Aunt Mary and Uncle Chris put on a stunning Thanksgiving spread for a few gathered folks, some of whom we've known since we were born, some of whom we just met. Some scenes:
Cousin Danny, the only one in this crew who can be trusted with a large knife, put his engineering skills to work with expert turkey-carving.
The Countessa, Princessa and E-Bee took this self-portrait. Ohhhh, that zany, madcap Mo!
Melanie (mom of Noah's girlfriend, Tara) and cousin Pam played a traditional game of Memory. Cousin Pam's memory is not very good, which, as cousin Chris likes to point out, makes it almost frightening that she's the self-appointed keeper of the family history. However, she didn't completely bomb at Memory, mainly because she recognizes some of the old German Memory cards from subtle markings on the back made by none other than cousin Chris when he was a lad.
Cousin N. didn't have to cheat to excel at Memory. He's very, very good at a lot of things. Later in the evening, during the Olympic trials portion of the program, when young M. had demonstrated his strength and the girls had done some gymnastics, N. casually popped into a full lotus and walked on his hands around the room. Wow! Never saw anyone do that!
In a shocking reversal of roles, M. became the pummelee, rather than the pummeler. He didn't look too concerned.
Cousin Dan and his boys showed off some very impressive dental work.
The Countessa and Princessa lit up the gathering with their smiles.
Auntie Pam always gets spoiled by her nieces. That's one of the many reasons she loves them so much. Here she and H. confabbed about how they can get H.'s parents to let her out of school for three days so they can go visit Auntie Chats in Kansas.
Pam and UMD student Noah, who's still in his red-beard stage, posed in Mary-Bear's home photography studio.
Special guests Melanie, Tara and Eric were declared honorary cousins.
Others present who managed to escape the paparazzi were Auntie Mary (she was working so hard she was just a blur), cousin Zachary and his friend Sarah, and Lavone Broberg, paternal aunt of cousins Dan, Sam and Sarah. Happy Thanksgiving to all from the staff of the scrapblog!
Cousin Danny, the only one in this crew who can be trusted with a large knife, put his engineering skills to work with expert turkey-carving.
The Countessa, Princessa and E-Bee took this self-portrait. Ohhhh, that zany, madcap Mo!
Melanie (mom of Noah's girlfriend, Tara) and cousin Pam played a traditional game of Memory. Cousin Pam's memory is not very good, which, as cousin Chris likes to point out, makes it almost frightening that she's the self-appointed keeper of the family history. However, she didn't completely bomb at Memory, mainly because she recognizes some of the old German Memory cards from subtle markings on the back made by none other than cousin Chris when he was a lad.
Cousin N. didn't have to cheat to excel at Memory. He's very, very good at a lot of things. Later in the evening, during the Olympic trials portion of the program, when young M. had demonstrated his strength and the girls had done some gymnastics, N. casually popped into a full lotus and walked on his hands around the room. Wow! Never saw anyone do that!
In a shocking reversal of roles, M. became the pummelee, rather than the pummeler. He didn't look too concerned.
Cousin Dan and his boys showed off some very impressive dental work.
The Countessa and Princessa lit up the gathering with their smiles.
Auntie Pam always gets spoiled by her nieces. That's one of the many reasons she loves them so much. Here she and H. confabbed about how they can get H.'s parents to let her out of school for three days so they can go visit Auntie Chats in Kansas.
Pam and UMD student Noah, who's still in his red-beard stage, posed in Mary-Bear's home photography studio.
Special guests Melanie, Tara and Eric were declared honorary cousins.
Others present who managed to escape the paparazzi were Auntie Mary (she was working so hard she was just a blur), cousin Zachary and his friend Sarah, and Lavone Broberg, paternal aunt of cousins Dan, Sam and Sarah. Happy Thanksgiving to all from the staff of the scrapblog!
1 comment:
lovely pix! lovely family!
at the very time you were shooting those photos, i was sitting in YOUR desk at work, editing a story about torii hunter.
i hope i didn't screw up your DTI settings.
have a fabulous long weekend!
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