Christa Sterrett Gatewood reports, “It was great seeing everyone at Reunion and awesome to see Christina Counselman Patrick, Owen and baby Henry in Portland this summer. I am still in Cincinnati, where it looks like my husband Kristian, son Kyan and I will be re-upping for a few more years.” As referenced above by Christa, Owen and Christina Counselman Patrick welcomed their son Henry Hotchkiss Patrick to the world on April 7, 2012, and Christina reports that they enjoyed their first Maine summer with him. Congratulations to the Patrick family! Also welcoming a little one was Mark Kelly, who writes, “Grace loves being a big sister to Adley, who arrived July 9. I know probably every parent says that, but Kari and I continue to be amazed by her affection, attention and general lack of interest in doing harm toward the new addition. Grace will be 3 in
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November. She is at the Bryn Mawr Little School and loves it. We are still living (squatting) in my parents’ house in Roland Park while we renovate an old Roland Park home we bought in April. We are excited to visit my brother Drew Kelly ’00, who was recently married in October 2011, completed his Ph.D. in July 2012 at Northwestern and somehow found “gainful” employment in San Francisco.” Great report, Mark! Wishing everyone a lovely fall and very happy holidays. Keep the updates coming!
1998. Justine Alger Forrester jalger1@yahoo.com Hello, Class of 1998! It was so nice to hear from so many of you this time around. Though we have all taken different paths and few of us are currently sharing life experiences with each other the way we did daily back at Friends, it’s nice that we can share tidbits of our lives with the Friends School community here in Collection. I look forward to getting your next update in person in May at our 15-year Reunion! This edition of our Class Notes sees our classmates through a variety of new beginnings: new marriages, new babies, new jobs, new homes … and often a combination of these. On May 13, 2012 Lisa Viscidi
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GARRETT SMITH ‘97’s daughter Alexandra.
and her husband Mateo Samper welcomed their first baby, a boy named Adrian Viscidi Samper, who I can attest is one adorable little guy. Lisa enjoyed spending Adrian’s first three months at home with him but was ready to return to her new job at Deloitte at the end of August. She and Mateo recently relocated from New York to Washington, D.C. to be closer to Lisa’s family as they raise their little one. Laura Caplan Szabo and her husband also moved back to Washington, D.C. after living in Chicago for a few years. Laura is a clinical social worker working at Children’s National Medical Center in the Emergency Department doing psychiatric evaluations. This March, Justin and Amanda Lower Bakaian welcomed a little boy, Harrison. They’ve had a lot of fun introducing him to their small town life in Maine, as well as traveling to Cape Cod and New Hampshire. Amanda says that motherhood has been a blast so far! Nick Murray experienced a great deal of change within the span of one month this past May/June. Nick changed companies and is now a project manager for a high-end residential contractor in New York City, he graduated from Columbia graduate school after earning his master’s of science degree in construction administration, and Nick and his wife Alice welcomed their first baby, William. By now things have settled into a routine, and Nick is
happy to report they are enjoying it all. Janine D’Adamo is a now a married woman. She and Alec Heuisler ‘99 have made it official after all these years. Janine says, “We had so much fun! We got married on the beach in Rehoboth and then had a party in the backyard of the beach house. It was great to have so many people travel all the way to Rehoboth Beach to celebrate with us. It was also fun to have so many Friends Schoolers with us! Jamie Hubbard married us, Erin Hall and her boyfriend Nick Oster were our wedding party, Ben Pollak ‘99 and Erin Hall sang two wonderful songs for us, Ben Baker-Lee ‘99 and his wife Abeer Alzinaty did all the video, and we also had Marc Broady, Steve Cooper ‘99, my brother Karl D’Adamo ‘95, Dean Pappas (our science teacher) and Rosalie Parker ‘99. Even though Alec and I have been together since high school, it was a really exciting day, and we are so happy!” And we are so happy to hear it, Janine! Erin Hall shared her version of the big event: “I had an amazing time at the end of June being in Janine and Alec’s wedding along with my boyfriend, Nick Oster, who was the best man. Ben Pollack and I played a song during the ceremony and at the reception, which was really fun. It was a beautiful ceremony and we all enjoyed spending time with so many friends and family at the beach!” In her own news, Erin