Hen Party 1999 - Oxford NY - The Year of the Tote

Barb, Janet and I got together at Barb's.  We made Patriotic Chicken Tote Bags.

We found the fabric and all the beads, ribbons etc. at the local Walmart.

We each managed to finish the basic sewing and took them home to finish them up.

Barb thinks she still has hers upstairs somewhere and I think I may have gotten rid of mine last year.
I'll have to check when I get back home.

Barb and Janet both had new Sony Floppy Disc Digital Cameras (I was so wishing that I had one too) but so far this is the only picture that I can find from that year.
I wonder what happened to those floppy discs?

The Hen Party 1998 ... The year of Spaghetti

In 1998 my sisters and I got together at Barb's for our first Hen Party.  

I guess we must have had a birthday theme by the looks of our cups and plates and our candy head dresses(?).  We all have birthday's in July except Barb's is in August.

Watch out for low flying spaghetti!

May be Kim is questioning her decision to attend?

Hamming it up

Barb made us a spaghetti and meatball dinner (a la Betty style).  

Our Mother (Betty) made either spaghetti and meatballs or a rolled pork roast that she cooked in a pressure cooker when we arrived at her house for a visit.

That's so fun- do we have wine? No.

 Janet brought us all birthday gifts. 

We spent the three day weekend - playing cards, touring around, playing cards, eating, playing cards, antiquing and did I mention we played cards.

Easter Morning 50 Years Ago

Easter Morning 1967

Shelly was 22 months old.  We lived in oxford, NC. 

 I believe our neighbors, Mrs. Smith and her daughter Julia,  across the street had just come over.  

Shelly was so excited whenever she saw them.  She would stand at the door and call "Miff Smiff, Miff Smiff, MIFF SMIFF"!!!

Tracey - 3 1/2

Kathy - 5

I think Gordon was the photographer as I don't have a picture of him that morning.

Richard Andrew Hendrickson - 1935

This is my brother Richard Andrew at about one year being held by our Grandmother Mayme Krom outside her home in Shinhopple, NY. 

Love the lilac bush and the peonies in full blossom.

 My mother loved flowers and she enjoyed growing them.

    I remember how she would root roses by putting a cutting in the ground and used a canning jar to cover it to protect it from drying out( and probably keep in warm) on chilly NYS days.