Sisters On Sunday

This photograph was in Uncle Don's album.  In that album were photos of all of his family members at various ages, including his sisters, Hortense and Vivian.  I have no idea who these 2 girls are and if they are even sisters.  The age difference would be right for Hortense and Vivian.  Additionally,  I think that Hortense was fair haired while Vivian was a brunette.  Can anyone add any more information?

Saturdays Are For Siblings!

I can say with a fair amount of certainty, that this photograph was taken on a Saturday.
We went camping most weekends of the summers while we were in Kansas City.

This photo portrays a scene that is the very base of my childhood memories - sitting around a campfire with my siblings and roasting marshmallows.

Yep - must have cut a deep mark in my being, because I grew up to have a career of taking other people camping and helping them establish memories of their own!

Family Foto Friday

Maybe 2005'ish

On a lake in Central Texas

This is almost all of us - Rick and Tina had not arrived quite yet.

We had such a good time on this vacation.  

Micah brought his buddy Kendall, so there were 2 boys and 2 girls; which evened out the cousin scene.

Rick made a plaster cast of Micah's torso.

Kendall almost killed Jana on the jet ski and then, Kendall and Jana got stranded out in the water for 9 or 10 hours (okay, not really . . . but it felt like a very long time!) before Brenda spotted them from shore and Richard fired up the boat for a rescue mission.

Uncle Bill got to come with the McDonalds. . . we love it when Bill gets to vacation with us.

We all brought a gift and did a fun gift exchange instead of individual birthday presents.

I especially like the relaxed feel of this photo - we all have "lake faces" and "lake hair" and no one cares and we are all smiling.

Clarence Weldon Thompson

My mother's father was Clarence Weldon Thompson.

I do not know much about my grandfather.  

He was born in 1901 in Tyler, Texas and died at the age of 68 in 1969.

I do know that he graduated from The University of Texas as a civil engineer and worked in the oil and gas industry.

One of my aunts told me that Hortense said she married him, "Because he was such a good dancer."

I reckon that is as good a reason as any!

Mother Love On Monday

Tommy, Hortense, and Jane Thompson

date unknown


edit - 10/07/11
Talking to Mom, she said she thought this was taken at Tommy and Lucy's wedding.  The internet is not cooperating with me right now, but I will post the date as soon as I can get it.

Sisters On Sunday

Sometimes one is lucky enough in life to get an extra family member.  

I have 1 fabulous sister and 1 fabulous best friend of 40 years whom I think of as a sister.

This photo is of myself and Laura Hearn in the 10th grade.

Life was so easy and sweet then . . . .

Saturdays Are For Siblings!

Steve

Lee

Nancy

Nichols

Love this photo.  Everyone looks wonderful and the background is awesome.

I would guess this was taken at their home.  I know it wasn't ours and not Grandma and Grandpas.

The sectional is really familiar to me - I can feel the scratchy nubbiness of it.

I retouched this to take out the flash reflected in the television.  It was large and very bright.  

I think this was probably a polaroid - Dad took lots of photos with his.  I can smell that stick of fixative so clearly in the smell-o-vision of my memory.

This is from Rick . . . more to come.