This is my brother Peter, my sister Annie, and me. Annie is very petite and pretty and not at all inflated as she looks in this screen shot of our most recent online chat.

We have some difficult family business to deal with, but having this technology has made it all so much nicer. Being able to link California, New Mexico and Massachusetts this effortlessly is pretty magical.

After we got the business out of the way, we started messing around (of course). After the baby pictures were passed, everyone started thrusting various dolls and masks at their respective cameras. I’ve been quite ill lately so I halfheartedly found a silly stuffed kangaroo near me and played along. My family was disappointed at my attempt.

My sister-in-law said “Wow, Beck, I can tell you’re not feeling well, otherwise we’d have seen a shrunken head!”

“Or a robot!” my brother and sister said at the same time.

Sigh. I love them.