I've been traveling a lot lately, was out of town end of November and again the end of December. I missed Novembers diary completely and am late with Decembers. So let's get caught up, here are both November and Decembers together in one diary this month.
November & December 2014
Celebrating another month of incredible work from the White House Photographers. A look inside the White House for the months of November and December. All photographs were taken by the White House Photography staff lead by Pete Souza.
President Barack Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha shop for Christmas gifts at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
November 2014
President Barack Obama shows a program for the Martin Luther King Jr. March on Washington to the Jackie Robinson West All Stars during the team's visit to the Oval Office, Nov. 6, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama shakes hands with staff and their families during a meet and greet at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Nov. 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
A hotel employee models earrings for President Barack Obama at a vendors fair at the Kempinski Hotel Nay Pyi Taw, Naypyitaw, Burma, Nov. 13, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Audience members reach out to shake hands with President Barack Obama following his Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative town hall in Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 14, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama shares a laugh with senior advisors during a meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 17, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have lunch with youth from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe at We The Pizza/Good Stuff Eatery in Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama signs a wall backstage at the Copernicus Center in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 25, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia look in on Mac, one of two turkeys spared this year from the Thanksgiving dinner table by presidential pardon, in the East Room of the White House prior to the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey pardon ceremony, Nov. 26, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
December 2014
President Barack Obama listens to Dr. Nancy Sullivan, Senior Investigator, Chief Biodefense Research Section explain the investigational Ebola vaccine candidate currently being tested on humans during a lab tour at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Dec. 2, 2014. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH watch in the background.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Sasha and Malia, Marian Robinson and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell participate in the National Christmas Tree lighting on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama takes over for Stephen Colbert during "The Word" segment of "The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert" during taping at Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama makes a local stop for carry out at La Hacienda, Authentic Mexican Food, in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 9, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama talks with the Patt Holt Singers in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Dec. 11, 2014. The group performed during a holiday reception at the White House.
(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
President Barack Obama walks through the Ground Floor Corridor following a White House holiday reception, Dec. 12, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama boards Marine One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to the White House following a trip to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 15, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama talks on the phone at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, Dec. 18, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama opens a Christmas gift from Personal Secretary Ferial Govashiri in the Oval Office, Dec. 19, 2014.
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.
White House's photostream at Flickr so I put together this diary at the end of each month for everyone.
If you see an image you really like I encourage you to click through using the links I've provided under each image and view that photo in a larger format (in cases where there are no links that is because the White House has not yet uploaded that image to Flickr). Also, you can order prints through Flickr or download full sized files to print at home if you'd like. I've printed quite a few over the years to hang in my office at school.
Please feel free to add your favorite White House Photo Staff pictures in the comments that I missed and you'd like to share with everyone.
President Barack Obama holds a koala prior to the G20 Welcome to Country Ceremony at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Center, Brisbane, Australia, Nov. 15, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)