Steve and Carol on August 21, 1962
Dad told me that he doesn't think that much time has passed until he sees the pictures side by side. He sees the first picture in his mind and then looks at the second one and thinks, "We look so old."
Here's the quilt I made for them. It's hard to see the details in photos, but it turned out very nice. This quilt has hand prints from 43 people...86 hand prints in all. It is a tree with the hand prints of my parents at the roots, with the hand prints of all their descendants as the leaves of the tree.
Bright Family
Established
August 21, 1962
The youngest grandchild...8 months old now
There are 26 grandchildren and no great grandchildren.
The oldest grandchild age 24 and his wife. (John and Laney)
We also have teeny tiny hand prints for the two babies we lost at birth, and four sets of hand prints for the two sets of twin grandchildren.
Tom took the kids for a drive on the Alpine Loop and nearly ran out of gas.
The Bright family:
Front: Steve and Carol
Back (left to right): Ann, Linda, Ruth, Ally, Nancy, Leah, Sarah, Nathan
We are pictured oldest to youngest. I'm the oldest and Nate is the youngest. Not pictured (of course) is our brother Paul who has passed away. He was between Nancy and Leah.
Mom and Dad didn't have a wedding cake in 1962. Ruth's mother in law made this beautiful cake for them.
Cutting the cake
This shows a very wise man: Get out of her way and let her do what she does best.
Ahhh! They are such a cute couple still.
Tom made friends with all the children. He introduced himself as "Uncle Tom" and handed each one a spoon so they could eat ice cream out of his HUGE bowl.
Hotel from the Twilight Zone?
Actual. The road was going down hill.
Beautiful quilt, such a lovely idea!
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