A few family pictures taken by friend Mark Warnick, the budding photographer

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We went out on Saturday and had our pictures taken. Note to self: If planning to do family pics outdoors, do it before the December chill sets in! It was around 20 degrees, so we would take pictures for five minutes, then jump in the car to warm up and go out for more. But Mark had some great ideas and some cool pictures came out of it. I think we'll have these four matted and put in our frame on our wall. Thanks Mark!

The new dress

This is kind of a special dress. It was intended for me when I was Lisa's age and after almost 25 years in the making, it is done! (Those of you who know me well are probably laughing because that's the way most of my projects go) Well, this is special though because Lisa's Great Grammie did the needle work on the apron and collar, Marmee did the sleeves and bodice and I put the rest together. So can you call that a three-generation dress? Anyway-Ryan took a few cute pics this morning when I tried it on her. She kept saying, "Cute!" She likes it a lot.