The only ones who could not make a funny face were Cheryl and Mom.
Mary is there with a shiner and facial scrapes from a spill on her bike. This picture was not sent as the official family photo and I found it in a pile of old pictures. I believe it shows how they all truly felt at the moment.
They are all married now with children of their own. What a joy.
Alles Gute, Dad
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Family picture time was always memorable. I'm amazed that you and Mom did this each year and that we all survived!
I think Doug has the funniest one - so Doug
This was a great reality shot and will remeber to keep it fun next time we pull our kids together for a family pic.
That was a great tradition! I'm glad you made us do that every year
The funny thing is that 2 kids (Mike and I) are not even in it.
well Emily.. good eye two missing
Love Dad
Great picture dad! I'm sure it was hard to keep the attention of 15 kids at once.
Summer of 1988. Those were good times. This picture was taken only a few weeks before the BMW motorcyle hometeaching accident when you broke your collar bone.
Mary took a spill when she lost control of my Trek 10-speed while riding over an irrigation pipe bump on Lake Cresent.
I was getting ready to start Andover and play football.
Cheryl was working at the Gap and looking forward to her senior year.
Jeff was getting ready for his mission.
Doug was enjoying the summer between M1 and M2 years gouping with Bry.
Rick was studying for his California bar exam and camping out in my room (the original computer room with the horrible green wall paper).
Mike was gone on his mission and I believe Emily was pregnant with Johnny. (Both not pictured).
I'm not sure about everyone else.
Later that summer, the guys (Rick, Doug, Bry, Jeff and I) went on a memorable backpacking trip through the Porcupine Mountains.
Wow Rob that is a great rundown of what happened that summer..I wish I had a phtographic memory but I do concur with what you remembered. That was the summer I gave up on the motorcycle.. ahh those were great days. That was Rick's last summer at home...thanks for all those memories.. love Dad
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