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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.
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My brother and his family were down in Florida visiting my parents...
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Mom couldn't stop crying because she kept thinking about how it was probably dad's last Christmas (it was).
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This ornament is really cute. Love looking back at old photos. (Who would've guessed that about me, right?)
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That evening Brett and I helped our Mom setup and decorate the Christmas Tree.
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Compared to this flashback pic from the late 90s!
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Visited with Grandma in the afternoon.
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Battjers! <3
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Later that evening, we got dressed up and headed to the wedding!
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...and we had a nice summer dinner on the back porch!
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Fun watching my parents be grandparents!
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Bealls & Battjers!
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Chin-tickles from grandma.
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Haha. So good.
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Your kid has a kid!
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On September 1st, I was down in south Jersey hanging out with my family.
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Happy August 2013!
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...to visit with Bretty, Amy and my parents!
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Lunch on the back porch with the fam.
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Pre-dinner holiday photo for my dad's holiday newsletter!
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Three sets of Battjers!
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And also dogs. Haha.
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...so a whole bunch of family members were sleeping over!
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Pizza dinner on the back patio. Mmmm.
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Family photo.
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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.
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Here's us having a early afternoon Jersey Shore dinner. My brother, Amy, their friend Evie and our cousin Kristie had all come up from DC together.
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Another holiday dinner! Clockwise from left: My cousin Chris, mom, Amy, Brett, Amanda, my cousin Steve and Mer. (If I remember correctly, this is right before we all got into a big discussion about global warming - because my cousin Chris, who is a consultant for oil companies, doesn't believe it's real. Or that if it is, it's just part of a natural cycle and has nothing to do with humans burning pretty much the ENTIRE oil supply that took x years to develop in just the last 100-odd years. Hmmm....)
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The next day a bunch of relatives came to our house for Christmas dinner. Clockwise from bottom left: Grandpa, Grandma, Uncle Wayne, mom, Aunt Elaine, Amy and Brett. Meredith and I = TOTALLY CROPPED OUT! Thanks, dad! Haha.
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On Saturday afternoon, Meredith and I took the train out to my parents house in NJ so that we could spend Christmas with my fam! I brought along the Wii so that the whole family could play (which we ended up doing for hours on end). Here's my mom and brother getting ready to square off in tennis. But before they played, we decided that we all needed to...
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On Friday morning, I had breakfast with the fam. And then it was time for my brother and I to give...
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On Tuesday I met up with my brother, who was temporarily living in NYC for a few months while on a consulting gig, and our parents to go see The Producers on Broadway. It was AWESOME! (Thanks, Mom & Dad!).
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On Sunday I took the train down to south Jersey to hang out with my family down at my parent's little shore house in Mannasqaun. Here's my brother and his lady Amy and my parents about to get their lunch on.
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I got up to help him out and was told that he didn't need any help "figuring out his own camera, Goddamnit!" So I took some photos of everyone waiting. Hahah.
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Here are the fruits of his labor though. Well worth the wait!
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On Monday (the day after my birthday) I went down to meet up with my parents and their little shorehouse near Long Beach Island in southern NJ. Here's my mom, brother, dad and Uncle Bruce chilling on the beach at LBI.
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After the ties were fixed, it was time for family photos out on the back deck. Here's Brett, Pappi, mom and me.
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"Now throw your hands in the air and scream!"
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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!"
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Holy red family photo, Batman.
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My fam hung back and worked at destroying the pie and cake table.
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Mom and dad getting their breffast on as well.
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Brett with the fam.
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After a quick change, we headed over to the Opera House for a ceremony celebrating Brett's major.
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On Christmas Day it was snowing like crazy! We piled in the car and risked life and limb (literally!) to drive 45 minutes to Clark, NJ to eat Xmas dinner with my Grandparents and one of my mom's sisters and her family.
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Here's our annual "Family Pic in Front of the Fireplace."
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November 27, 2002