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Tonight was our first Christmas gathering 2006. We have the typical four gatherings this year. There’s a fifth this year, but we won’t be able to make it as it’s next Thursday night. Tonight was the night with my mom’s family - her dad and siblings and all their kids, etc.

We always have so much fun. :) I love seeing those guys. Now that everyone’s getting older, too, it seems that this time of year is the only time I get to see some of them. For instance, my cousin and his wife now live many miles away from us, on the East Coast. The only thing is, it’s very chaotic and sometimes a little disappointing in some aspects - I wish I’d been able to talk more to him and his wife tonight, but there’s just not enough time. (That’s why we have email!)

My uncle brought out some old yearbooks and stuff that my great aunt gave him to split between the three siblings - so we got to see, for the first time, my grandma’s senior picture among other things (she died in 1963). So that got things rolling and one of my cousins decided she needed some of the old pictures, so I’m sitting her now printing some. I’m really impressed with how some of these - the ones that have been scanned more recently - are coming out. Really nice.

I was going to go through an upload pictures from tonight but it’s almost 3am. Eek. Where did the time go? My fingers are about to freeze off, so I’ll update this post later. ;-)

Update: here are some photos… But not many - they were all so bad. Low light… I refuse to use the flash… you get the picture…