50 Years of Fantastic: 1968

Lets begin with the annual Easter photo. Mom, is the hair-do you are wearing considered a beehive or a bouffant? Is that the Griggs' car in the background? Mom's notes say that Mark has the mumps. I'm wondering if you went to church with the mumps or if you just got all dressed up for the picture.

Some cute shots of Stacey. I'm curious if there are bloomers under that dress on the left. That Cream-O-Weber cardboard house is so fun! Did you just have to punch out the windows and door, or did you have to cut them out? I'm guessing the mailbox was printed on one of the punch outs/cut outs and then you could attach it. I remember the light on the right--was it green or amber colored?

This is one of my very favorites. This is Mark's FIRST DATE!!! At least, that's how mom has it labeled. Mark leaving to attend the Granite High Pep Club dinner dance in May. Carrie Stark was the Pep Club mascot and asked Mark to go with her. Both of them were 6 years old and in the same Kindergarten class.

Mark and Stacey were on a television show called Fireman Frank. This program was filmed March 28th and shown on April 2nd. They were there with a group celebrating Tracey Williams' birthday. While on the show, Fireman Frank asked Stacey where she got her peaches and cream complexion and she said, "My mom got it at the store."

I know this isn't the greatest photo, but I liked that it showed, in color, what the kitchen looked like. We don't have many photos, especially color photos, of the inside of the house. We had that double oven a long time--well into the 80s, I'm sure. I'm wondering if this is Thanksgiving. I'm pretty sure those are Grandma's orange rolls in the lower left corner.

Next we're going to see some photos of a trip Mom and Dad took with Glen and Lapreil (did I spell that right?) Fagg.

I'm not sure they look very happy to be on this trip. Let's look at another.

Hmmm. Did everyone just lose their money?

What the heck is going on with that statue? Is that the "sobbin'" women

they sing about in 7 brides for 7 brothers?

I just googled it, and I was right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rape_of_the_Sabine_Women

Just to clarify--The English word "rape" is a conventional translation of Latin raptio, which in this context means abduction. Yeah, I don't think that makes it better. What a morbid topic for a piece of art!

Ahhh. This is better.

Mark and Stacey arriving at Las Vegas airport where Mom and Dad were waiting for them

to go on to San Diego Zoo and Disneyland.

I think you people went to Disneyland as often as you went to the cabin! I just might be a little jealous.

I love Stacey's expression!

She's thinking, "We totally did not stay out of the circle and this crazy monkey has his hand around my neck! AAAAHHHH!"

Stacey's 4th birthday--August 25th 1968

At the party they played Drop the Hankie, had a turtle cake and turtle favors. I remember those rock turtles! Did you make them for this party? Stacey is holding some Kiddie Kologne in the photo on the left. The girls with her are Laurie Grahm and Marci Fagg, but I'm not sure which is which.