2018-01-01 - Monday - Cold

I spent New Year's Eve with my brother Dave, at his apartment. When I went back to Eva's at about 1:30 am, the temperature on my car thermometer was zero. Yes, zero. No windchill, no other modifiers, just zero. No wonder the snow was squeaking when we walked on it.

Thank goodness I was heading south.

Later in the afternoon, I was at Scott and Rich's. Their dog Sydney loves to be tucked in and in fact will whine in the evening until someone does it. We tucked her in for a nap in the afternoon. She's a big baby, and I mean big. She's a great Dane and weighs in over a hundred pounds, but she's still a baby.

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June 11 - Graduation trip - pre-graduation

We took a trip to PA for our nephew's graduation from high school.  It was short trip bookended by two long drives, but we had a good time catching up with both families.  We went to lunch with my family and then went out to dinner with Karen's.  After that it was back to the house for cake.

The actual graduation will be tomorrow, but it will be late when it's over so we had our family celebration today.

My father, mother, Karen, and Stephanie.

Ryan, John, Stephanie, and Karen.

Scott and Rich.

Audrey and Eva.

Ryan, John, Stephanie (and her tongue), and Justin.

Justin, Meredith, and Sydney.

Rich and Meredith.

Justin and the cake.

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Saturday - Graduation day

Crazy day.  All things considered, it all went off without too many deviations.  Just stay flexible and things usually work out for the best.

Breakfast for thirteen.

Justin likes bagels.

Danish anyone?

Sydney, the puppy.

The coliseum before graduation ceremony.

The crew.

The diplomas.

Enter the graduates.

There's Stephanie!

Scoreboard.

Up the steps...

onto the stage...

Shake hands with the principal.

On to Ruth's Chris.

Cousins...

... cousins...

...everywhere.

Mom and Dad.

The Batman moon bounce!

Bouncing cousins.

One cake...

two cake!
(Neither one did I make!)

The Batman shorts.
The End.

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2011-01-16 Sunday - Catch up time II

Holiday visit to PA.  Parents, siblings, in-laws, cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.  No better.

Eva's tree.

Eva's pretzel tree.

Sydney with the kids.

Cousins.

Cousins?  Where?

Cousins sitting on cousins.

Brother and sister.

Uncles with presents.

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