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brett + me + mom + dad + family — My mom kept crying because my dad's cancer was continuing to progress and we all knew this would probably be the last time we'd all be together.

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Mom couldn't stop crying because she kept thinking about how it was probably dad's last Christmas (it was).

brett + me + mom + dad + family — This ornament is really cute. Love looking back at old photos. (Who would've guessed that about me, right?)

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Compared to this flashback pic from the late 90s!

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Happy Thanksgiving from the Battjers! <3

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Later that evening, we got dressed up and headed to the wedding!

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Pre-dinner holiday photo for my dad's holiday newsletter!

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Three sets of Battjers!

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Family photo.

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Also found a bunch of fantastic old photo albums. I snapped a couple of pics of my favorite pics. Here me with my parents and brother. I think this was from my 5th birthday - which would make it August 1981.

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Here are the fruits of his labor though. Well worth the wait!

brett + me + mom + dad + family — After the ties were fixed, it was time for family photos out on the back deck. Here's Brett, Pappi, mom and me.

brett + me + mom + dad + family — "Now throw your hands in the air and scream!"

brett + me + mom + dad + family — For Christmas day, my grandparents and one of my mom's sister's family (The Carricks) came to our house. Christmas dinner in the house y'all. When I say "Hey," you say "Ho!" Now when I say "Je" you say "sus!"

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Brett with the fam.

brett + me + mom + dad + family — After a quick change, we headed over to the Opera House for a ceremony celebrating Brett's major.

brett + me + mom + dad + family — Here's our annual "Family Pic in Front of the Fireplace."

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