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2010 HIGHLIGHTS in the BossClarkDilgardClark Household

• Isabella Jannet Dilgard Clark was born March 5, 2010 to Seymour and Carolyne, with proud siblings Philip and Charlie making a fuss. Checking in at 8 pounds 10 ounces, here she is:

• Carolyne, Philip, Charlie and baby Belle paid Ashley a visit in DC.  Highlights there included playing in the fountains on a beautiful afternoon.  For pictures, click here.
• Amy and Roger now have a grandpuppy! Ashley and her roommate Sonja have adopted an adorable mutt named Herman. Here's his picture with dredlocks, before they had him groomed. Adorable, yes?

• Ashley has kept up her promise to herself upon graduating Middlebury, and has managed to go skiing up in Vermont every single year (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).  Although she has been known to branch out (ie skiing in Japan, Slovenia), one day she hopes to make it all the way to the West Coast and see about this “powder” all of her friends speak of.
• Amy and Roger teamed up to co-teach International Business Transactions?  A great way to get a teaching gig in London for five weeks and go as a team! Here's a picture taken at the bank of the Thames of our USD London crew:

• Grace and Melissa trekked east from DownUnder to spend several days with the clan (minus Amy and Roger who were in London). Melissa  was attending a conference in Nashville, but got to spend time with Seymour and co (Carolyne, Philip, Charlotte, and Isabella) in Philly. She and Grace spent a spectacular 4th of July with Ashley in DC.  Photos here….
• Ashley and her friends formed a rock band on Ashley’s new wii, and debated going pro for a while before everyone decided they liked their cushy NGO salaries better. 
• Ashley was given a promotion at The Heinz Center, and is now the Communications and Development Associate.
• With raise in hand, Ashley quickly flew off to Kampala, Uganda, with her father to attend the 7 year Review Conference on the International Criminal Court.  Ashley reported sighting many baboons between meetings. It was not all work, though - Roger and Ashley were able to squeeze in a safari in Queen Elizabeth Park, complete with hippos, water buffalo, elephants, human-sized lizards, every bird imaginable and even lions! Ashley was able to also fit some chimps into her busy schedule, seeing them on an Ngamba island, a Jane Goodall project.  For pictures of their safari trip (and other memorable moments) click here.
• Roger blew out his 70 birthday candles in London with his grandson, Rupert, Rupert’s girlfriend Hayley, and his daughter Ashley.

• Ted continues producing wonderful art work. His latest line of Marine Sculptures, featuring coral reefs, has been real hit. Below in one piece called "Arabian Knights." Check out his website for the story behind the piece as well as loads of other wonderful scuptures.

• Check out our Roger in the New York Times: another victory in getting the American Law Institute to withdraw its support of the death penalty!
• Some years it is the year of graduations; others the year of births. This year was the year of “moving  up” celebrations: Aviv “moved up” from kindergarten to first grade, and Philip “moved up” from pre-school to pre-K.  The rest of us just got older.
• Also the year of reunions – two of them – for Amy.  Forty years since her graduation from  Bryn Mawr, and thirty-five since Rutgers Law School.  Click here for some  before and (yikes!) after pictures.
• Roger, as usual, has been on the move. In addition to London with Amy, he has been to Lisbon, for the Society for the Reform of Criminal Law; to Istanbul to speak on Capital Punishment; and to Salzburg Austria for the Summer School on International Criminal Law.
• In April, Ashley, Amy and Roger did a 6K Run for Water Live Earth outside DC for water projects in Haiti.  (Somebody figured out that women in developing countries walk an average of 6k a day to fetch and carry water.) Ashley finished with a PR, Roger won his age group, and Amy so injured her foot in walking the distance that she hasn’t been able to walk right since!
• Azure Blue continues to grow: here he could pass as "Little Boy Blue!"

2009 HIGHLIGHTS in the BossClarkDilgardClark Household

• Charlotte Rose Dilgard Clark was born to Seymour and Carolyne on January 10, 2009. Here she is:

• In February, Ashley moved from Columbia Heights to a cute apartment in Logan Circle, where she is now surrounded by trees, puppies, and independently owned coffee shops.
• In May, Ashley, along with two of her college friends Christine Neeb and Meg Young, raced in the legendary Philadelphia Broad Street Run. They were able to raise over $3,000 for the Sarah LeCates Memorial Scholarship, an award dedicated to the memory of Sarah LeCates which is given to a graduating senior at Haddonfield Memorial High School who embodies Sarah’s zestful spirit, her passion for service and her global outlook. Described by her older sister as “the finest example of human being-ness”, Sarah was an active member of the Haddonfield community who gave selflessly of herself for the good of the community.
• In the fall of 2009, Ashley ran both her first and second half marathon. The first was the Rock And Roll Half in Virginia Beach, VA, with Meg Young and Dan Knowlton. In the second, the Philadelphia Half Marathon, she bettered her time by over ten minutes! (She kindly asked neither of her times be displayed, in order to protect everyone’s dignity). Her friend Kathryn Babin was injured shortly before the Philadelphia race, and her number was worn by Chris Pellicia, who ended up finishing third among women.  Too bad he was male!
• The fall also saw Ashley traveling to San Francisco to see many of her old college friends. Highlights include seeing the debut of “American Idiot” (now on Broadway) with her friend Paul, bumming around and vintage clothes shopping with her friend Rachel, eating pho with Betsy and Pat, and conquering the hills of San Francisco with her running buddy, Dana. She also spent time behind bars -- at Alcatraz!

• Amy enjoyed a packed trip to Seville, Cordoba and Granada for a lot of Spanish sight-seeing.  Oh – and a keynote at the Congreso Internacional Sobre Derecho Del Comercio Electrónico Y Sistema Financiero.
• Well, we have another party planner in our midst! Ashley, who has been working at the Heinz Center in Washington on environmental issues, was the organizer of a big benefit on May 5, A Toast to Tom Lovejoy, their Biodiversity Chair. The event was a big smash: the master of ceremonies was Chevy Chase, and attendees included Tom Brokaw, Raffi, and a list of who's who. Ashley, with her typical panache for dress, had the brainstorm of having everyone wear bowties. Below is a picture of her with Tom Brokaw (blue bow ties and cum(m)erbunds) and some other Heinz Center Staff.

• Amy, Roger and Ashley finished off the 2009 year in style -- by celebrating the Christmas holidays in Hawaii with Azure, Ted and Jaymie! Only regrets: that the rest of the BossClarkClarkReynoldsDilgardClarkReynoldsMacLeanLewis clan were not there!

2008 HIGHLIGHTS in the BossClarkDilgardClark Household

• The big highlight of 2008 was the birth of our third grandson, Azure Lee Clark, pictured on the right.. Amy was planning to be there for the great event: Azure was due on Ted's birthday, June 18. But little Azure couldn't wait. He decided he didn't want to share birthdays with his father (June 18), grandfather Roger (June 14) or cousin Grace (June 20), but wanted a birthday of his own. So he claimed JUNE 5. Happy Birthday to Azure. And congrats to Jaymie and Ted. For more pictures, click here.
• After 19 good years at Temple Law School, Amy has finally been tempted to leave, getting an offer she could not refuse from the new Drexel Law School, where good friend and former colleague Roger Dennis (a/k/a "the other Roger") is the new Dean. A new challenge -- and when you want a change, changing jobs is easier than changing husbands! But, as might be expected, between Temple and Drexel, she is spending a lot of time with her new grandson in Hawaii.
• Another new beginning.  Having completed her associate degree at Community College of Philadelphia, Hillaria began studies at Temple University.  Regrettably, it was after Amy had left!
• Ashley, now living DC and working with the Heinz Center, was on the road during July. First to London to visit li'l nephew Rupert, then on to Bosnia, where she is worked as a volunteer camp counselor at a camp organized by the Global Children's Organization.
• Ashley attended an ICC Conference with Roger at Princeton. Our friend Enid was kind enough to document the visit for us:
  

 

2007 HIGHLIGHTS in the BossClarkDilgardClark Household:

• 2007 was a jam packed year: we added two new surnames and one new degree. The BossClarkDilgardClark family (which is really the BossClarkReynoldsMacLeanDilgardClark family) has become the BossClarkReynoldsMacLeanDilgardClarkConwayLewis clan. Phew!
• On April 7, Melissa wedded Hamish Conway in a lovely ceremony in Christchurch. The entire BossClark family headed DownUnder for the big do: Amy, Roger, Ashley and Rupert did the weekend turnaround for which we are famous; Carolyne, Seymour and Philip spent a day or two more. Ted and Jaymie took a more leisurely and sane approach so Ted could show Jaymie his grandparents' home and the park where both he and his father played on Anzac Parade in Wanganui.
• August 4 took the clan (including the extended Boss family) to Hawaii to see Ted wed his long-time love Jaymie Lewis in front of the Waimea Waterfalls on the North Shore of Oahu. The celebration (and it was some celebration) commemorated the nineth anniversary of the day they met: when Ted picked up a hitchhiker on his way to a Phish concert! Click here for some great wedding pictures.
  
  
  

  Introducing: Hamish Conway (and Melissa Clark-Reynolds) A pril 7, 2007	Introducing: Jaymie Lee Lewis (and Ted Clark) August 4, 2007

  
  
• In between the two weddings, we added another degree: Ashley graduated with highest honors in Political Science from Middlebury College in Vermont. The crew in attendence included Amy, Roger, Seymour, Carolyne, Philip, Ted, Jaymie, Aunt Mary, Uncle Hugh, Aunt Kelly, cousins Briggs and Mackenzie, Mary and Arthur Lecates, and Bill Clinton himself. (Oh, he was the graduation speaker!)
• After graduation, Ashley did a (very) short stint working for an offshoot of the DNC before joining the Heinz Cente fir Scueb cem Economics and the Environmentr as a research assistant in Washington DC.
• Melissa visited the US in February to spend a week at an intensive executive MBA program at MIT. Gracie stayed in Haddonfield. Melissa and Gracie were honored guests at 2007 Waitangi Day, joined by Rupert who flew in from London for the occassion.
  
  At the right are Gracie and Aviv enjoying a dinner at McDonalds after the movies. The sad event of 2007: the death of fearless and feared Brendan at the age of 17 (human) years, quite long for a cat. We'll miss him (though we're sure the chipmunks and rabbits will not). But he is now reunited with his life-long pal Bowser.