my family didn’t really do the “everyone get together for a family picture!” thing. i am not even sure if a full-immediate-family posed photo even exists. there are quite a few cousin group pictures, though.

today i dug up two gems.

from left to right, me, cousin tammy and cousin mark:

my favorite thing about this picture is the lamp. it is so carefully taken into consideration in the composition of the photo. clearly someone decided it would be great to have the kids gather with their cousins near the snazzy nautical lamp!

and then there is this one, a few years later, with my sister added to the mix:

from left to right, cousin tammy, cousin mark, me, and my sister kelly.
as this photo documents, i went through a brief phase of wearing ties when it was time to dress-up for events, such as family parties.