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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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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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Compared to this flashback pic from the late 90s!
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Battjers! <3
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My dad's brother Bruce and his two sons Chris & Steve all came to the hospital to visit my dad. All the Battjer boys in one place!
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Later that evening, we got dressed up and headed to the wedding!
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Pre-dinner holiday photo for my dad's holiday newsletter!
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Around 4pm we all got cleaned up for company and even humored my mom and put on the matching sweaters!
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Three sets of Battjers!
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Family dinner.
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Christmas Eve dinner back at my parent's house.
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Uncle Bruce, dad, mom & Elyse!
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My hammy-family all cramming together for another awesome group shot.
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The wedding party!
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Family portrait!
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ALL the Battjer boys! Me, Brett, Brian Sr, Bruce, Chris and Steve.
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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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Chuck took this great photo of the rest of us. Future in-laws!!!
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On Thursday night my parents came in to town and I took them out to dinner. I look like my mother almost as much as my dad looks like Peter Griffin (The Family Guy). Hahah.
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Here are the fruits of his labor though. Well worth the wait!
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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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Turkey Time! Going Clockwise from the front left: G-ma, G-pa, Aunt Sue, me, Pappi, Mami, Chad, Uncle Wayne, Aunt Elaine and Lindsay.
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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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Here's our annual "Family Pic in Front of the Fireplace."