Former Fridays

Recently, I decided to digitize the boxes of family photos that have been gathering dust in my parent's basement.  I wanted to be able to document them and organize them while we could all at least vaguely remember stories, names and dates.  So, thus begins probably a multiple years long project of scanning and organizing.  Every Friday I'll share a fun find with you (and the story if there's one I know).

So, this Friday, you get my siblings and I circa 1991.  Aren't we adorable?  My favorite are my two baby brothers - Jake thinks whatever the photographer is doing is hilarious (cutest laugh award!) and Matt is completely bemused.

This was probably our last formal picture in Nebraska and for quite awhile (I remember an attempt at one a few years later that sorely failed...) 

So there you have it...new project and all!  Aren't you excited for the fun to follow?  Of course, I spent an entire summer scanning my alma mater's archived photographs in preparation for it's sesquicentennial (yeah, say that 10 times fast) celebration and had an absolute blast rooting around in basement archives and finding photographs of gypsies and their bears visiting campus... so my idea of fun might be a little different than everyone else's :). 


Story update: My big sister, Katie Z., added some more to the story of this picture:

katie z. said...

And, and, and... Don't forget to mention!! Mom totally made my vest and skirt (although you can't see the skirt), and I think that is still my favorite outfit ever. I made a pin cushion for 4H out of scraps and coveted that piece of fabric FOREVER. I love our mom!

Thanks, sis!

Another update from my oldest sister, Millie:


These were actually taken at the town bank (I'm pretty sure a place with only 300 people can't be called a city).  Also, Jake's adorably huge smile is actually just what he did when we told him to smile.  Annnd... one more little tidbit: the dress I'm wearing was a hand-me-down from both of my sisters.