M and I were able to zip to Boston for the day to join in the celebration of Craig & Eva's upcoming parenthood! Grand fun to see my friend from grade school / high school / College / and beyond -- and his lovely wife -- preparing to dive into the wonderous adventures of being Dad & Mom. Very cool ... Great party at Maggie & Kevin's -- they are delightful hosts -- and so much fun to see so many friends.

The party unfolded with a baby name game, a pair of puzzling word games, the opening of gifts, a reading of a family produced children's book, and the demonstration of the "Dad Safe 3000" ... Oh my ... :-)

Naturally, I shot some photos ... here are a 100 or so. I shot at asa 3200 without the flash (to be a bit less obtrusive) and used the zoom, so there's a fair bit of grain in these and they skew dark, especially those looking out into the kitchen. Still, for memories, they're fun. These are uploaded at low res. Just holler if you'd like a higher res (printable) version of something and I'm happy to send it to you.

You can click on thumbnails to see them slightly larger and then use "next" to scroll through, or use the "slideshow" feature in the upper right of this page to auto-scroll through ... Enjoy!