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best + dad

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mom18
!family12
brett11
me11
amy b8
max6
sam5
!doppleganger4
grandma4
!xmas4
aunt elaine3
!baby3
chad3
grandpa3
!hospital3
lindsey3
meredith3
!nostalgia3
!twins3
uncle bruce3

best + dad — 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.

best + dad — Buddies!

best + dad — My dad and Sam are so cute.

best + dad — ...Sam did his best impression of Brian Sr!

best + dad — My mom sent me this pic of my dad with his best friend Roger (who'd just gotten back to Florida after being in the UK) with Easter Bunny ears on. Pretty good.

best + dad — We turned around and our audience of supervisors had tripled!

best + dad — Dad supervised. I love this supervisor's smile in this photo. Lol. (Miss this guy.)

best + dad — ...she looked up to give him a kiss. Lol. I love this pic. <3

best + dad — 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!

best + dad — ...my parent's video conferencing with newly arrived baby Sam back in DC.

best + dad — <3

best + dad — Happy 70th, dad!

best + dad — Speaking of holiday traditions!

best + dad — 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!

best + dad — Later that evening, we got dressed up and headed to the wedding!

best + dad — Give it back!

best + dad — Bealls & Battjers!

best + dad — On Friday morning I packed my bags and said farewell to the exuberant grandparents.

best + dad — We went down to Ann & Walt's house for Christmas Eve. Nice to watch kids unwrap a ton of presents!

best + dad — We got up bright and early on Thursday to catch our flight. Here's my parents waving us goodbye. Adorable.

best + dad — For our last evening in town, we went out to an awesome Mexican dinner with my parents and Bruce and Elyse!

best + dad — Headed back home!

best + dad — Around 4pm we all got cleaned up for company and even humored my mom and put on the matching sweaters!

best + dad — Love this guy.

best + dad — ...who could create the best "wedding dress" out of toilet paper! Sarah and Leigh show off their team's design!

best + dad — My parents cutting some serious rug. My dad is ALL about the hustle. Yes!

best + dad — Finishing up.

best + dad — It's like a photo of Peter Griffin going skiing! (PS - Remember when Fatty and I borrowed all my parents old ski gear to go skiing and it ended up looking like we were going to an 80s party in Williamsburg?)

best + dad — And soooo many great photos. Check out my parents posing for this clutch ski photo circa 88.

best + dad — Uncle Bruce and my dad back in the day. 1974? 75? Not sure, but it most definitely pre-dates me!

best + dad — 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.

best + dad — Here are the fruits of his labor though. Well worth the wait!

best + dad — I'm not sayin', I'm just saying.

best + dad — Check out my blinging imitation Oakley Blades. You're wet, aren't you? (PS - Sarah pointed out that my dad looks like the dad from the Family Guy and I haven't been able to look at him without smiling since).

best + dad — In almost matching outfits no less (again!)

best + dad — "Now throw your hands in the air and scream!"

best + dad — Brett with the fam.

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