Czyzewski Family Page
About our family...
Our family roots go back to Indiana. The Czyzewski (Paul) side of the family comes from South Bend, the Lani side (Ober) comes from Indianapolis. We became our own branch of the family tree way back on May 30, 1962.The Czyzewski's in our family, and the relatives that we know, are very artistic -- musical and visual. The Ober side were merchants -- business operators and analytical. We all seem to have a love and talent for the arts in some form or the other. Some of us write, some play music, some make pictures, photographs or paintings... some make, raise, and educate beautiful, happy children.
Our sons are Adam, Aaron and Arden. Their wives are Lea, Karen, and Maria.
This page will always be a "work in progress." We are still learning what we are doing, so check in from time to time. It all is ART?
Who said there would never be granddaughters? Now we have TWO. Ava was born December 26, 2001 and is just beautiful. Click on "Ava is here!" to see some pictures of her just after birth, along with her mom, dad, brother, aunt, great-grandparents, and more. The picture above with Maria was taken at her Baptism, April 19.
Just before Thanksgiving Maria and
her mother and sister opened a fantastic spa in Lowell, MA. This is a link
some pictures taken on their open house. Maria's aunt and cousins
work there too. It is truly a family enterprise, and doing quite
well. If you want to learn more about the spa go to www.iniziospa.com
Emma at five
months (above). How's
that for a Mother/daughter look-alike?
She was born on July 27,
2001. Time flies, as she is now starting to crawl and getting
the all-important teeth!
The other day we are sure she said "jaja"
Emma at 9 months (right) she's starting to stand up by herself and giggles
a lot.
Arden -- the "baby" of the family. Some day he will be glad for that... trust
me. He's showing off his (then) new braces!
Karen, Simon, Calvin, Logan and Maria
Our grandchildren and their Mommas!!!
Much of our family is far away. Arden and Maria, et. al, gravitated to the beautiful summers of the Northeast, facing warm and no humidity in order to search for different things in their lives. We like to visit them. So we make do.
Simon is just a couple of months short of two. He is full of laughs and has a great appetite for things most kids have to be begged to eat. He talks a lot and mostly says everything that Calvin says... meaning he also can say those big dinosaur names.
On the right are the cousins, Calvin and Logan, at Buszia and Dziadza's (also known as grandma and grandpa...) they are just two months apart.
Calvin. He is just over 4 now, and knows the name of every dinosaur already. Not only that, he also knows all the planets in the solar system. He says when he is 14 he will go into space and be an astronaut and scientist. He is helping in the family vegetable garden, and ate some collard greens the other day. He likes to order is own meal when he goes out to eat.
Soon you can click here and see some more of
Paul's
great pictures but right now we are still "under
construction."
Cousins Dave Alvin, Mary Alvin
Nichols,
and Phil Alvin
And here is a picture of Dave taken off TV accepting his GRAMMY during the awards ceremony!!! All Dave's hard work and talent finally paid off. The album is called Public Domain - Songs from the Wild Land.
Here's cousin Phil.
He's another great part of the
musical side of the family. Like his brother, Dave, Phil spends some of
the time on the road, and the rest of the time writing, recording, and
working on his computer.
Paul and Lani.
We are now the matriarch and patriarch of the family.
Although the way things are going, the Czyzewski name will be around for a
while. The male gene seems to be predominate... but now we have
granddaughters.
We have
an Antique shop. It is partly Lani's Mother's antique shop that she
had for years and years, and partly an attempt to recycle a live-long
passion for collecting all sorts of things.
