Self Portrait Tues.-Personal History

I picked a picture from my husbands childhood to share this week. Check out the little boy in the red shoes! Boy, I've seen that look in my kids face after they wake from a nap (which is probably what he had just done). He also got a kick out of seeing this again. We also like the picture because his father (far right) had one of his "coach" looks. He was most known for his coaching so that is what we called him, "THE COACH". He passed away almost 3 years ago of cancer at an early age. We really miss having the Coach around. He had the funniest sayings like, "Well, his chances are slim, and slim just got on the bus." or "De-nial is more than a river in Egypt". Anyhow, you had to be there for the delivery, I guess. My Mother in law (center) was such a BEATIFUL WOMAN! Gary is being held by his Grammy B. She is still alive and well at 90 plus. I love the CAR! I love how it's parked on the lawn with the door open. It's as if they were getting ready to go and Grandpa said, let's get a shot of you all before you leave. Gary says that to the far right (off the picture) there was always a chicken coop that he and his 2 brothers (which came later on) played in when they were young. This home had been in his family for hundreds of years. He grew up in New England. It's so beautiful there. We've been at this house for many family gatherings in the summertime. Those were the days. Now that the kids are older we do not treck up there as often as we would like, but we savor the memories and the stories of Grandpa saying, "kids, be quiet up there" when we visited. Well, that's all for now! Look forward to looking through everyone's photo's this week. :) LK