Throwback Thursday – Spring 1982
Everything is turning green around here. Tulips are already blooming and most of the trees have leaves. This picture from spring of 1982 seemed appropriate for this Throwback Thursday. Mom is helping me inspect the plants coming up out of the dirt.
Throwback Thursday – Disney 1985
Next week I’ll leave the Florida trip behind, but here’s one final picture. I’ve been amazed at how much more of the trip has come back after looking at these photos. This shot shows Rachel and me with cousins Tim and Wendy. Looks like we were having fun!
Throwback Thursday – Motorcycle Rider 1985
Continuing with the photos from Florida, here’s a shot of me on what might be my first motorcycle ride. That’s Rachel on the bike in front of me.
Throwback Thursday – Busch Gardens 1985
I’ve only been to Disney once in my life and it was back in 1985. I don’t remember a lot from the trip except that it was neat that I got to do my homework in a hotel, the hotel had a pool, a new Shamu had just been born, and I rode It’s A Small World and Peter Pan. Mom scanned in quite a few good shots from that trip so I think I’ll use them for the next few weeks, but here’s the first one that triggered a new memory. Dad and Mom should correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I’m crying in this photo because when we hit the water, Dad slid forward and crushed me. Ha! I obviously survived and mostly forgot about it. No harm no foul. And yep, that’s cousins Tim and Wendy in the front. Uncle Dean and Aunt Sandy came with us too.
Throwback Thursday – Serious Business
I laughed out loud when I stumbled across this photo. I look like an old man watching the news. And look at that old remote! We had that for a good chunk of my childhood and by the end you had to really mash the buttons down to get it to work. Sometimes it was easier to just get up and hit the button on the TV yourself.
Throwback Thursday – Labor Day 1983
This photo shows all of the cousins on the Martens side of the family at Labor Day in 1983. Does anybody know why we were wearing hats? Ryan and I have birthdays around that time so maybe we were celebrating?
Throwback Thursday – Great Grandparents
Earlier this week we ate brats. I told Tyla that every time I eat brats, I think about Great Grandma Hinkle eating brats. I don’t know why it sticks in my head. I just remember her being very proper and not being sure about the brats but carefully eating them with a fork and knife. I was also recently telling Tyla one of the few memories I have of Great Grandpa. He was helping me blow bubbles and somehow I sucked in instead of blowing out. Bubble juice does not taste good!
So when I was looking back through old photos for one to post today, this seemed like a good choice. Great Grandpa Hinkle died when I was pretty young, but Great Grandma lived until I was in college. They were wonderful people!
Throwback Thursday – Watching From The Window
As I flipped back through the batch of 1981 photos, I found this one which reminded me of when I leave for work. Tyla and Elijah are usually at the front window waving goodbye to me.
Throwback Thursday: Learning To Walk
Elijah seems very eager to walk. As I hold his hands and walk him around the house, I think about how I learned to walk. I obviously don’t remember it, but Dad and Mom tell me that Grandpa Martens came to visit and spent most of his visit helping me learn how to walk. I wish he was here to see Elijah learning!