Today I've chosen to go back and highlight my brother and I. We were born 10 months and 3 days apart. I'm the older, smarter, and more handsome. Well, I keep telling myself that. We were fortunate to have a grandfather - Robert Merriam, who took photos as well as a mother who took photos. What follows is a highly selective documentation of our life together. I want you to notice how often we have "look alike" clothes on - shirts, pants, coats, shoes (if you could see them). It wasn't until we hit high school that Dennis and I asked if we could be different, because we are.
The photos bring back fond memories of growing up in so many different places, but always as a family. Enjoy the photos.
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| Summer, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa. Dennis was almost 4 months old. |
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| Dennis & I in our hunting attire at the bottom of the hill below the Merriam homestead in Des Moines - March, 1952. |
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| Guess what we got for Christmas in 1953. We look awfully good don't we, even with my closed eyes. |
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| You wonder where I get my OCD - look at the organization in the garage! Grandpa Merriam made the tool box for us, and we used it for years. It might even still be around somewhere. Christmas, 1953. |
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| It got harder to get a photo of just Dennis and I, but we were always willing to do photos with our little sisters - Patti & Jeri. January, 1961 in Abilene, Texas. |
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| It's the 4 of us again around Easter, 1962. Note that Dennis & I aren't dressed alike anymore! Abilene, Texas. |
1 comment:
I like that you two are dressed a like most of the time. That's the way it should be, coming from a mom.
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