scrapbook pages: my mom

[jennickels]

I used to do a lot of digital scrapbooking.  It's yet another hobby I've basically given up on because I can't concentrate with all the chaos around me (writing seems to be going the same way).

These are some of the pages I made of my mom through the years.  In honor of her birthday which is November 27 (she would have been 63 this year).

My mom when she was about 4.  It's one of the very few childhood photos we have of her.
[ignore the dates in the corner...I was really tired when I made the page and wrote the actual date in 2006, not the day she died in 2000, lol...that's why you shouldn't scrap while tired.]

This was taken on a camping trip with my dad in the early 70s.  She would have been in her early 20s.



Another one from the early 20s.  Might have been on the same camping trip, I forget.



Me and my mom around 1978.  She was pregnant with my brother at the time.


This is one of my favorite photos of her.  We were at my Uncle Denny's house.  I was only like 3 so I don't actually remember it but I love looking at the photos.  She just loved to be out in nature and loved Denny's house on the lake.



Another favorite picture...my mom (on the right) and her two younger sisters, Carol and Susie at our family reunion in 1985.



Me and my mom (yep, that picture again).  We were at my Uncle Denny's house again and had just gotten down with a huge leaf fight.



This one was taken at my Aunt Nora's house after my cousins wedding shower I think it was.  All I know is that everyone was hung over (I didn't get to go because I was away at school).  She was always laughing and smiling.

I wish I had more pictures of her.  I kept meaning to scan them but never got around to it.  My dad has thousands at his house.

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[jennickels.livejournal.com]

I think my dad said she really hated that picture of her in the black top. It's one of my all time favorites because of how beautiful she looks. She hated her teeth. Her parents couldn't afford a dentist when she was little and she hated how pointy her teeth were. My dad eventually got them fixed when I was little so she'd be happy with her smile but I think it still bothered her. She hated looking at pictures of her before she had them fixed.