It was the days after Thanksgiving and we were all full of food but
still involved in activities that come only at this time of the year.
We spent Friday afternoon at the tree lighting where Jane ran into Els
and Matt Traylor
who were dancing very rapidly
as they saw new friends
including this nameless person
who was described as a friend of Matt's. We were able to get this
fine picture of Els
just as the batteries died.
Thanksgiving Saturday began with a concert. Benjamin got his violin ready
and then needed help from Sarah
to see if we could adjust the strings
which we unfortunately could not until later ( see below ).
Jane played the flute
and Sarah played the piano
All this excitement caused Suzanne to have one,
two,
and then three
phone calls.
In the evening, Jon Huang and Dan Yi
showed up thinking that they could see The Matrix here. But Sarah
and Claire
had other plans
that they had to act out sometimes moving
very rapidly. Sarah took a phone call as Lily and Claire
sorted scraps of paper on the floor next to
Dan. The sorting continued
amid an effort to capture Dan's face
as he and Benjamin
slugged it out on Madden 2001 as David watched.
It took many tries
and still his whole face wasn't captured even as Piya
and Jess
came rushing in the door while Lily
continued to sort paper and Jon and Dan
focused on the football game. Jess and Piya
posed for this calmer picture and the gang of girls did a few
group shots as Suzanne
talked to Lauren on the phone.
The football game continued with Dan focused and Ben dancing
because of his great lead.
Dan concentrated harder
as did Ben
while Lily posed for a number of pictures
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