Trick or Treat

The above picture is from 1976.
I am almost certain that this was one of our neighbors, the Bradley's.

Seeing the slide helps me recall the night.
We never got very many trick or treater's at our house.
We weren't mean but we lived in the country and your parents had to drive you from house to house.

When I got my drivers license I got the job of driving my younger siblings for neighbor to neighbor.
My little sister would always worry that she would get a rock in her bag like Charlie Brown did.
She fretted about it so much that I always made sure she did get a rock.
I am bad that way.


This slide is dated 1973.

I assume that is the Bradley's again even though I can't really tell by the faces.
Same number of kids though and the same creepy mask. this time it had crazy hair.

Happy Birthday Niki

Happy birthday little sister.

Family Ties

When I saw this slide I thought of the puny title for it, Family Ties.

Then I remembered the show, Family Ties, and thought "Yeah that fits pretty good. Alex always had a tie on in that show".

I could almost picture him in our group photo.

Spring!

First day of spring so I thought I would post some pictures of warmer times.

Chad and Niki in the Butler pool.

They are on the back porch and that's the trampoline in the yard. This porch is enclosed now.

It was fun on hot days to squirt the trampoline with water and then jump on it.

The water would stay in place as the trampoline would go down and as you came back up the cool water would smack you in the face.

Or you could just get in the pool with Chad and he would splash the water in your face.

Dinning Room

Here we are in the dinning room/kitchen area of the house.

Mom is messing with something while Niki, Chad and I look on.

The real fabric quilt wall is gone but I wonder if Mom still has the frog clock?

Hiking

Looks like we are hiking on a trail some where but I couldn't tell ya where.

The main thing I notice in this picture (after seeing how cute little Niki is) is that Brett has passed me in height.

I don't remember when it happened but happen it did.

Niki

I don't have any pictures of Niki's birth but I do think this is the first time we met with her.

This is in Grandma Welton's front room at her house on Lexington Ave.

I remember Niki saying her birth date and it sounded real cute when she said "February 9th!".

I hear her say it in that tiny voice still today.

Happy belated birthday Niki.