My Parents, part 2--Photos

Remember the earlier personal history post that I did about my parents, and how I wished I had more pictures of them?  Well, I remedied that situation a little bit when I was out in Utah in September by scanning some photos of them.  There are many more that I would like to scan, but here is a start.  I put Dad's pictures first and then Mom's.  I tried to put them in roughly chronological order, but I had to guess and doubtless I made a lot of mistakes.  Enjoy!

 

Probably around 2 years old

 



 

 Love the shy smile (and the overalls)!

 

 

 A birthday--probably 3rd or 4th (the picture said so on the back, but I forgot to write it down)

 

 

 Little cowboy!

 

 

All dressed up

(this picture and the one before it look like they were taken in the exact same spot)

 

 

With brother Karl on a horse.  I wish I knew who the people in the background are.  I'm pretty sure the building in the background is their house.  It looks to me like a lot of the pictures I have were taken in this area behind the house.  Maybe the lighting was good there?

 

 

Young soldier

Dad was 8 years old when America entered WWII, so his late childhood years were war years.

 

 

 Much older, on a horse again.  This is definitely behind Grandma & Grandpa Pew's house.

 

Getting ready to shoot.  I scanned this photo and the previous photo because I thought my boys would think they were really cool--and I was right!

 



 

In the United States Air Force.  I believe Dad joined the air force the summer after he graduated from high school, which would have been 1951.

 

Real soldier this time!

 

 

 Still a cowboy at heart!

 

 

 With a plane...he was in the air force, after all!

 

 

Dad was a navigator.

 

I totally love this picture of Dad, taken on a visit to Copenhagen--doesn't he look sharp?!  Dad spent most of his years in the air force serving in England.  He was able to visit other parts of Europe.

  

Yes, I know it's a proof--but I thought it was a good picture!

 

Now for Mom:

 





 

 As a young baby, with her dad.  Love how he's looking at her, not the camera!

 

 

 Looking a little older, with her mom.  Mom also only has eyes for her baby girl!

 

 

 Another baby picture. 

 

As a young girl with her great-grandma, Amanda Burns Williams.

 

 

Age 3

 

As a young girl with her mom

 

Beautiful curls!

 



In a coat--maybe about 6 years old?

 



In a pretty dress--here she looks about 7 or 8 years old

 



 I love this portrait!  Mom is 10 years old in this one.

 

I believe in this one she is graduating from 8th grade.  (About 1949)

 



Mom with some girlfriends

 



I loved this one because of the giant cactus behind her!  It was taken on the Mesa Temple grounds.

 



 

With her little sister, Karen.  Mom made the dress that Karen is wearing, as well as her own.

 

 

 Here is Mom with a trophy she won for her writing.  The trophy was kept at the high school (I think it was awarded every year to a different person) and so, sadly, it was lost when the high school burned down years later.

 

Mom the editor--she was editor for her school's literary magazine.

 



With her sister in law, Marjie.  (Or maybe she was still Mom's future sister-in law at this point.  I don't know when the photo was taken.)  I love the old car behind them in this one!

 



 

Mom's senior portrait.  Beautiful!