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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.
dad + mom + brett
My brother and his family were down in Florida visiting my parents...
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dad + mom + brett
Mom couldn't stop crying because she kept thinking about how it was probably dad's last Christmas (it was).
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...my dad's best friend Roger and his wife Bonnie for dinner. Roger is British and my dad's version of Grant. It was really sweet to watch them hang out and interact. (Sadly, Roger passed away just a few months after my dad in late 2018.)
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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 parent's video conferencing with newly arrived baby Sam back in DC.
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Cute moment catching...
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My parents had rented family beach house in LBI!
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Later that evening, we got dressed up and headed to the wedding!
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dad + mom + brett
Wait, why he laughing?
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Facetiming with my parents in Florida.
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Went to Barnegat Bay Beach with the fam.
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Fun watching my parents be grandparents!
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Bealls & Battjers!
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Your kid has a kid!
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...to visit with Bretty, Amy and my parents!
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Back at the house that evening...
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Lunch on the back porch with the fam.
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Post Christmas breakfast! The weather forecast was calling for heavy snow and by the time we'd finished eating...
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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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Pizza dinner on the back patio. Mmmm.
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Adding in Sherwin and Maija!
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The bride and groom with the parents: Brian & Stephanie and Lee and Diane.
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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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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."