Grandparents

This is a picture of my grandmother, Dora A. Merrill, with her granddaughter and my cousin, Darla Cottrell, in the farmhouse kitchen. The year was 1968 so this was when my grandmother was 68 years old and was two years before I arrived. It seems like grandparents are getting younger and younger these days so it's fun seeing a picture of a grandmother that fits the mental image of what a grandmother should look like!

I love seeing pictures of my childhood home. It went through so many transformations. The chair next to my grandmother seems very familiar. I think they took them with them to their trailer and were their kitchen table chairs? Love seeing the piles on the counter--guess I know where I get it from! However, the piles look like newspapers, which do not interest me at all! (Seems like I remember piles of newspapers in their trailer as well so this was probably a long established habit.)

I will be taking my kids to see grandparents this weekend. My father is now 75 and my mother is 64. They will have the opportunity of doing the same thing with my youngest, Annaka, as she is wanting to stand and walk everywhere now as well. I'll have to remember to snap a picture!