34th Family Celebration

At the restaurant in Ellicott City.


Busy conducting business.


I love these people fiercely.


Contemplar
My new boss, 2 and 1/2 mos into his new position, told me he didn't know how to get to where our clients were held. . .


These are quite possibly my three favorite people of all time.



My parents were wonderful enough to buy us club seats, which in turn afforded us the luxury of attending the club bar for a brief time. My brother and I remarked that we'd never been to the club section, nor knew it existed. Buy club if you can afford it. The view is spectacular and the service is superb.


Taking pictures takes you out of the picture, both literally and metaphorically. My mom got better pictures of this part. For that, and innumerable other reasons, I love my mother. She has documented our family gatherings and expeditions selflessly. My mother, it seems to me, often has moments of "ah ha!" where she sees a great picture, takes it, and later understands that she has removed herself from the experience; even that of having your picture taken and memorialized as having been there too.



I'm not going to lie, these pics are unwieldy. I need to learn how to crop them down to a manageable size because the sheer size of the files is beginning to impede my even posting them here, and I have a ton of pics I'd like to share.



The Orioles killed the Rangers. It was a great night that began with the game. No pictures from the rest of the night, but not because it wasn't picture worthy. At J. R.s, in spirit, Uncle Glen and Aunt Fran led karaoke, and I danced with some woman who was at the party who admitted that I was young enough to be her son. I couldn't argue with her.