Andy moving to Albany with new job

Andy will soon be starting a new job in Albany, N.Y.

After completing a "coding bootcamp" at Rutgers University and then serving as a teaching assistant for the program, Andy has been hired as a junior software engineer at Conduent.

The company, which spun off from Xerox in 2017, provides various services to business and government clients. Based in New Jersey, it has offices around the country, and Andy's job is at its downtown Albany location. He starts March 4.

This past weekend, Andy and Shannon picked out an apartment in Guilderland, just outside Albany, and will be moving there over the next two weeks. Shannon will continue with her online studies in web coding and design.

Rebecca's team places 4th in curling nationals

Rebecca in action on Tuesday

Team Senneker battled to the last rock once again on Friday in the tiebreaker round of the USA Curling National Championships, but Team Christensen took the 9-8 win to move on to the next round of the playoffs.

"We had one heck of a week at 2019 USA Curling National Championships in Kalamazoo," Team Senneker posted on its Facebook page. "We took 4th place and had a 5-3 record overall. That is awesome for a first-year team."

"What a team, what a week," Rebecca posted. "Disappointed with the outcome of our final game but still really, really proud of how far we've come this season."

Big win keeps Rebecca's team in contention

UPDATED 2/14: Team Senneker won another squeaker on Thursday, defeating Team Rhyme 6-5 in an extra end to advance to a tiebreaker against Team Christensen, to be played Friday at 1 p.m. The winner will advance to the semi-final.

Back-to-back wins Tuesday night and Wednesday gave Rebecca and Team Senneker a 4-2 record and a tie for third place going into the last day of round-robin competition at the USA Curling National Championships.

Tuesday's game against Team Dubberstein was featured on the live webcast on the 12th End Sports Network. Viewers were treated to a match that came down to the final rock. After falling behind 6-3 after seven ends, Team Senneker came back with one in the eighth, stole two in the ninth to tie and stole another two in the final end for the win.

On Wednesday, Rebecca and her teammates faced off against Team Sinclair - which had gone undefeated in its first five matches. The line score tells the tale of a see-saw battle, with another strong finish by Team Senneker.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sinclair	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4
Senneker	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	6

On Thursday, Team Senneker will be playing for the chance to be one of the three teams that advance to the finals. Its 11 a.m. game against Team Rhyme is slated to be featured on the webcast. If Team Senneker wins, and the other third-place team wins as well, those two will meet in a tiebreaker.

Footnote: A few hours after Wednesday's game, Rebecca joined Joe, a fellow Rochester Curling Club member, in the 12th End Sports Network's broadcast booth to provide commentary on the evening's featured game in the men's competition.

Rebecca's team off to a 2-1 start at Nationals

In this screen-grab from video, Rebecca (No. 8, left foreground) and her teammates celebrate as the final rock thrown by their skip settles right on the button to give them a 1-point victory in their third match at the USA Curling National Championships.

That put Team Senneker in a four-way tie for second after three of the seven rounds in the round-robin portion of the tournament. They lost the first game to Team Roth (which represented the USA in the 2018 Olympics) before winning the next two.

You can keep up with the scores and standings on USA Curling's website. And you can follow Team Senneker on Facebook. On Tuesday evening (Feb. 12), their match against Team Dubberstein is slated to be the featured game on the tournament's live webcast.

Charlie receives sacrament of Baptism

Charles Joseph, son of Vivien and CJ, was baptised on Saturday, Feb. 9, at Our Lake of the Lake in Verona, N.J. A large gathering of relatives and friends attended the ceremony.

The celebrant invited children in the congregation to "help" him bless the water in the baptismal font.

Here's Charlie with his parents just after his encounter with the water of baptism, as his godparents - C.J.'s sister Sara May and Vivien's brother, Patrick, look on.

After the ceremony, the gathering moved to Palazzo Restaurant in Montclair for a wonderful reception. Five-month-old Charlie seemed to thoroughly enjoy meeting so many friends and family members!

Rebecca & teammates compete for national title

The USA Curling National Championships are getting under way in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Rebecca will be competing with her team, led by skip Stephanie Senneker. Their first match is Sunday at noon.

Certain games will be live-streamed on the web, including Team Senneker's match on Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. Find the webstream here.

For more info, see our previous article or head to the tournament's website.