Black and White Memories

I'm joining in again with Terri for Black and White Wednesday.  I so enjoy sharing my pictures.  But I also love looking at everyone else's pictures too.  If you'd like to participate, go here to Terri's page to link up.  We'd love to see your pictures.

Dad and Mom on a date

Mom in school...I don't know what age

Mom's engagement photo.

Dad and Mom's Wedding Photo.  Their wedding day was dad's 22nd birthday and mom's 17th birthday.  Made it easy on them both to remember each other's birthday and anniversary!  

Dad always said he married mom because she could milk a cow and he wanted a farm some day and mom said she married dad so she never had to milk a cow again.  You know what?  Mom won!  She never milked a cow after they were married.  However, dad sort of won too.  He did get his small farm (about 20 acres) and did have a milk cow for about a year, but mom never milked it.  She said, I'll take care of the milk, make butter or cream or whatever, but I will not milk it and she never did.  lol

Mom with her first baby, my brother Larry.  He looks almost as big as her.  lol  She was 18 years old.

I love seeing all these pictures we looked at all our lives.  I believe I had the best parents and brothers and sisters in the world.  I'm so proud to be part of this family.

Okay, So here is one more picture for this post.  Below is a black and white photo of all 5 of us kids.  Take a look and have a laugh.  It makes me smile and happy every time I see it.

Larry, Karen (in striped pants), me, Beverly hold Jeff.  There were 12 years between the oldest (Larry) and the youngest (Jeff)  The year Larry started college, Jeff started 1st grade.

Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Cathy

Black and White Wednesday

I'm participating in Black and White Wednesday again.  You can link up with Terri here.

Today I am sharing a photograph of my daddy's family.  It's the only photo that I am aware of that has his mom and dad and all of the brothers and sisters.  A family member recently shared this on FB and I'm so thrilled to have it now.  My daddy is in the 5th from the left in the standing row.  All have now passed on and are in heaven except one brother and he is standing in back of and between his mom and dad.  Thankfully, I was blessed to know each one of them and so thankful for their lives.

Thank you for visiting.

Cathy

Black and White Memories

I'm joining in today with Terry from Your Friend from Florida to participate in Black and White.  Click here if you'd like to participate and show some of your black and white photos. Today I just have one picture that I'd like to share with you.

I love this photograph.  Actually it was two separate photos and either my brother or sister seemed them together.  My maternal grandparents (Clint and Mary) are on the left and my paternal grandparents (Elizabeth and Charlie) are on the right. 

Grandpa Clint sang bass in many gospel quartets and that is what I remember most about him.  Sometime after this picture and before I can remember he lost the ends of four fingers in a farming accident and was unable to play the guitar any more.  He gave it to my mom and sometime probably in her 30's or 40's she took lessons and learned to play and actually played and sang with him and my dad and an aunt in a quartet. 

Grandpa Charlie was a preacher and he could sing too and so could Grandma Elizabeth.  It seems there was always music at our family get-togethers. 

They really were great friends and I loved them all.  The 4 of them started the church that I grew up in.  It's because of them that I grew up in church and learned about Jesus.  I'm so grateful for the rich heritage they passed down to all their following generations.

Thanks for visiting.

Cathy