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| This morning as I pulled the green lid off the large plastic box I've been working on, I lifted out a small red album and saw this face. |
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| I didn't have a blog in 1984, but I had a 35 mm Pentax, and I had a mother-in-law who enjoyed photographs. I made this album for her. |
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| What did I do with 3 boys at school and these two yahoos at home? I took their pictures. We lived out in the wilds of New Jersey, and this was a fun five years of my life. |
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| I can still remember the fun I used to have with little Cori. Of course, I'm giddy because Corinne now has a similar slide and a child who on occasion slides inside the house. |
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| Ben hung a hire swing in our back yard. He also built a tree house, but there were no pictures of it in the album. |
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| This was surely a Sunday morning before church. Jeff and Sammie's boots were both hand-me-downs from our Texas years. Hmm...which grin is my favorite? |
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| Same kids, but this time posing on Halloween. I sewed, painted and helped with each costume. I cannot help but laugh when I see this picture. |
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| Christmas that year was for Cori. Let me make that clear right now. |
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| She was delighted. Grandma Markham spent Christmas with us. |
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| Baby Cori and Grandma Markham enjoyed time with their new friends. Aunt Joan smocked the dress for Corinne, and then sent me the pieces to sew together. |
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| This was a pattern for later Christmases -- brothers dutifully played with Cori's new gifts--for a short time. |
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| By the look on Ben's face, he knew what was in the box. I'm sorry, but I don't remember, even though I'm certain I bought and wrapped it. |
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| While I was home with Tommy and Cori during the 1984-1985 school year, the 3 older boys were in class. Dave was in the 5th grade. |
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| Sammie was in the 4th. |
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| Jeff was in the 3rd grade. Did I have cute kids, or what! |
