Happiness Is: Family

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If somebody has a better guess on the dates of things or knows for sure I wish they will let me know!

Uncle Randy in Moab 2005

Jim swung by Moab on his move from Arizona to Utah and visited Uncle Randy who was looking a lot like his father had 30 years earlier.

Yvonne and Earl 2004
Their 30th wedding anniversary!

Okay, this was really taken on Yvonne's birthday, but 30 years is still 30 years!

Frieda and David 2003
Their 50th wedding anniversary!

Frieda and David 1995

December on the beach

Jim in Arizona 1995

When I retired from my service I drove west cross country and stopped in for a visit with Jim. He was nice enough to pose for some photos in the beautiful green desert. I wish I had known enough about photography at the time to have arranged a reflector to light his face.

Jim's earthworks

Jim in Arizona

I was working on the east coast when Jim mentioned he had grown a "calico" beard. I asked for pictures and these are what arrived. Scroungy the cat was not a calico but evidently the beard was. One of these days I will figure out the date from correspondence.

Scroungy and Scruffy

"Smile when you say that. partner."

Mug shot for the 'Wanted" poster

Camouflage

When Grandad turned 95

Grandad, the great actor Joel McCrea, and Semer
Jannette sent me this photo and David reprocessed it to "turn on the lights."
It is from Grandad's 95th birthday, which would have been in 1983.
Dad and Grandad once did some work for Joel McCrea on his ranch.

Joel McCrea was a popular film actor from the 1930s through the 1980s and a real nice gentleman to work for according to Dad and Grandad. I thought well of him for coming out to honor my Grandad on his birthday.

Mom and Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary 1981

more pictures to come

Grandad's 90th birthday party

Grandad at age 90
March 1978

Grandad and his brothers.
Charlie, MC, and Jess
March 1978

Charles, Marcellus, and Jess
March 1978

Uncle Charlie, Grandad and Uncle Jess

Grandad in his new Digs

Grandad in his garden

Grandad and his granddaughters
Yvonne, Marcella and Jannette

Yvonne cropped this version and lightened it up a bit.

Grandad in his chair

Dad in his favorite chair

Dad and Fang in Willow Creek

Supper in Willow Creek

Dad and the salmon

And a few years later David and the salmon (different salmon!)

Like father like son!

Christmas at Yvonne and Earl's house

Christmas at David and Frieda's house 1975

Kara and Earl
"Gotcha, Dad!"

Kara and Earl
Cosmic giggles

Kara and Earl
and Mom to the rescue

Kara and Janice
Cousins

Christmas at Jim's House (1972?)

Chuckie in Willow Creek

Future engineer

Dot and Vic

Elden and Dorothy

Looks like the slope behind David and Frieda's house.
It must have been a party of some kind!

The New House

Dad and David framing the new garage
... with a supervisory cat
1965

White Elephant Christmas at Dot and Vic's

Janice can levitate!
1960.

And we can see the current fashion in ladies' shoes! Yvonne says, "Those sure look like Mom's feet. That is Ruth with her head turned talking to Vada, I think. Randy is getting food behind Grandma with Roger (Sue) standing just looking. Ken is in the back, behind Janice."

Family Reunion at Oak Park

Family reunion at Oak Park
circa 1957

Jannette's graduation 1956
Grandad has on his good hat and Grandma is wearing her crocheted shawl with a blue border
(that I later inherited)
Aunt Elsie and Uncle Frank are on the left, and that is me holding Mama's hand on the far right

Christmas at home