Old Family Pictures

I recently purchased a new printer/copier/scanner and have retrieved the old family pictures out of the box in the closet to scan into my computer. I think they will be much safer from being lost or destroyed if I scan them to a disc. I thought this might be a good time to put some of them into this blogsite.

Of course, looking at these pictures makes me remember times past when the kids were much younger. At that time many people told me ... enjoy your children when they are young because before you know it they will be grown and gone. How true that is. Now they are grown, spread far apart and often I miss them very much.

This first one is entitled 'The Night Before Christmas.' It was a tradition on Christmas Eve to read them the story before kissing them good night only to get very few hours sleep before they were ready to find out if Santa had visited the house so they could open their presents.

This is Michelle taken at a time when she was quite young.

I took this picture of Michelle on the beach at Panama City Beach, Florida one summer on a family vacation. She was, I believe, 14 at the time.

This is John, now 26, at the age of 2.

John in braces. I am not sure of his age at the time, probably around 10 or 11.

John and Matt were raised to be Cardinal fans. I took this picture when Matt was about 2 which would have made John 8.

This adorable picture of Rachel was taken when she was 4 years old. It was taken outside the house the family lived in the first year we were in Jefferson City.

I coached Rachel's Summer League Softball team one summer. She was 10 or 11 years old at the time.

Matt always loved his cereal. This was taken when he was perhaps 6 or 7.

This was taken of Matt on a family vacation near Key West, Florida.

Matt when he was perhaps 7 or 8.