Dad's Birthday

Celebrating my dad's 43rd birthday in our house on Dayton in Kennewick.

Dad, BC, Jeremy

Mom made cake with his favorite frosting.

Gran and me - twins?

Gran, Neenaw and me

Christmas 1985

Christmas at Uncle John & Aunt Karen's house in Corvallis.

Neenaw, Mel with Kitty, me and Jennifer

This year's must-have

Mel was so excited about her Cabbage Patch doll.  She and Jen both had dolls for Christmas and they both named them "Jessica."

ahhhhh.

Little cousin Heather was born two days after Christmas.  Here she is, trying out the sun cure for her jaundice.

Girls Camp 1985

"Spearmint"

Back row: Sister F, Dorothy C, Mary Ann L, Myrna/Marla, Nicole H, Myrna/Marla, Stephanie K, Jennifer H, Wendy H, Sister R, Rhonda B
Kneeling: Sister H, me
Front row: Salina F, Misti T, Megan T, Julie M, Andrea M, Connie C

This year at camp was really fun, and eye-opening - I began to notice the difference between the other girls who brought all their hair stuff and makeup and cute clothes to camp (check the polo shirts under the camp t-shirts) and me, who couldn't care less.

The whole stakeful

 

My 15th Birthday

Here at our house on Dayton in Kennewick.

Cheese!!  Note the last minute one big candle - I still do this :)

Jer, Mel, Dad, me

Jeremy, Mom



What did I wish for?  I could give you a solid guess ;)

Girls Camp 1984

Kennewick East Stake, 5th Ward

Now let's see how I do here.

Top row: Sis Fo..., Kathy P, Serena H, Sis Mag..., Sis Sc..., Sis H
2nd row: Holly H, Connie C, Buffy M, Karie S, Misti T, Mary Ann L, Bro H
3rd row: Melissa V, her friend Amy, Kim, Nicole H, ?, Megan T, Andrea M
Bottom row: Michelle S, Sheree H, Sonya F, Susan L, Salina F and ME

We're in lavender

The whole stakeful. I'm not touching this one.

Elder Gran

Neenaw and Gran were on their mission in the southern United States (Alabama and Florida) this year.

Trip to Uncle Raymond & Aunt Ramona's

This summer I took a trip with Neenaw and Gran to visit Uncle Raymond and Aunt Ramona in Montana. It was fun having "alone time" with them.  This was a long trip, from our home in Brookings, Oregon to central Montana, and I kept busy recording all the county names as we passed through each new county (signs of geekdom were apparent).

LOVED this three-wheeler. I tried taking it up a steep hill once and was lucky just to get stuck, instead of rolling end-over-end back down the hill.



Uncle Raymond & Aunt Ramona's house

Gran & Uncle Raymond

Neenaw

Me

Mount Moriah Cemetery, Sundance, Wyoming

The headstone on the left belongs to Gran's great grandparents, Jennie V. and Thomas W. Zane, and the tall one on the right belongs to their son, Jesse Thomas Zane.

1982

Grandpa and Grandma

7th grade.  Dig the mullet

BC, 6th grade

Ernie, 1st grade

Jeremy, age 5

Melanie, age 3

Thanksgiving 1982

Do we need a bigger table?

Here we are in our first rental home in Kennewick - we had to move five months later when the owners sold the house.

From left: Stan (high chair), Aunt Karen, Uncle John, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Steve, Mandi, Grandma Dot, me, Mom; Mel's little face in front.

Talk about people you'll never see in the same room again - well, not in this life. :)

Adina Irene Clark Keithler, 1901-1982

Mom, Dad, Grandma and me in her Vancouver home

Holding Stanley at Neenaw & Gran's house in Brookings

Miss you, Grandma.