December 2006




Here's the 2007 Batson Christmas gift name list.


In early December, we were forced to leave the cold of Maryland and go to Jamaica for Jen's cousin Charles's wedding. It was rough ;-) We stayed in this 5 bedroom villa, which came equipped with a cook, a butler, and a housekeeper completely devoted to us. There's nothing like roughing it...


Despite having our own cook, we never used her. There were wedding events throughout our stay. Friday night there was a welcome cocktail party for all the arriving guests. Here we are with Michelle and Jeremy, as well as Charles and his bride Jennifer.


And here's Bob and Susan along with Ted and Jeannie.


After the cocktail party, we went to a barbecue on the beach. They had a steel drum band that played, and then during their break they conducted crab races, where people bet on which color crab will get to the edge first. I think blue has it.


Half Moon, the resort we stayed at, is very large. So, our villa came equipped with 2 golf carts to get around. Here we are headed to the beach.


Jen and I took out a kayak for a little fun. We look like we know what we're doing here. What you don't see is us capsizing a few minutes later as we try to beat Jeremy and Michelle back to the beach. You also don't see Jen trying to pull herself back into the kayak with her pregnant belly.


Bob and Susan didn't have any trouble staying upright in this paddleboat.


That night we went to the rehearsal dinner. Here's a decent pic of us. Perhaps we should use this for our Christmas picture.


Here's a sight we didn't think we'd see - Ted and Libby dancing.


Here's the six of us at the rehearsal dinner.

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