Gatewood Christmas at Spaghetti Works nineteen-eighty-something. 

3 gen

Inspired by Mom.

Remembering - Gatewood/Gaines Cemetery; Shelby County, Indiana

Visited here in 2015. Henry is our Great x 4 Grandfather.
The other is Oscar Gatewood's stone. His epitaph: "Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal;
               "From dust thou camest to dust returneth was not spoken of the soul!"
Oscar and Henry, I think, were brothers.

BOOYAH!

For Mom

My Zinnias:

Remembering

Jack & Uncle Franty

Summer; 1983.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

To my sisters, nieces and Grand nieces. Love you all.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Myrna!

Has your birthday landed on Palm Sunday again, like Mom said it did when you were born? Am looking around for a good pic to post. Anyway, hope your day is happy. Suppose you are headed to Salmon Creek soon.

One story I recall Mom telling was that, one night, when you were a toddler, long after she had put you to bed, she heard you yelling. When she went in to see what the problem was, she found you had torn all the blankets and sheets off your crib. You looked up at her and siad, "Fikabed, Ma."

Any one else have any Myrna stories?

1952

News

Those of you who are not on Facebook should email Scott and Lisa and ask them, "What's new?" I'm just sayin'....

Grandma & Grandpa

I scanned these photos for a school project of Kendra's and now that they're digital, and this is their anniversary month, I might as well share them here!

1950


The family about 1925? or so:


1900:

Horsemens Park July 23, 2011

The JT Smith Memorial Race was the last one on the program. Here are some shots of Jim's family with his blanket, which was awarded to the horse that won the race.
Paul D.:


Jacob, Kris and Irene:


Me:


Winning jockey Ashley Dill gets a high five from a fan:


Can't remember the horse's name, but I cashed in a $2 ticket on him. After the race, all family present crowded into the winner's circle for the official picture. It was a HUGE crowd of Gatewoods and Smiths. Kris is working on making the JT Smith Memorial an annual race. (Shirley, this coud be your chance to get into a race photo.) I hadn't been to Horsemens Park before - we had a fun day. I started with $10,bought a $2 ticket on every race and came home with $9.60. Not bad, huh?

Road trip

On the road to Omaha Just beyond the top of that hill we encountered a big rainstorm with a rainbow across the road in front of us.

Black-eyed Boy

A little bragging

Abby has been accepted into the NECC school of nursing and has received the Susan Buffet Scholarship. So proud of her and she will be staying close to home.

An Easter Birthday

According to an article in the newspaper, the Sunday that will be Easter each year is determined by the moon and Passover and the Spring equinox. The latest it can occur in the year is April 25th, so this year came pretty close to that when Easter fell on the 24th. Why? you may ask am I noting this. Well the last time Easter fell on its latest possible date of the year -- April 25th -- our sister was born.

Hope you had a Happy Birthday, Sue.

Getting My Gardening Going

Myrna

Happy ??th birthday, Myrna. Have a great day.
Love, Jerry & Sue

Meet Doug The Dog

critters

Yes, that is a real longhorn bull riding in the car.

The Coyote was on one of the golf courses we played.

The ducks were wandering around at a "Chocolate Affaire" festival in Glendale, AZ.
Yes, I did by some chocolate.

The crow was just sitting there like he wanted his picture taken.