I hope this 'card' finds you well and celebrating the holidays with joy in your life and the promise of a wonderful 2014 ahead.
One reason I prefer to send this as a holiday greeting rather than the standard USPS Christmas card is that I cherish photos from the year too much to simply pick a couple to share. So here is a selection of photographs from the year that encompass some of the family, friends and travel highlights of 2013.
Love,
Devin
January
Fun at Baby's restaurant |
Playing Outside |
February
At the Atlanta airport |
Crazy Hair/Hat Day at school |
March
My greatest birthday wish - these three smiling |
Fun at Hershey Park |
Bubble time |
San Francisco |
April
Dinner at Otto's |
Lila's Birthday Party |
Walk around the neighborhood |
And another walk around the neighborhood |
May
Sisters |
Flagstaff, Arizona |
Hanging with the Markles |
Bros |
Walking the tracks into the Lincoln Diner, Gettysburg |
Walk A Mile In Her Shoes fundraiser with my buddy Mark, York, PA |
June
Nephcure Walk |
Fun times |
"Dad, I hear the ice cream truck." |
Last day of school |
After the haircut! |
Swing time |
Spikes game fun |
Berkeley Marina |
Pool time at the grandparents' |
First time at Camp Nawakwa |
July
My girl |
Sunset in Gettysburg |
Kansas City, Missouri |
Wingfest, Tussey Mountain |
USA vs. El Salvador, Gold Cup, Baltimore, Maryland |
August
With cousins |
Penn State soccer |
Golf trip, Torch Lake, Michigan |
First day of school |
Mumford & Sons |
Loving dogsitting |
September
USA vs. Mexico, Columbus, Ohio |
Cuba, New Mexico |
BFFs |
My soccer stud |
Keb Mo, Nashville, Tennessee |
October
Gators game - surprise trip for Kai, Gainesville, Florida |
Gators in Gainesville |
Kai's first time shucking oysters |
Four Corners - Utah, Colorado, Arizona & New Mexico |
First time eating blue crabs |
Halloween |
Boarding the plane for the surprise trip |
November
C & Dad's first Penn State hockey game |
Upstate New York |
Ernie's with Aunt Mem |
Upstate New York |
Driving between clients |
Thanksgiving with the fam |
December
Brother's wedding in Manhattan |
Brother's wedding in Manhattan |
The tree |
Making fun reindeer cupcakes after decorating the tree |
Enjoy the holidays everyone!
P.S. For those interested, I have updated the Christmas playlist again this year - a few new tracks added, a few have been retired. If you aren't familiar with the background story... I never was a big fan of Christmas music, but gradually started to hear one or two songs I could stomach and even enjoy. Now I love Christmas music. In fact, Trombone Shorty’s “O Holy Night” is one of my favorite songs ever… regardless of the time-of-year.
Over the years, the playlist evolves. This year it includes some new tracks, including some great ones from Keb Mo, Humming House & Sufjan Stevens.
http://j.mp/2013ChristmasSongs
(Note: It's a ~85MB .zip file, so depending on your connection speed, it could take a few minutes to download)