Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Wistful Wednesday : July 1978

In July of 1978 we...Far Guy, Trica, Jen and I along with my parents my other baby brother and my sister traveled to Missouri to witness my baby brother's marriage.

I was a bridesmaid...not one of the skinny ones, Far Guy was a Groomsman as was my other baby brother and Trica was the flower girl.  It was a late in the afternoon wedding with a reception that followed.  We arrived on Friday afternoon and left on Sunday morning during a lightening storm.

That was 41 years ago.  Now they are Grandparents to eight.  My baby brother shared this photo with me last summer.

They have Grands that live in Oregon, New Jersey and Maryland.  They will all be here to visit later this month.

Far Side

21 comments:

linda m said...

Your brother and his wife are very fortunate to have such a lovely family.

Val Ewing said...

What a beautiful family! I often look back 40 yrs and wonder where the heck did the time go?

Miss Merry said...

What a wonderful beginning to a beautiful family!

DJan said...

Nice wedding picture, and one from the aftermath. Forty years and what a beautiful family he's got now. :-)

Pauline Persing said...

The nicest thing about photographs are the memories that come with them.

Phyllis Pritchard said...

Happy Anniversary to them! Cute picture of them with the "grands".

Rita said...

Love the before and after pics--LOL! Beautiful family. :)

Red said...

Time goes by in a hurry.

Sallysmom said...

What a great photo -- a real treasure to have.

Sara said...

A fun photo - that brings back memories of my own 1977 wedding. We had a small wedding and the guys wore leisure suits. But the hair styles pretty much matched your photo.

Betsy said...

That could have been our wedding with different colored dresses. We were married Sept. 1, 1978. Identical tuxes!
Their family is beautiful. What a blessing to have such a legacy.
Blessings,
Betsy

marlu said...

What a great wedding picture! And I love the one of the grands. Nice memories.

Bonnie said...

Beautiful pictures! I love seeing pictures that show how families grow. Congratulations to your baby brother and his bride. They are blessed with a lovely family.

Linda Reeder said...

Great photos. thanks for sharing.

diane in northern wis said...

Oh what wonderful pictures you're sharing today. I love them. I bet you can't wait to see all the company coming later this month...although I'm sure it will be very tiring. Enjoy your family and make new and wonderful memories. We have a daughter and 2 grands coming this weekend...can't wait to see them. Soon it will be off to college (in Duluth) for the oldest one. sniff sniff

Jo-Anne's Ramblings said...

Just so lovely how a family grows

Granny Marigold said...

Happy anniversary to your baby brother and his lovely wife. That's a fine bunch of grands they have...4 of each I believe.

Dawn said...

Great memories!

Maebeme said...

What great photos, and for the late 70's the dresses and suits were very nice! Enjoy your visit

L. D. said...

It is a fun photo that one can figure out who is who. I had to do the math and try to figure out how he had so many grandchildren. I had kids late and then the kids had children late too.

Sam I Am...... said...

What a great family photo and to see how young they (we all) were back when! LOL!