Cousin Denise, who as you know, bought and now lives in Mom and Dad's house, made a few comments and we spent a half hour or so, chatting back and forth about memories of the house, the little Red House, The Log Cabin, etc.
I'm amazed at Denise's memory of the Cabin and Grandma's house.
I forget that she is one of the first grandkids on the Wayne Vandercar side of the family...
which puts her in the time where she would remember more about things that the younger grandkids have only heard stories about.
which puts her in the time where she would remember more about things that the younger grandkids have only heard stories about.
I enjoyed our Facebook chat very much.
A week or so later, I was looking thru old Christmas pictures.
When Grandma Fern was still living in the Red House…her kids, Wayne, Bob and Gladys would trade off having Christmas…on Christmas Day. Eventually, as the families kept getting bigger, we outgrew everyone's living room and around 1983 or so, starting having the "Vandercar Christmas in July."
I found this picture from a Vandercar Christmas taken on Christmas Day.
mid 1973-4ish
That is Denise opening a gift in our Living Room.
I thought it was cool to see her as a child, celebrating Christmas in this Living Room and that she now celebrates Christmas in this Living Room as an adult.
Denise says she thinks of Grandma Fern and Mom very often and has a lot of memories and often senses them there…
....kinda cool that she might see flashbacks of her childhood too.
Directions to here:
Oh, and here's a flash back of Vanderkid childhood!
I was looking at a pic that Denise posted on Facebook....(sorry Al...caught you sleeping)
and I asked her…
"is that tile in the living room…and is it tan?"
and I asked her…
"is that tile in the living room…and is it tan?"
The answer was yes!
They pulled up the carpet…revealing the tan tile of our childhoods!!
They pulled up the carpet…revealing the tan tile of our childhoods!!
5 comments:
That would of been the Christmas of 1974. Jason is 13 months old in those pictures ! Thanks for the memories Nancy : )
How neat! Looks like that cabinet in the corner has lasted through the ages too!
Thanks Ellen!
And Cori…yes…that cabinet….was very hard to leave behind!!
christmas 1974 the first time i went out with mike:) to the hardings christmas party at tiebels... i remember the pine cone wreath, wonder what happened to that?
Love the blog and pics Nancy!!!! Living room and dining cabinets are well built and will never be torn down:) Many features will remain as we slowly remodel like Aunt Helen's countertops and cabinets, the bathroom door with door knocker (by the way my son loves messing with it)and of course the Mobil Red stairs to the basement :) So many memories here and many more to come thanks to Nancy, the Elders, my hubby, and the support of my Aunts and Uncles.
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