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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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Great to watch my parents be grandparents on Christmas.
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My parents had rented family beach house in LBI!
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...the Sandia Peak Tramway...
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My dad making Max laugh. ;) (I'm writing this in January 2019, four months after my father's passing and it's nice to see all these photos of him). Miss you, dad!
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Later that evening, we got dressed up and headed to the wedding!
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Facetiming with my parents in Florida.
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Give it back!
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Problem fixed with Pop-pop's hat!
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Fun watching my parents be grandparents!
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Bealls & Battjers!
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Pop Pop got to pinch hit on feeding the Max!
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...to visit with Bretty, Amy and my parents!
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On Sunday morning, we all piled in my dad's truck and headed over to the beach on Long Beach Island.
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Grandma came down on Saturday to BBQ and hang with the family.
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Spent Saturday on the back porch catching up with Brett and Amy...
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Amy, Evie and Dad getting their BBQ fixins on!
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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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Waiting for plates.
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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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Here comes the bride! I managed to snap off this last photo before putting my camera away for the rest of the ceremony.
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Lee walking Amy down the beach-aisle!
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Family photo.
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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 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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Dinner with the other Battjers! The end!
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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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My fam hung back and worked at destroying the pie and cake table.