Christmas 1976

Hello again, Christmas!  Mom's town on the TV, 

must be the 70s with those gold curtains!

Mom had a terrarium, it's hour glass shaped on the side table.

That's quite a mountain of gifts, Mom! 

Lori passes out the gifts, 

you can just see Buffy at my feet.

And the biggest gift ever... an orange stuffed elephant! 

(goodness, where will I put this!!)

When all is said and done, there's Grandma Pape, 

helping with the cleanup .... or starting her own project??

Home and Family

Ohh the hedges have grown, we took out the heather bushes in front

and you can just see the tops of the mulberry tree out back

over the top of the house now.

long skirts in the 70s .... loved them! 

(glad they brought them back!)

David, Uncle Gary and Lori -- all smiles! 

Oh gosh, Mom's pole lamp in the background!

and no hallway shelves yet.  And paneling on the kitchen wall!

and that 70s gold carpeting!

And the little yellow speedster....

Ambassador in the driveway, Dad still drives the Rambler.

I once had to write a paper in school about mornings

and I wrote how every morning I hear the "roar of the Rambler"

as Dad leaves for work! (An affinity for colorful writing even back then! haha)