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 ighlights of the year in pictures! 2004 Elder Family Pictures
 - Eric and Lana with Karis (13), Lucas (12), Makari (10), Josiah (6), Bo (4), and Kaleo (1), October 2004.
 - Karis' 13th birthday celebration at Triple Creek Ranch in Galena.
 - Makari (right!) and Buttercup at Triple Creek Ranch.
 - Flutter, our 2 year old beta fish. She died in January of 2004. This was our last (and only!) picture of her.
 - Karis (right) and her cousin Rachel.
 - Lucas experiments with electricity for the Home School Project Day.
 - Bo and Jo sharing the back seat after another exhausting outing.
 - Enjoying a backyard picnic with Grandpa John.
 - Josiah does his Spiderman impersonation.
 - Kaleo still fits in the kitchen sink for a bath.
 - Bo and Jo flying kites at the park while Lucas roller blades in the background.
 - Cookie gets her neck scratched by Karis
 - The boys and their birthday cake.
 - The three musketeers.
 - Lucas cutting down Grandpa Bob's tree.
 - Karis and her LIT friends (Leaders In Training) from AWANA.
 - Josiah painting himself like a tiger at Cornerstone Festival.
 - Cool Dude! Lucas roller blades in the basement.
 - Kaleo resting in the sand at Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan.
 - Bo climbing at the Dunes.
 - Help! I'm sinking in quick sand!
 - Whew! Thanks for saving me.
 - Lucas getting the ride of his life from Uncle Mark!
 - Makari and her cousin Erica enjoying time on Coldwater Lake.
 - Bo and Josiah go rock climbing during a campout with Dad at Kankakee River State Park.
 - Enjoying a day at Six Flags with our cousins.
 - A splash in our backyard pool after roaming the streets on Cruise Night.
 - Makari's 10th birthday celebration at Lake Wildwood.
 - Kaleo poses at the Main Lodge at Starved Rock State Park.
 - Josiah getting ready to start 1st grade.
 - Grandpa John's 80th birthday party at our house. He moved in with us in March.
 - Bo and Friends sharing his bed.
 - Jo and Bo conserving water by sharing the bathtub.
 - Lana's brothers and sisters at her parents' 50th wedding anniversary.
 - Our little doll playing with her little doll.
 - Scary faces (on the pumpkins, that is!)
 - Kaleo wearing Grandpa's hat.
 - Bo posing with his baby picture on an ornament.
Have a most wonderful Christmas!
Love, Eric, Lana, Karis, Lucas, Makari, Josiah, Bo and Kaleo!
(P.S. Lana and the kids wrote a great Christmas letter last year, but Christmas came and went and we never got it out. So click the link if you'd like to read our 2003 Elder Family Christmas Letter)
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