I finally pulled out all of the photo boxes we inherited from Grandma H to start categorizing, organizing and deciding what to do with all of the pictures. It's a daunting task but I know the end result will be worth it. I am SO appreciative of Grandma H writing on the back of at least 90% of these pictures including the name, age, date of the people in the picture. Sometimes, she did include what was going or the location of where the picture was taken. I have been doing this for years when I learned as a teenager how important this is. We were going through my great-grandmother's pictures that did not have writing on them. With her gone, we could not ask her who was in the picture and how they were related to us.
What I did not expect was how much we are enjoying this as a family. Each night this week, Dad pulled a photo from the pile and told the history of the picture as he could remember it. We have learned:
- His grandpa teaching him how to tie a neck tie
- Riding on the back of the riding lawnmower with his grandpa
- Learning to ride his first motorcycle with Dad's step-dad (I forgot Grandma H was married a second time)
- His water bed he bought by himself. Collin was really interested in this story because he just could not understand why someone would want to sleep on water. ;)
One of the really fun things we did was find a 3rd grade picture of all of us and do a comparison. Putting these pictures side-by-side was fun to see which part of Collin's face favored each of us. You decide for yourself:
Collin's only comment was "Dad, you really did have a lot of hair when you were younger. What happened? Will that happen to me?" Ha! I also commented about my hair in my picture. Who cut it? They must have been in a hurry. The timing right before Picture Day was terrible too.
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