Sorry it’s been a bit slow lately. My brother got married over the weekend, I was the best man, and between that and the baby things have been nuts, I’ve been exhausted, and haven’t had the energy to post.

I’ll write more about the weekend soon. I just had to write about this picture, because it’s too cool:

Genealogists from Connor’s generation and later, rejoice: you’ve just hit the mother-load. From left to right, roughly back to front:

– Popper (Francis), the patriarch.
– Me
– Shannon, my wife.
– Connor, our son, all of five weeks old.
– Mary Smith, my dad’s older sister.
– Behind Mary, Andrew Nitchie, my dad’s younger brother’s oldest son.
– In front of Mary, Wendy Smith, Mary’s granddaughter.
– Michael, my brother, with his arm around
– Michelle, his brand-new wife, who’s in front of
– Matt, the crazy one, Mike’s and my middle brother.
– Carl, our dad.
– Heidi, our mom.
– Douglas Campbell, our cousin, son of my dad’s younger sister, who we’ll get to in a second.
– Bill Nitchie, in profile; son of my dad’s oldest brother.
– Beth Campbell, my dad’s younger sister.
– Tamara Campbell, Beth’s daughter.
– Tamara’s fiancee, whose name escapes me. I am ashamed. Seemed like a good guy. (UPDATE: his name is Pat.)
– Behind Tamara’s fiancee, you can see the top of Ken Nitchie, my dad’s youngest sibling.
– In shadow, Kendra Smith, husband of Daryl, daughter-in-law of Mary and…
– Don Smith, whose head you can barely see behind…
– Donna Nitchie, wife of Ken
– Doug Campbell’s girlfriend. It was a busy weekend. Again, I forget the name. Still ashamed. Nice girl, though. (UPDATE: Kristin)

The folks closer to the ground, starting in front of Wendy, kneeling on the ground in the front left:
– Cindy, girlfriend of
– John Nitchie, my dad’s oldest brother
– Danny Smith, youngest son of
– Daryl Smith, my oldest cousin, son of Mary and Don.
– Scott Nitchie, middle son of Ken and Donna
– Alina Nitchie, youngest of Ken and Donna’s kids.
– A drain. Not related to anybody else, so far as I know.

Phew. Hope I got that mostly right.

Not pictured:
– Carol McGee, daughter of John
– Matt McGee, Carol’s husband
– John McGee, their son
– KCatherine McGee, their daughter; the McGees were driving from Michigan to Massachusetts at the time; work on Monday and whatnot.
– Alan Campbell, Beth’s husband, Tamara and Douglas’ dad. Not sure what he was up to out in Maine.
– Jane Nitchie, John’s late wife, mother to Bill and Carol. Much missed, well remembered.
– Nanna (Mary), Popper’s late wife, my grandmother, there in spirit, and in the faces of her children.

There’s a corresponding, and somewhat more manageable, picture from my mom’s side of the family that I don’t seem to have a copy of yet (this was taken by Shannon’s mom, I think). There are also lots more pictures at my Flickr page.