T'was the second day of Christmas (photos for Donna)

Part two of Donna's Christmas present from Mom and Dad!

1966

In 1966, there we were, the three of us in our new apartment in Cape Canaveral. We were all so pleased to be together, weren't we?

I have pictures of you in your very own room, with all your toys and things. And we have videos of you outside the apartment, jumping up and down while you pushed your dolls in a baby buggy. And there are pictures, too, I'm sure, of swimming in the pool.

We were all living our dreams!



We always had lots of toys and things under the tree at my house when I grew up. Grandpa and Mammy lived close by, and they contributed to the piles of things that waited for us Christmas eve.

I don't think Dad had ever had a Christmas like this one, and I think it shows that he really liked our kind of Christmas.

1967

I know there are albums (or pictures in boxes) that I don't have at my fingertips, because we never missed taking tons of pictures at Christmas - and at birthdays, too - I came across pictures of every birthday you had back in those days, but not all the Christmases. 1967 seems to be missing, but I'm pretty sure there are pictures of us somewhere, with me wearing a pink crepe long-sleeve dress that I'd made, loose around the waist to hide the little baby bump that was growing there.

1968

Here are a couple pictures of our 1968 Christmas. We were in our new house on Anchor Lane - the house we lived in the rest of the time we lived in Florida.

Although the picture I pulled of me for 1966 doesn't bear any resemblance to Stephanie that I can detect, I sure see flickers of Steph in this picture of me with you and Den. Isn't it funny how shades of family resemblances show up at different times in our lives?

Look at your eyes and Den's. I think both of you were looking at the same thing, and it wasn't the camera. Hahaha!

Over the years, we blended traditions from both Dad's and my growing-up years and incorporated a few new ones just for the four of us. I'm sure you and Todd carried over traditions from your own growing up years and made some new ones for yourselves, too. How fun that is!

Next time I'll post pictures from 1970 and 1971. It might be a day or two, but keep checking back. I have some pictures from 1972, too, but I'm going to have to dig (and remember) for years after that. I've found several different pages of photos, but I'll have to do the math to see if I can match them up to years.

What fun this is. I guess this is proof people do go back and look at old photo albums. I know we do from time to time; and this time, I've found a really good use for them. I'm so glad we still have so many where I can find them!

Still even more love....

Mom (and Dad)