Monday, January 09, 2006

New Year’s Trip 2006: Too Cute to Impute

I’ve been home for the better part of a damn fine week, so it’s probably time to refresh my recollection of a wonderful trip to Maryland to visit my wonderful family with a few photos.  Here’s a selection from the top of the crop, to give you a tiny flavah of how the folks back home party in the new year:

Zach has a predeliction for grabbing fleshy protruberances in his iron little fist.  Sometimes this leads to photo ops:

and sometimes it’s just an excuse to beat up on my father in law.

We were a well-wired household.  At some points, laptops outnumbered partiers.  In such circumstances, it’s important to get the newcomers comfortable with the techno-centric focus of our new world.  Thus, here’s li’l Nate with a few babysitters; I’m in the back teaching some of the old-school “analoggers” how to play Fluxx.

New Year’s Eve supper was one of many gourmet delights I enjoyed while vacationing.  Here’s Pat and Paul, revelling in the anticipation of munching down on lobster tail.  The blur is Kel’s sister Karen, in “game mode.”

And how did Zach enjoy the party?  He tells me it was an orange-biting good time. 

That’s probably enough cuteness for right now.  I wouldn’t want to knock your insulin levels too far out of whack this early in the day.  Enjoy, and I’ll catch you later on with something further.  Or other.  Whatever, dude.  I’m off work for five weeks!

’round these parts we love Flux too.  If you havent tried the game Apples to Apples, you should, as it is also great fun, especially in a group.  And thanks tons for the cuteness - always appreciated.  Enjoy your ‘daddy time’!

Great photos!  Said Father-in-law must’ve loved every minute of it.  And how goes the 24 hours a day Zach Channel?

Lovely photos.  So glad you are about to get some serious bonding time with your son.

Wow. Those really are to cute for words. All the photos made me grin really big so thank you.

I keep coming back to it—that is one long table.

Now I read you all the time, but rarely comment as everytime I do I spell stuff wrong and look dumb. But let me just say that that baby could entice me to eat those fat little cheeks right off his face. And this: that table is looooong. And dude: I would kill or die for ONE lap top, your family has TONS of them! I will try to not let my jelousy over come me. I wil say this though, your pictures make me happy and ESPECIALLY family pictures. Reason number #14 why I love you and coming here.

Awesome pictures.  Zach is getting big already (and he started out pretty big!).

I especially like the picture with the baby among laptops.  Yep, that’s a kid I can relate to.  :)

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