Happy Mothers Day

MOM and DAD

The Panel Truck

Dad and the GMC panel truck.

I have fond memories of this old truck. Dad had his welder in the back of this truck so he could take it to the repairs that the farmers needed on their machinery or whatever. Dad also pulled a trailer with it to haul big machinery to his shop. Sometimes we kids would ride with him. There were no seats but the drivers seat so we all would have to stand up holding on to a bar above our heads or there was room for one on the welder, but you still had to hang on to something or you would fall off and it wasn't too comfortable on ones behind. The old truck had been a fish delivery truck in it's previous life. It was a faded old green when dad got it. We loved to play with the little bell that went "ding dong" by stepping on a button on the floor. One day the truck became another color. Dad and Ronnie had painted it this bright orange with a paint sprayer.

Oh how I'd love to go for a bumpy ride in that old truck today.

Birthday's

Today is Dad's birthday. He would have been 80. The first picture is him as a boy. He grew up on a farm. The second one I put together of him and his garage. He owned and ran Huey's Garage for over 4o years.

Today is also my friend, Vicky's birthday. We became best friends starting back in 1st and 2nd grades. I was going to post her 1st grade school picture here today but I can't find it. I know I have it somewhere, I have kept it all these years.

Dad and Sisters

Dad with his 5 sisters. Taken sometime in the 50's.

Right to left in birth order- Lela, Rose, Adela (Dell), Elma, Stanley & Inez.

Three Generation

Dad with his Grandma Mills and his Mother, Audrey.

Mom & Dad's Wedding Day

Mom and Dad's Wedding Anniversary was yesterday. They got married in Minnesota.

1940 New Yorker Convertible

Dad and his 1940 New Yorker Convertible. He always wished he would have kept it.

Mom & Dad

Mom & Dad through the years. They are both home with The Lord now.

The first picture is on their wedding day. The next one is on a vacation to Colorado. I loved those vacations to the mountains! Why did my mom wear a dress that day? Maybe this was before she started wearing pants in public. The last picture was taken in their later years.