Christmas Eve, with soup and the slideshow and the candy bar game, is an annual tradition for the Westra family. This year, everyone traveled to Alpine to gather in Shane and Alicia's lovely new home. Built for entertaining, it was a great place to get together for food, family and fun.
There were several soups ...Jen's Chicken Noodle was not gluten-free, but all the others were! Kim's Ham and Bean soup, Danielle's Sweet Potato Sausage, Janika's Cheesy Potato and Broccoli, Alicia's Creamy Chicken and Rice. There were gluten-free Brazilian Cheese Rolls, and gluten-full breadsticks, dinner rolls and orange rolls. The breadsticks and cheese rolls were baked on the premises (best fresh out of the oven) and Grandma's Kitchen (just a hallway away) came in handy, even with the double ovens in Shane and Alicia's kitchen. There were chips and dips and cheese roll, and SO many desserts!
There were several tables for eating. Plenty of space. Lots of food! Got some pictures in Santa hats and other festive accoutrements. Then it was time to review the past year ... the calendars were passed out, and the slideshow was up on the screen. This year's soundtrack was "Gonna Be Good" by Bloom and the Bliss, "Moments to Memories" by Adeline Hill, "Stars in the Sky" by Kid Cudi (Sonic Soundtrack) and "These Are The Best Days" by PinkZebra. Beyond the birthdays, holidays, school stuff, this was a big HOUSE year, with major moves and other renovations and remodels. See the calendar pages and a slideshow HERE.
Then it was time for THE CANDY BAR GAME ...
The crew moved to the basement for a little more open an area.
Just to note, lots of things in the center were NOT candy bars.
Every year, there is a call for photos ... these pictures are organized and added to the annual Westra calendar and slideshow. Both items are presented at the Christmas Eve party, and they are both showcased here. In previous years, the production of the calendar has changed hands a few times. Alicia has been creating it for a few years now (Grayson handled several years, and Sandy is the one who started it, with a single calendar for the folks and physical pictures adhered to a paper calendar). With the house/move, Jen took over (which makes sense, as the calendar and slideshow often have similar organization into holidays, topics, etc).
(all the slideshows are also saved in the family Dropbox)
Just over 13 minutes, This year's soundtrack features "Gonna Be Good" by Bloom and the Bliss, "Moments to Memories" by Adeline Hill, "Stars in the Sky" by Kid Cudi (Sonic Sountrack) and "These Are The Best Days" by PinkZebra. Beyond the birthdays, holidays, school stuff, this was a big HOUSE year, with major moves and other renovations and remodels.
While these calendar pages are for the 2023 calendar, they reflect 2022.
For January - photos featuring SNOW and COLD were the primary focus. Also events that happened (family gatherings, Jen's bonk) and January is the main basketball season ...
For February ... anything love, pink or Valentines made the cut. While Callahan isn't the only February birthday, his was the only one with a picture of the event.
March ... while some of these did actually happen in March, most were just random additions for the month. There's an attempt to get things chronological, but what's the point (point pictures)?
April means Easter! Add some dress-up, spring blossoms and other activities to fill out the month.
May means Mother's Day ... and Graduations (some were early June, but ...). Derek is one of the May birthdays, and April Showers bring May Flowers. Wordle just filled in.
June ... all pictures from the annual Father's Day.
Last one on Old English Road.
July ... some seasonal stuff with the parade floats and fireworks. New baby, Anniversary ... photo fill ins and house progress.
August means back to school ... lots of school photos.
Photo fill in ... try to make sure every family is represented on every page.
September ... lovely leaves and other fall photos. A couple new additions to the work force. Family photo fill in for the rest, hopefully somewhat in season.
October ... Happy Halloween. Lots of fun dress up and pumpkin patch pictures.
Blessings, Baptisms, Birthdays, Engagement and new early addition
... and moving day!
December ... the calendar and slideshow were already created, so most of these are 2021 pictures ... (although there are two that are 2022). This was the last Christmas Eve in the Havenmoor House. Most of the pictures from the party made it into the ChristmasEve2021 post, but check it out for additional details about that day.
The slideshow and calendar pages ... it's a quick look back at the year!
Derek spent a little time on MyHeritage.com (a site similar to FamilySearch.org and Ancestory.com) and traced his lineage back and found some ancestors that have a striking resemblance to him! It was amazing to find so many well preserved pictures, and with such a likeness in so many family lines! From a Viking forefather, to a Persian prince, a gladiator, a cowboy... Okay, just kidding, these are ALL Derek, worked over in the artificial intelligence time machine that My Heritage offers on their site. To get this time-treatment, you are asked to upload 10-25 pictures of yourself (3 full body shots, 5 upper body, 10 closeups and 2 profile pictures). The AI then takes all the data, mashes and matches to create these past portrayals.
AI Art is all the rage right now ... although it's not without some controversy. In an article by the MorningBrew news site, it mentions that artists are upset about copyright concerns and devaluation of real-life skills. There are also privacy and ethical issues ... but it is easy to see the appeal of getting such pictures so quickly, easily and inexpensively.
While not quite as realistic ... FamilySearch.Org offers a similar fun photo activity. With it, you can take a simple selfie to add and upload your face to preset picture poses. This was a Westra Family History Challenge back in 2021 with some great results! Many of the grandkids participated.
MyHeritage also offers an "animation" option ... upload a picture and bring it to life. This is especially unique to photos of long lost ancestors who have never been seen "alive" by current generations. There was a blog post featuring this fun option too ... Animating Ancestors.
Jen went a little crazy with the #voila app in 2021, which could "Disney-fy" photos, creating cute cartoons (see some of Margie here). You can check out some other funny faces on a Blackham Bunch Blogpost. There are fun filters, face swap apps and in 2021 Derek made this #refaceapp clip of he and Danielle in some starring roles ...
Dad/Lamar kept a journal during his missionary service. In The History of Joseph LaMar Westra, there is a short recap the mission. Chris decided to re-type the missionary journal so that it could be more easily read and saved for the future. Check out a portion below (Aug/Sept 1957), and then there are blog pages for 1957, 1958 and more will be added as Christopher transforms the printed words into digital records.
1957
Aug 20 - Elder Van Wagenen and I went down to register at the mission home at 9:00 A.M. We met Elder Fetzer and Elder Walker there. We were all assigned to return early the next morning to help the others register.
Aug 21 - Wed- Arrived at mission home - 7:00 A.M. Helped usher until 10:00. We had meetings and talks the rest of the day.
Aug 22 - We went through the temple from 6:30 to 12:30 in the morning. In the afternoon we got our train & boat tickets and had our group photograph taken. We went to meetings afterward.
Aug 23 - We attended classes all day. Some of the speakers were President. Legrande Richards and Brother T. Edgar Lyon. In the evening we had instructions in leading singing by Spencer W. Cornwall.
Aug 24- We had classes in the morning and took a tour of temple square in the afternoon. Later on we had a banquet and a talent show.
August 25- We went over to the tabernacle and watched the choir broadcast Sunday morning. We had some classes and then I went home for Sunday dinner. My Farewell lasted from 3:30 - 5:00 and we had an open house after at our house. I took Joann to the missionary testimony meeting 7:00 - 10:00. Richard and Sylvia also went and we took the girls home after.
August 26 - We had classes in the morning and in the afternoon went through the temple again 2:00 - 6:00. We had classes afterward.
August 27 - We had classes and took an excursion to welfare square in the morning. We had an open period in the afternoon and in the evening Elder Banks and I went to see Joann and Judy and practiced the lessons on them.
August 28 - We had a meeting in the morning and at 9:30 A.M. I went to get set apart. Mom+Dad+Joann were there and S. Dilworth Young gave the blessing. I went down to the station to see Richard off in the evening.
August 29 - I did some last minute shopping downtown and went to the delta-sigma conjoint in the evening.
August 30 - I painted the house and then picked Joann up from work. We played Tennis and Joann drove my car all over. I went to Joann’s house after dinner. We had a real nice dinner at home.
Sept 1 - I got up at 4:30 A.M. and went down to the train station. The train left at 5:50 A.M., without warning, and I wasn’t able to kiss anyone goodbye. Not only that but Dad and Reed Bills couldn’t get off the train. We arrived in Ogden at 6:30 and Mary Ann Drove up there with Mom, Grandma, Stevie, Diane, Jean, and Joann. I had a chance to kiss them all goodbye there. I got a huge all day sucker and a letter from Joann. We traveled all that day and night,1514 miles, and arrived at Chicago at 7:00 the next morning. We made stops at Green River, Cheyenne, North Platte, and Omaha along the way. We saw and crossed the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Others at train station: Bishop Egan, Maxwells, Gayle, Davies, Tim, Frank, Jim Morgan, Sylvia, Colette, Marilyn
September 2. - Mon - Labor Day - We arrived in Chicago about 7:00 in the morning and had to change trains and stations. We took a bus to the other station and then took a bus tour of Chicago and Lake Michigan. We loafed around the station most of the day and went to a double feature in the afternoon. We left Chicago about 11:00 P.M.
September 3 - During the night we stopped at FT. Wayne and in the morning we stopped at Cleveland. We traveled along the shore of Lake Erie and arrived in Buffalo at about 1:00 in the afternoon. (three hours ahead of Salt Lake time) We stayed in Buffalo until 11:00 PM. During that time we took a tour to Niagara Falls and went into Canada. We ate lunch at Niagara, returned to Buffalo, and took another train out.
September 4 - We arrived in Hoboken N.J. about 7:30 in the morning. We took a ferry boat across to New York and a cab from there to Hotel Wellington. We all got cleaned up there and set out to see the city. We walked over to Fifth Ave. and then we took busses up and down Fifth Ave. We went from Washington Square to the zoo in central park and then to the top of the empire state building (102 stories). We went 65 stories in the Rockefeller building and then saw a show, The Pajama Game, in Radio City Music Hall. It was Raining when we got out and we returned to our Hotel room to watch the Gene Fullmer, Chico Vejar Fight from Salt Lake on T.V., we watched the Yankees lose a ballgame in extra innings also.
September 5 - We got up about 8:00; cleaned up, checked out, took a taxi to the ferry boat, rode the ferry boat across, and took another taxi to our pier at Hoboken. We got on board about 10:00 AM and the boat sailed at 12:10. We had a good lunch and supper and saw the show for the night.
September 6 - Friday - I got up at 9:00 for breakfast and spent most of the day studying and writing letters. We ate at 1:30 and 7:45. The weather remained good but started to fog up in the evening.
September 7 - The weather is still good and the meals have all been excellent. I spent most of the day studying. I met some of the members of an L.D.S. family on the ship, the Allens, going to Turkey. I skipped the show again that night.
September 8, Sunday - We had breakfast at 9:00 and afterward attended the church services of the Episcopal and Protestant faiths. We played checkers and chess and studied the rest of the day. I retired early.
September 9, I got up late for breakfast and studied afterward. It fogged up outside so I studied and took a nap.
September 10, Tuesday - I studied in the morning and saw a show at 3:00 that afternoon (Johnny Tremain). We had turkey dinner that night.
September 11, Wednesday - Rose early for breakfast and studied and wrote letters after. The sea started getting rough and they started fastening everything on board ship. They gave the farewell dinner that night and we went to the show, the Devil’s Hairpin.
September 12 - Thursday - I studied and wrote letters most of the day. We sighted land (The Scilly Islands and then the British coast). I went to parts of the show and the talent review and then went to bed after doing my laundry. - 12:00.
September 13 - Friday - When we awoke in the morning, we were docked in Southampton, England (7:30). We left England at 9:00 and headed across the channel to Lehavre, France, arriving at 4:00 and leaving at 5:30. The channel was rough all the way but I didn’t get seasick. It was raining off and on all day so we studied the rest of the day.
September 14 - We awoke and had breakfast at 7:30 and we were inside Holland going toward Rotterdam. We got there about 10:30 and got off the boat at 12:00. We went through customs and went to the hague in President Sperry’s Car. President Sperry, Elder Russell and Elder Teerlink had met us on the boat previously. We had dinner and slept that night at the mission home. It rained all day our first day in Holland.
September 15 - Sunday - We woke up at 6:30. Ate breakfast, and went to a priesthood meeting at 9:00. We went to Sunday school and returned to the mission home for lunch. Elder Whiting and I took a walk out along the dunes to see the North Sea, and afterward we went alone on the tram to church at 5:00. We returned to the mission home, ate dinner, studied dutch, and then went to bed. It was a good day and the sun shone for a good part of the day. The wind was blowing hard however.
September 16 - In the morning after our breakfast President Sperry took Elder Whiting and I to Rotterdam to have our passports checked. We returned to the Hague for dinner and then I took a train for Amsterdam. Elder Wolthuis met me and we went to the mission home there. Elder Brague and I went to a cottage meeting (3:00-5:00) and Elder Van Stetten and I went to dinner (5:30-7:30), and to a cottage meeting (8:00-9:30).
September 17 - Tuesday - I got up and Elder Van Stetten and I went shopping for a bicycle after breakfast. I bought a Gazelle model for 238.15 Guilders or about 63 dollars. I studied the language most of the rest of the day.
September 18 - I got up and got ready (7:00-8:30), after which we bicycled over to Elder Springers. We ran some errands and had lunch (9:00-1:00) We held three cottage meetings afterward (3:00-11:00) then we bicycled home to the church. Elder DeBry had missed his train and wasn’t in yet
September 19 - Thursday - (7:30-8:30) - Got ready and went over to Elder Springer’s again. (10:30-12:30) - Elder Springer and I went tracting but didn’t get in any homes. We had lunch and then held three cottage meetings. (3:30-11:30).
September 20 - Elder Springer and I went tracting (9:30 - 12:00). After lunch, Elder Halliday and I went tracting and we got in two homes (1:30-5:30) after supper Elder DeBry and I went to two cottage meeting appointments - one fell through. (7:00-9:30)
September 21 - Saturday - I got up, ate breakfast, and did some washing; after which Elder Halliday and I went tracting (9:30 - 12:00) - We went shopping and in the evening went to Haarlem for a party and dance. (6:00-12:00)
September 22 - Sunday - We went to priesthood meeting and sunday school (9:00-12:00) I studied that day and went to church at 5:00. Afterward Elder Springer and I went to a cottage meeting (7:30-11:00
September 23 - I went over to Elder Springers in the morning and we went shopping and to a show. After supper we went to two cottage meetings and returned home (7:00-11:30)
September 24 - Elder DeBry and I went to Haarlem in the morning. Elder Vriends and I went tracting and held three cottage meetings. (10:00 - 12:45) We went to another family of investigators after lunch (2:15 - 5:30), and two others after dinner (7:00 - 11:00). One was an elderly man and the other was a woman member and her husband
September 25 - Wednesday - I spent the night Tuesday at Haarlem with Elders Vriens and Bradford. In the morning after breakfast, we went over to the church where Elders Giles and Van Slooten were staying. Elder Van Slooten and I went tracting (9:15 - 12:45), and got in twice. After lunch at the church, Elder Bradford and I visited five investigators and members (2:00 - 5:30). Elder De Bry and I then returned to Amsterdam and after dinner, went to the outskirts of town for another cottage meeting (7:30 - 10:00).
September 26 - I studied dutch and wrote some letters in the morning. Elder De Bry and I went out to find an apartment (10:30 - 12:30). We returned for lunch and afterward I studied and we went to Sister Myers for dinner, the four of us. After that, Elder De Bry and I went to two very nice cottage meetings (7:00 - 10:30). I studied some more and then went to bed.
September 27 - Friday - I studied in the morning and Elder Brague, two sisters, and I took the train to Beverwijk for the funeral of an elderly woman member there (10:00 - 3:00) I studied some more and after dinner Elder De Bry and I attended two cottage meetings (7:00 - 11:00). We discussed some problems and then went to bed.
September 28 - I studied in the morning and Elder De Bry and I went to Haarlem to help them paint some rooms in the church. (9:30 - 5:30) There were ten elders there. I studied, did my washing and wrote letters after.
Sunday - September 29 - Got up early, at 6:00, and got down to the train station. We took the train to Den Helder (7:00 - 10:15), and went to church at 10:30. I studied, ate lunch, and went to Sacrament meeting at 5:00. Afterward we went out to dinner at a members house way out on the point by the lighthouse. It was really a beautiful place, mostly surrounded by the North Sea. We had a real dutch dinner, and it was really “lekker.” We went back to the church and Elder McKell and I returned to the lighthouse to sleep there that night.
September 30 - Monday - We got up and went back to the church in the morning. We went tracting, Elder Smith and I, (9:00 - 12:00). We returned to the church for lunch and Elder McKell and I went tracting (1:00 - 3:00). We only got a few unpromising callbacks. Elder De Bry and I left Den Helder for Amsterdam. (3:15 - 6:00). We had dinner and I studied in the evening.
To read more, check out the rest of the journal ...
A silhouette is defined as "the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible against a lighter background". I have a memory of all the kids getting a silhouette profile at one time or another. It was often a craft done in school. A bright light, tracing the outline of the head and cutting it out. Just from the silhouette profiles above, can you guess which Westra siblings these are?
There was a "shadows" song/dance with silhouettes in the musical Jen's senior year (1989) "Shadows on the Wall" ... Jen was Dorothy Brock, an older (like 50? Gasp, SO old. So many lines drawn on the face) washed up star, appalled she is supposed to audition for a part. The director makes a comment about Dorothy Brock "but she can't dance" ... and Jen knew the part was made for her (as singing and acting were no problem, but dancing was an issue!) Jen's Madrigals group (the guys) sang Silhouettes on the Shade (listen to that HERE).
Well ... have you made your guesses?
Chris on the left ... in first grade (1972-1973). On the right, little Derek ... younger, just three years old, done as a Joyschool project in 1986. You can see in the school photo, the side/profile, while not a silhouette, was the trend!
It's almost Thanksgiving! Looking though old Westra memorabilia, a cute little poem about a Thanksgiving turkey was uncovered (see it below). It was in a box of "Family Artwork" that Jen took for scanning or photographing for the blog/Dropbox. There is a Blackham Box of kid's artwork too, and saved in it, were several samples of creative turkey creations through the years. And then in Jen's art folder, there was a turkey saved in it! Can you guess which one is hers? Do we have any additional craft turkeys from other grandkids (couldn't find any others from the original Westra Six). Who has now been inspired to make some creative turkey crafts this holiday? *Ü*
Not an original poem, the kids copied it to practice handwriting.
This was in Chris's folder. No date, but likely 2nd grade/1973 based on a similar sample.
Not a paper craft ... but Jen makes turkey cookies every year!
Growing up Westra, one of the fun activities would be to watch old home movies. Dad/Lamar got a "moving pictures" camera in 1969, and it would be brought out to record action shots for the next 10+ years, until a new VHS camcorder replaced it. The camera probably looked a little like the one pictured above (top left). It recorded onto 8mm film, little 3 inch reels. There were 43 little reels. You can see in the picture above, how Dad labeled them all, and stored them in old Planters snack cannisters. Movie film. To watch said film, it required a projector/player ... probably like the one pictured (bottom left). The reel would be added to the front wheel, and would feed past the light, and be projected onto a wall or screen, and then wind up onto the wheel in the rear. When the film was finished, the end would flap, flap, flap around until the machine was turned off and the rotation stopped. There was no sound recorded, just "moving pictures" ... but one of the things we Westra kids enjoyed was when Dad would play the film backwards. We'd laugh and laugh as our little bodies on the screen would run backwards and go UP the slide.
It was quite a bit of work to watch these film reels. Getting out the projector, getting it on the wheel, feeding it into the machine. At some point, as technology improved, Jen got the reels converted to VHS. In the box with the old film reels was the invoice. $3.50 per reel (I peeked at prices today, and it's $10-$20 per small reel). The company took all the little reels, and combined them into six larger reels, and sent those back with all the home movies now on VHS tapes (one full, one with just the little bit extra that hadn't fit onto the first tape). When VHS went out of fashion, Jen had the tape converted to digital.
The Chronicles of the Westra Family had been posted to the blog before, here it is again ...
I'm not sure how many minutes each 3" reel held, not many. Google says between 2-4 minutes. That does seem accurate, as the final compilation is almost two hours long. As certain subjects (Scott's 6th Bday, EastersCompilation, TimelessToys) have been featured in a blog post, smaller, more easily digestible, clips have been included. There will be more to come... found footage added to existing posts, and new posts featuring some of these events. Even though the video quality isn't great, it's still priceless!
Here's a TABLE OF CONTENTS as it were, based on Dad's labels (in bold) and Jen's additional notations. Glance through and see what's there, and you can use the time stamp to go directly to where you want to watch. Birthdays, Christmas and Easter seemed to be the main focus through the years
#1 December 1969
Scott's 6th Birthday (:34)
Christmas 1969 (2:18)
#2 Easter 1970
Easter (3:10)
Wendy's Birthday (3:35)
Chris's Birthday (3:39)
#3 November/Christmas 1970
Jen's Here (4:59)
Sledding in the driveway (video troubles - maybe redo?)
Scott's 7th Birthday (5:05)
Christmas (5:07)
#4 Dec 1970/Easter 1971
Jen New Year's Baby (5:14)
Misc Family/Hula Hoop
#5 Easter 1971
Easter (5:57)
Wendy's Bday (6:22)
Swimming (6:26)
Little Jen in a Recliner (7:22)
Swingset (7:36)
In the Yard (8:03)
Jen Crawl/Walk (8:09)
Bathtub (9:11)
Family
#6 November 1971 - Jenny
Jen Bday (9:55)
Sunday Dress (10:59)
Outside/Big Hole (11:10)
#7 December 1971
Scott's Bday (11:30)
Bathtime (13:00)
Christmas (13:15)
#8 January 1972 - Snow
Snow (14:11)
Sledding (14:29)
New Years (15:13)
More Sledding (15:48)
Snowman Pictures (16:06)
#9 March 1972
House/Yard (16:27)
Swing (16:59)
BigWheels (17:49)
#10 Easter 1972
Easter (18:36)
Bath (21:17)
Jen/Table (21:27)
#11 Wendy's 4th Birthday
Wendy's 4th Birthday (22:00)
Sunday Best (23:51)
#12 Aug/Oct 1972 Richland - SLC
Carving Pumpkins (25:00)
Richland Friends (25:15)
Richland House
Sandbox (26:00)
White Dress (26:35)
Hermitage House/Yard (27:00)
#13 Thanksgiving 1972
Snow (27:40)
Hermitage House/Inside(28:16)
Pictures for Christmas Card (28:45)
Grandma Norman's House (29:05)
Grandma Burgener's House (29:40)
Snow! (30:30)
#14 Scott's Birthday
Family Party (31:31)
Friend Party (32:54)
#15 #16 Christmas 1972
Christmas at Grandma Norman's House (33:47)
Christmas Morning/Dollhouses (35:55)
Grandma Burgener's House (39:25)
#17 Snow 1973 (40:05)
#18 Wendy's Bday (40:30)
Sandpile (41:38)
Family Reunion/Tortoise (42:00)
#19 Summer/Sept 1973
Chris's Bday (44:20)
Four Siblings (46:10)
#20 Nov/Dec 1973
Snow (46:40)
Jen's Bday (47:25)
#21 Xmas 1973/Easter 1974
Decorating the Tree/"Pool Table" (48:27)
Scott's Bday (49:15)
Christmas Morning (49:43)
Easter (51:27)
Christmas 1974 (52:47)
#22 Wendy's Bday (54:23)
Cleveland (55:35)
Hermitage Backyard/Swings/Swimming (1:00:09)
#23 Yellowstone. Mammoth.Jackson
#24 Yellowstone. Chris Bday 1974
Family Party (grandparents/cousins) Chris's Birthday? (1:01:07)
#25 Jenny Bday. Scott Bday 1974
Another Family Party, Jen's Bday? 1:01:40
Jen's Birthday Party (1:02:18)
Scott's Bday Party (1:03:35)
#26 Scott Bday/Wendy Bday/GhostTowns
Wendy Bday (1:04:45)
Truck and Camper (1:05:41)
Water/Camp (1:05:57)
Waterfalls (1:07:37)
#27Chris and Margie's Birthdays1975
Hermitage Backyard (1:07:45)
Chris's Birthday Party
Halloween (1:09:47)
Margie's Bday (1:10:17)
#28 Christmas 1975/Easter 1976
Christmas (1:10:42)
Lorrie's Birthday (1:12)
Golf Clubs (1:12:35)
Piano (1:12:58)
Easter (1:13:23)
#29 Wendy Bday
Wendy's Birthday/Family Party (1:13:41)
Baby Shane (1:14:34)
Skateboarding/Biking in the Circle (1:15:30)
Shane's Blessing Day (1:15:52)
Grandma Norman's House w/Burgeners (1:16:43)
#30 Chris and Margie's Birthdays
Kids Outside (1:17:41)
Baby Shane (1:18:19)
Margie's Bday (1:19)
Swingset (1:19:25)
#31 Jen'sBday/Christmas 1976
Jen's 6th Bday (1:19:32)
Scott Changing Baby Shane (1:20:43)
Scott's Bday (1:21:47)
Santa (1:22:08)
Grandma Norman's House (1:22:31)
Red Dresses (1:24)
#32 Christmas 1976
Christmas Morning (1:24:14)
Big Henry/Toto
Gingerbread House (1:25:27)
Baby Shane and Big Henry
Red Dresses Again
#33 Christmas 1976
Cousins Over (1:27:39)
Flash of Bath (on original - removed for YouTube)
New Year's Baby Shane (1:28:02)
#34 Easter 1977
Basement/Chin Up Bar (1:28:07)
Grandparents Over (1:28:44)
Shane Walking (1:29:15)
Easter (1:29:58)
#35 Wendy Bday/Summer 1977
Wendy Bday (1:30:57)
Little Shane (1:31:31)
Shane's Bday
Summer Outside (1:33:32)
Lots of Neighbors, Tina the Dog
#36 Jenny Bday 1977
Jen's 7th Birthday (1:35:25)
Family Party - Grandparents and Cousins
#37 Scott's Bday 1977
Scott's Birthday (1:36:20)
#38 Christmas 1977
Christmas at Grandma Normans (1:38:44)
Westra Home (1:40:22)
Outside/ZimZam(1:41:58)
Cousins House (1:42:05)
#40 Christmas 1978 (oops, out of order)
Christmas Morning (1:42:14) seems to repeat here
Christmas Morning (1:44:26)
#39 Summer 1978, Shane'sBday
Jen/Wendy & Shane (1:45:08)
Bathtime (1:45:14)
Wendy and Jen - Baton Twirling (1:46:17)
Parade (1:47:10)
Birthday Cake (1:47:27) - Chris blows out the candles ...
Easter (1:47:47)
Shane's Bday(1:47:56)
(Lots of flowers/bouquet in background, Kellie's passing)
