Every year, there is a call for photos ... these pictures are organized and added to the annual Westra calendar and slideshow. Both items are presented at the Christmas Eve party, and they are both showcased here. In previous years, the production of the calendar has changed hands a few times. Alicia has been creating it for a few years now (Grayson handled several years, and Sandy is the one who started it, with a single calendar for the folks and physical pictures adhered to a paper calendar). With the house/move, Jen took over (which makes sense, as the calendar and slideshow often have similar organization into holidays, topics, etc).
(all the slideshows are also saved in the family Dropbox)
Just over 13 minutes, This year's soundtrack features "Gonna Be Good" by Bloom and the Bliss, "Moments to Memories" by Adeline Hill, "Stars in the Sky" by Kid Cudi (Sonic Sountrack) and "These Are The Best Days" by PinkZebra. Beyond the birthdays, holidays, school stuff, this was a big HOUSE year, with major moves and other renovations and remodels.
While these calendar pages are for the 2023 calendar, they reflect 2022.
For January - photos featuring SNOW and COLD were the primary focus. Also events that happened (family gatherings, Jen's bonk) and January is the main basketball season ...
For February ... anything love, pink or Valentines made the cut. While Callahan isn't the only February birthday, his was the only one with a picture of the event.
March ... while some of these did actually happen in March, most were just random additions for the month. There's an attempt to get things chronological, but what's the point (point pictures)?
April means Easter! Add some dress-up, spring blossoms and other activities to fill out the month.
May means Mother's Day ... and Graduations (some were early June, but ...). Derek is one of the May birthdays, and April Showers bring May Flowers. Wordle just filled in.
June ... all pictures from the annual Father's Day.
Last one on Old English Road.
July ... some seasonal stuff with the parade floats and fireworks. New baby, Anniversary ... photo fill ins and house progress.
August means back to school ... lots of school photos.
Photo fill in ... try to make sure every family is represented on every page.
September ... lovely leaves and other fall photos. A couple new additions to the work force. Family photo fill in for the rest, hopefully somewhat in season.
October ... Happy Halloween. Lots of fun dress up and pumpkin patch pictures.
Blessings, Baptisms, Birthdays, Engagement and new early addition
... and moving day!
December ... the calendar and slideshow were already created, so most of these are 2021 pictures ... (although there are two that are 2022). This was the last Christmas Eve in the Havenmoor House. Most of the pictures from the party made it into the ChristmasEve2021 post, but check it out for additional details about that day.
The slideshow and calendar pages ... it's a quick look back at the year!
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