Happy New Year! I knew I had to do a post showcasing the Westra Welcome to the new year with the Westra kids their first New Year's Eve ... I searched through the folders on Dropbox and gathered up the pictures, but couldn't find one for Derek. Happily, as the "Westra Family Photos and History" project continues, Chris found and scanned Dunk in the sash and streamers.
Mom had mentioned that they actually waited a year on Scott's official picture, as he was just 15 days old for his first New Year. So instead of being the youngest ... he's the oldest in this particular pose,. Chris and Wendy are on the infamous "white couch" ... as is Shane. While Chris had to be held up, that wasn't even an option for baby Jenny, at less than two months of age. Four babies in hats, two without. Shane is the only one pictured who tried to eat the paper streamers.
It's a little ironic that the more recent pictures seem to have a lower quality than the older ones. Perhaps this is because the first four come from scanned negatives, and the final two were scanned photos? There is another cute picture of Scott, taken with the other camera, in black and white (just as there were two of Jen, color one included above, second shot in black and white below). More mysteries regarding Old-Fashioned Film ...
When Gray and I got married, I discovered his family had a few similar traditions ... like saying "home again home again jiggidy jig" AND ... New Year's Baby photos. At least for Gray (not sure if the other kids have them). So for our family, we have a Gray/Jen and Landon!
Unfortunately, we didn't keep up the tradition with the other boys. It's hard to remember and make sure these types of photo ops happen! That makes it all the more impressive that Mom and Dad (Lamar & Margie) made it through six siblings and 18 years!
Have any of the other Westra siblings continued this tradition with the next generation?
That is fun that Grayson has a New Year's baby picture too! I think the only one we have of our kids is Jase!
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