My extended families have always been tight-knit. I’ve always been close with my Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. It’s easy to see why since my parents started me off right by making frequent visits to their parents and then posing me in pictures with them. These are from the series of slides from the early months of 1972 that my Dad took with his relatively new camera. My maternal Grandparents were living on Cunnington in Kettering and my Grandma and Oscar were on Bellaire in Belmont.
Jesus watches over Grandma and Oscar…
…and me.
Grandma Range over at Arline and Carl’s place
Grandpa, Grandma, and little Darlene pose with me.
Mom and Ed see to me, while Bev consoles Lori.
Dad shows that he, too, can hold me.
Mom does the same.
Same pose, different day.
The “F” family poses on the famous, green Cunnington couch.
Grandpa in his natural habitat.
Once again, that picture is on the internet. You must really love it to put it on twice!
Darlene
March 2nd, 2007
I do love it…you were so cute!
Brad
March 2nd, 2007
I remember those days so well. I can still embrace those feelings of getting to hold onto and love all you guys when you were babies. Love is a wonderful and strong emotion that lasts a lifetime. I can’t help but think how close Ed became to all my family so easily. In the picture above we weren’t even married yet (I know this because of the famous facial hair that Ed worried Mom over – whether or not he was going to shave it off before our wedding) and Ed really enjoyed holding and playing with the babies. In that generation, guys didn’t always show that emotion openly.
Bev
March 4th, 2007
Wow – I was young and cute. Bright blue eyeshadow and lots of acne. Those were the days!
Mom/Barb
March 6th, 2007