{"id":1787,"date":"2009-12-29T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T02:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=1787"},"modified":"2009-12-29T21:44:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T02:44:07","slug":"christmas-pictures-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/christmas-pictures-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Pictures, Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I took a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/sets\/72157623070181758\/\">few pictures<\/a> over Christmas. And by &#8220;a few pictures&#8221; I mean three 4gb compact flash cards worth. There were over 120 keepers. Either my family got more photogenic, I got better at this whole photography thing or I just took too many damn photos.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m gonna go with a heck of a lot of photos.<\/p>\n<p>And one fiiiiiiine looking family.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few of my favorites:<\/p>\n<p>My step-sister, Jess, surprised her Dad by driving 16 hours to be here for Christmas. You should have seen the look on his face when he saw her on Christmas Day. Tears were involved. Boo-yeah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_6746 by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/4224236990\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4058\/4224236990_e22cc74266.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_6746\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gracie, much like me, enjoys squashing my sisters. Who doesn&#8217;t enjoy squashing my sisters? It&#8217;s a wholly rewarding past-time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_6735 by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/4223469551\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2689\/4223469551_78f794d569.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_6735\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My sister, Allison, expressed an interest in being carried around Baby Bj\u00f6rn Style. Eric (Jess&#8217;s partner) was more than happy to oblige. Apparently, Ruby is a little more difficult to carry around.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_6777 by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/4224245664\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4034\/4224245664_678e4d878d.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_6777\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My nephew continues to be adorable. He has good genes. And six foot long eye-lashes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_6782 by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/4223481693\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2651\/4223481693_3522956ee8.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_6782\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And he sure does love his sister. Who is also adorable. Everyone says she looks like I did at that age. High praise, indeed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_6874 by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/4224277396\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2549\/4224277396_71f7d59912.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_6874\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got a picture of four generations in one photo. Let&#8217;s just ignore the fact that Ruby is screaming, shall we? At least it&#8217;s the baby and not my grandmother.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"IMG_6896 by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/4224282794\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2637\/4224282794_9c21f3ae87.jpg?resize=500%2C333\" alt=\"IMG_6896\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a bunch of photos. One hundred and twenty four of them, to be exact. Will post more of them later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I took a few pictures over Christmas. And by &#8220;a few pictures&#8221; I mean three 4gb compact flash cards worth. There were over 120 keepers. 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