From the Photo Album--More Pictures Through the Years

Kristi holding Jennifer when 

Jen was about 2 months old

I got some more pictures scanned and thought I would share.  Most of these are of Jennifer and Kristi together.  I'll be posting more soon.

Old photographs are such a blessing after a couple decades have passed.  I envy young parents today who are able to capture hundreds--THOUSANDS--of pictures so easily through digital technology.  Back in the "olden days" of film and prints, one was always limited by how much film was available--and whether or not it was on sale.  Oh yeah, flash cubes were always a necessity, and were often lacking.

Thankfully, scanners make it possible to convert old, faded prints into digital jpegs.  I scanned these and emailed them to myself in a matter of 10 minutes or so.  The most time-consuming part of it was trying to make the images "pop" as much as possible.

Okay, since I posted this, I've learned that I made at least 5 captioning mistakes.  Rather than completely rewriting them, I'll add corrections.  Seeing how wrong I was will probably be rather entertaining.

Jennifer got her tricycle!  This was taken

the year we lived in the "ghetto"--student

housing at Southern Baptist Seminary in

Louisville, KY -- around 1983.

[Correction 1:  This was in our house at

Johnson Bible College!  We never took that

china cabinet and La-Z-Boy to Seminary.]

These next 5 pictures are the reason

I hit the old photos in the first place.

Kristi posted pictures of Haley and Lexi

riding the cars at the Catholic church carnival.

These pictures were taken at the 1982 World's Fair

in Knoxville.  Kristi was 7 and Jennifer was 4.

Another day, but still at the World's Fair.

Kristi's loving driving!

Love that big smile on Jennifer's face!

The girls exiting one of the kiddie rides

at the World's Fair!

A typical Easter at the Sewell house--matching

dresses and hats for K & J.  They REALLY 

loved dressing alike!  (Right!)

[Correction 2:  As you can see, the dresses 

aren't exactly the same--but pretty darn close!]

A little cookie decorating!  They loved baking

things with Lyn.

A classic.  Kristi and Jennifer singing

in their air mics.  Note Kristi's finger--

one way, Jesus?

[Correction 3:  Okay, not a correction, but

a comment. . . Don't you love the socks?]

Kristi and Jennifer with their cousins, Josh, Jonathan,

and Joanna Troyer. (Uh, the guy with the beard

isn't family!)

Kristi and Jennifer with Mickey--at

Disney World one Christmas vacation.

[Correction 4: Lyn says this wasn't really at WDW.

Since they're in shorts, it wouldn't have

been at Christmas--even in FL]

This was taken the year the Louisville Cardinals

won the NCAA basketball championships.

The girls and I the spring we vacationed at

Desert Springs--Marriott Resort Hotel.  I 

think we were about to head to one of the

hotel restaurants for dinner.

Kristi and Jennifer standing in front of

our house on 14th Street.  Curtis and his

family lived right next door to us.

Jennifer and Kristi standing in front

of the Rockets at Disneyland--this was on

Christmas break the year Kristi was in Norway.

[Correction 5: This wasn't the "Norway Year"

after all.  I'd forgotten that Kristi had gained

quite a bit of weight because of all that

great Norwegian chocolate, bread, and goat cheese!]

In front of the Christmas Tree--the year of

Kristi's coming-of-age experience in Norway.

[Correction 6:  This was ACTUALLY the

Christmas of 1999, a few weeks before

Kristi and Curtis got married.]

Lyn and Kristi--both a little sad at the airport

before Kristi headed back to Norway.

You can see the pain in Lyn's eyes.

Kristi and me at LAX--time to say good-bye!  We were

smiling, but not real happy at that moment.

Sheesh!  I look like I'M from Norway!