First, this is my mom as a teenager in front of the farmhouse where she lived until she married my dad. The window behind her head is the room where she was born. Nice shorts, Ma.
Standing outside the church with the weirdness on the doors are my grandma, Aunt Donna, and my mom.
Mom and Dad were married in June of 1964. From left to right, we have Pappa, Grandmother Judy, Bohn, Francie, Grandma Kiester, and Uncle Dave. Mom's dad had passed away, so Dave walked her down the aisle. The closest temple to western Pennsylvania was in Utah, which was a little too far to go on Dad's short pass from the Air Force.
After a short stint in Alabama, they moved to Idaho so they could be sealed in the temple a short seven months after they were married. This is the tiny trailer they lived in near the base in Mountain Home. According to their recollection of its tiny-ness, you can almost see the whole thing in this picture. I believe Mom made that skirt.
Picnicking with friends. They still sit that close.
This is at the farmhouse in Pennsylvania. They are on the way to church.
This is sometime in the 1980s. This is the house I grew up in, and the wash stand behind Mom is from the farmhouse she grew up in. I'm not sure where the piano was when this shot was taken, but for most of my childhood, it was on the wall behind Dad.
This last shot is from Thanksgiving 2007. I do believe Dad is preparing the potatoes, as is tradition.
Happy anniversary, you guys.
3 comments:
Awww! What cute pictures! I miss you guys.
Your dad's name is Bohn? Is it a family name? Rob's relatives have the surname Bohn... maybe you're related to my hubby. That would make you my sixteenth-cousin-once-removed-in-law!
Sister Bales I cannot believe how much you look like your mama in some of those younger pics. Your parents are so adorable and I can't believe how classy they look. love it!!
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