annual cousins christmas pictures

Hello all! I wrapped up my very last session for 2012 yesterday- a christening for a beautiful baby girl. Came home, downloaded the pictures to the computer, answered a few emails, tidied up the office, and with that? I’m on vacation!! Ok, well I’m never REALLY on vacation but this is as close as I get!

Every year we do a Christmas picture of all the cousins and a shot with grandma & grandpa too for their card. We usually do it at the beach club on Fathers Day when we’re all there together, but we weren’t all together there this year because baby Joe was so little and it was just too much to bring those three out for brunch. We had the pictures scheduled for the day after Thanksgiving, but Sandy hit and we were the Beyrer Refugee Center to many, including all the cousins/aunts/uncles/grandparents since we were the only ones with power. And heat. We even had some overnight guests. So even though everyone was sorta unshowered, not dressed up (my kids didn’t even have shoes on!), and just generally casual we figured it was the perfect time to do the pictures anyway since we were all together and everyone was having fun hanging out together. It’s definitely a memory!

So here are all the cousins- all 9 of them. And for those of you who are new to the blog-yes, they are all boys. Not one single girl. From top row left: Timmy, Jack, James, Brendan, Quinn (not happy about the pictures), Patrick, Baby Joe, Aidan and Sean is in the front.

Jack, Patrick & Timmy hanging with Brendan enjoying 21st century electronics and power. Aunt Gail with Quinn, James & Aidan. Uncle Joe with baby Joe.Aunt Gail and baby Joe. Baby Joe. And the whole group with Grandma & Grandpa. Quinny was a little happier on Grandpa’s lap. 

Family is a great thing! Even (or especially) during a hurricane and thereafter.

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve! See you here on the blog tomorrow! (you’ll definitely want to pop in tomorrow if you can).