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Happy Holidays

Wow, I can’t believe that Christmas is only 10 days away. That means that we are only 17 days away from a new YEAR! Over the next two weeks, I will not be writing any family posts until the first week of 2025. On a good day, getting everything written, posted, and scheduled on social media platforms can be tough, so I usually take this time off to relax with my family and prepare for the coming year. I will continue to post photos on the Facebook and Instagram pages through the holidays. Speaking of the Holidays, they are the perfect time to thank you for reading my family pages, supporting them, and commenting on the photos. It means a lot to me, and I wish you a very Happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year. I’ll see you next year. 🙂

PS – that always makes me laugh when I say it. I always work the Christmas and New Year holidays and telling the kids and their families that I’ll see them next year always puts a smile on my face and gives me a giggle. May your New Years be FULL of smiles and giggles.

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Eunice & Car

For some reason, I am enamored of every photo I discover with Eunice in a dress. So to find her next to a car, just makes me love it even more. The date on this photo is April 1938, but that’s when the photos were printed, so I would imagine that this was late 1937 to early 1938. Eunice and Kermit were not married until June of 1939, so this would have been taken before their union.

In the 1930s, the average price of a new car was between $400 and $600 brand new. However, car ownership was still limited, with only about one in five and a half Americans owning a car at the start of the decade. 

Here are some other things to consider about cars in the 1930’s. As always, in addition to the cost of the car itself, owners also had to pay for license plates, oil, repairs, and gasoline. At the time, gasoline cost around 19 cents per gallon, and cars typically got around 15 miles per gallon.  And used cars could be just as expensive as brand-new cars.

I don’t know who’s car this might have been or where it was taken, but Eunice sure seems happy to be next to it. I love the simplicity of her outfit. It appears to be made of warm fabric like wool, with a simple long-sleeved blouse and skirt. With stockings and simple shoes completing her outfit, Eunice is ready for a brisk fall, winter, or spring day.

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A Beautiful Couple

Don’t these photos just epitomize this quote? “It was a beautiful, bright autumn day, with air like cider and a sky so blue you could drown in it.” It was a beautiful day where Eunice, Wayne, Barbara, and Kermit were indeed. At first, I thought it was taken at the Miller farm, but the building in the background led me to believe it was not.  

First we have Eunice, Wayne and Barbara. I would imagine that it was taken in the fall of 1966 with the photos being printed November of 1966. There are many reasons I love these photos. First Eunice, she’s just beautiful. Her hair while gray still has a hint of auburn to it. And she’s wearing a dress. For some reason, I love photos of her in dresses. Wayne looks so happy to be there with his mom and his girl. Barbara is dressed in a cute blue ensemble. This photo was probably taken just two years before their marriage, September 7, 1968.

Then we have Wayne and Barbara with Kermit. I find it humorous that you can see Eunice’s shadow in the photo. Kermit and Wayne left us too soon, and I find myself cherishing any pictures of them that we have. Especially photos with the family. May we all have such bright days in the future.

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Dick & Fran

I miss these faces and thought it would be nice to honor them today. This year has been interesting without them. When we lost Dick, we still had the love and support from Fran. Now, we are navigating through life without both of them. Those milestones we thought they’d be there for have an air of sadness at times as we remember their absences. They would not want us to be sad for them but instead, enjoy the stories that cause laughter and hold tight to the stories that may cause tears.

Don’t they look fabulous in this photo? I don’t know what year this has been taken, but I think it might have been taken at June and Howards. My assumption is solely based on the background of the pine trees. This is a candid photograph of just the two of them standing next to each other, enjoying the day and their time together.

Had they both lived this year, they would have been married for 41 years! And while their time with us has ended, we have their remembered teachings and guidance, along with the support of a blended family full of brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and friends. We miss you, Dick and Fran!

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Happy Super Day!

This week has been hard! Come join me as we talk about some of the challenges I faced this week. The HUGE rabbit hole I went down when looking for ancestors and I’m also going to discuss some more free websites for you to use when looking for ancestors. 

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