In December 2004 Melissa, Shonn and I spent Christmas in Idaho with Melissa's
Family. This was Shonn's first Christmas and a number of photos were
taken. The pictures presented here are re-sized for the web, and if you
would like physical prints, ask and we can send you the full size pics.
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Shonn in his 3 peice suit
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Family Portrait (Dad is verrrry tired....)
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Family portait 2 (come on Dad, can't you smile?)
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All the children (with Melissa)!
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Still all the children (and yes, Melissa is there too)
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The Couer d'Alene resort sets up thousands of lights each Christmas...
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The resort is on the banks of a huge lake (called Couer d'Alene).
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Family Portrait 3 (camera on wrong settings).
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There were 3 boats on the lake.
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The fish weren't biting :(
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Another boat.
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The nativity in lights...
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Shonn is "decorating" his first Christmas cookie...
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Shonn, trying to eat his first Chrismas cookie. (It is supposed to be a Snowman).
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The snowman is not decorated yet....
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Hmmmm, not too sweet, but it's missing something.
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Cousin Dillon decorating his cookie.
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All the kids decorating cookies, ummm mayba all but one is decorating cookies.
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Grrrr! Give me cookie!
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Cousin Rose, decorating her cookie.
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Cousin Tyler decorating his cookie.
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Umm, its still Tyler.
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Shonn in front of the Christmas Tree (camera had the wrong settings).
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Hunting for a smile...
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Smile captured!
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All the children in front of the Christmas tree (fixed camera settings).
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Yaaay, its time to open presents!
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Cousin Tony opening a present.
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Shonn opening his very first Christmas present!
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Cousin Rose shows off her present!
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Cousin Chris being distracted whist opening one of his presents!
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Oh Boy, another present!
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Grandpa Frank observing Shonn's present opening technique!
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Umm, the paper is the best part!
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Ohh, different paper!
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Shonn's future wardrobe!
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See, I told everyone, this is Shonn the Pod Baby. See the glowing eyes?
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Still more presents!
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Oh boy, a snowsuit! (Umm there isn't any snow in Idaho?)
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Cousin Tyler shows off his gift!
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Shonn tears into another present with glee!
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Shonn is now the most stylish 7-month old around!
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Cousin Dillon demonstrates his cool present.
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Toys, toys toys!
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Box, box box!!
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A cool box, what could be in here?
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Another toy!
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As the eclipse clouds Christmas eve, Shonn finds yet another toy!
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But, the paper is cooler...
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After the eclipse is over, we can clearly see a baby Elmo was unwrapped!
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What could this be?
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Last photo, but this present was the ubiquous stackable rings.
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