Miscellaneous Family

My sister recently went through the family slides and had the ones below (our favorites) digitized. They arrived in my mail on a CD. I hadn't seen them in years and years. What a wonderful gift!!!

My Mother's parents (here's Grandma with me and my sister, Nancy) lived in Oklahoma City when we were little and we lived in Missouri and then in North Carolina. So we didn't get to see them much, but every visit was magical. Here we are in their backyard. Grandpa built us this roller coaster. Isn't it wonderful? It was the greatest fun you can imagine.

Nancy and I take a ride down this death defying (at least that's they way it seemed to us) hill on the roller coaster

In addition to the roller coaster, they also had a swing for us to play on. This is me. My brother, sister and I were their only grandchildren. And, even though we got to visit infrequently, they had the best backyard, the best toys and the best playthings all waiting for us every time. A trip to Grandma and Grandpa's was truly a treat.

This is my sister (on the left) and me. I'm guessing we're about 3 and 4 so it would be about 1955. Dig those red shoes!! We we precious or what???

This is my brother, Bill and my sister, Nancy. Since they both have August birthdays and this was taken on Grandma and Grandpa's back room, and we usually visited in Summer, I'm guessing that this was one of their birthday cakes. I'm also guessing that just after this photo, it was immediately turned into a pink mess of delicious.

This is Bill and Nancy. The look on Bill's face could be a commentary on the outfit. But, aren't they both just adorable? Oh, I do remember that Mom made Nancy's dress. She might have made Bill's suit, too. I'm on the right... age 4 or 5? I do remember that strawberry dress.

Still at Grandma's. I loved that dollhouse. These orange outfits were corduroy. They kind of look like jailhouse outfits now. There was always so much to do at Grandma's. Coloring was very big.

Ok, so Bill - who is now 48 years old - was maybe still compiling his outfit when this photo was taken... Davy Crocket was huge and that is Bill's coonskin cap which was his favorite for years until he found the towel to pin on the back of his shirt as a Superman cape. Note the fancy cars... This was probably in about 1955.