Time Travel, Part One
So its been a while since Christmas and the New Year, but I’ve been off having adventures and misadventures and what not. So I’m taking the liberty of stepping back a little a few months to write of some holiday adventures. To make it up to you, I’m going to include lots and lots of photos.
First off, just before leaving for Christmas, Jon and I got to witness another southern Utah flood. We drove around for a couple of days taking note of the transformations and destruction.
And then we were off to Ohio. After having lived in the Buckeye state for a short time of my life, the place grew on me. Sure, winter is not my favorite season of the year there, but I’ve even gotten an appreciation for that since moving to southern Utah where we don’t normally get snow.
We got to spend loads of time with Jon’s family. We had several family parties that we attended. More family parties than I ever had in my life up to that point. And suddenly I went from having a very small, manageable family size, to coming to the realization that I may never know all of their names. How scary is that? For one “get-together” we rented out a gymnasium. And filled it. Okay, it wasn’t a huge gym, and all told there may have been about 70 people there, but it was quite the jump for someone who grew up with one living aunt and one living uncle and a easy to remember handful of cousins. So I may never remember all of their names, but I’m happy to be a part of a huge family. Its really nice.
So, family photos:
John, Sam, and Sarah
The day we add wore red
We don't know where she found these. . .
Uncle Jim, Nancy, Dave, and us.
The Jaspers and Peters
J & S
Jon, John, Sam, and Sarah
Adventures with family:
There was a little outing with the folks to Sharonville. We walked around Heritage Village Museum and checked out old buildings from around the area that had been transplanted into a makeshift village. Jon was busy taking photos with his Nikon (digital) while I had a selection of analog cameras on hand. You’ll be able to tell the difference right away, I’m sure. The colors give them away.
Digital View
Analog View, taken by my Canon Canonet QL
Jon and folks
Schoolhouse waiting for some fixing. (Polaroid Land Camera photo.)
Schoolhouse as seen through my SX70 camera’s lens.
Elk Lick Home. That is really what's its called, because that's where its from. (PS, this is a Polaroid.)
beautiful photos…cool blog; love it :))
Lovin’ the bangs cute lady! Look like you were having a lot of fun. I too married a man with a very large family. I’ve remembered a lot of names, the ones we see all the time, but anymore extended than that I couldn’t tell ya much. And Seth probably couldn’t either so I don’t really feel all that bad. Great pics, as always!