2004 Christmas Letter

The original 2004 PDF is available in Dropbox.

Father's Day 2004

 June 2004 in the Westra backyard ... some of the siblings gathered for Father's Day. The usual ladder golf and ball tossing. Pop beads were a hit. Who knew the older kids would enjoy them so much?

Grandpa showed off his juggling skills...

... and then he and Keaton flipped out a bit (see Keaton do it again years later Aug2018)
Also check out the Easter2004, where such Keaton/Grandpa flips were caught on video).

Then there was some picking of raspberries and cherries ...

Video and more pictures below!
(It's a little Blackham heavy ... but that happens when I man the camera)

Easter 2004 ... Etc

Time for the annual Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpa Westra's house! Callahan seems to be in his Sunday best, so I'm thinking the party was on Sunday this year (April 11). Just Scott's and Jen's families in attendance. The little handmade ears made cute baby bunnies of both Cooper and Taylee.  Uncle Shane was a big help to Callahan, lifting him to reach the high eggs (that Uncle Shane probably put there in the first place). Shane and Alicia don't have little ones of their own yet, so they are always helping out with the nieces and nephews ... but some notes in a few of the eggs indicated that would be changing. Adria was on her way! Easter announcement!

 Ah ... Kemery used one of the classic Westra baskets!

... and just to finish up, some flower photos this from this spring season. 

...and more of the house and yard.

The top pictures are from April/Easter. Look close in the top/right. See eggs hanging from trees. April Easters are so pretty and green! The pictures on the bottom row are from May/Mother'sDay (different clothes on Gray and the boys). Jen couldn't find these photos in her files, in fact Jen is caught on camera holding the camcorder (so the photos are actually from Grandpa's camera). Here's a peek at the live-action stuff Jen caught on camera ...

Keaton would get Grandpa going for more flips on Father's Day!