"I made a large bowl of cole slaw with halved grapes and nuts. Also prepared lge. quantity of candied sweet yams. This was our dinner contribution at Ken & Nellie's.
We phoned Diane & Dan at 9:15 AM & Cindy answered first. They all got on different phones & thanked us for the gifts. Diane especially liked the string purse & onyx necklace - was surprised, pleased. Girls liked rings and doll dresses.
We picked up Mom and Jim & got to Ken's by noon & got right into package opening & picture taking. The dinner - 16 lb. turkey & dressing - was all good. We had pie & fruit cake & coffee 3 hours later. Had fun with a 'sponge' ball. "
The picture of Kate, Lynn and Cindy in our Palatine house was taken in about 1973 - ages 3, 7 and 6. The picture of Ruth Kellogg (left) and her mother, Lottie Meredith, was taken in 1978 in the house son Jimmie and Lottie shared in Florida. Ruth was 72 and Lottie 92.
Our lives changed dramatically when first Ruth and John moved to Florida, followed by Lottie and Jim, then
divorced son Ken with his sons Roger and Philip. Ken met and married Nellie in Florida. Dan and I had our holidays with friends or the Pellettiere family. We saw my parents occasionally, but less and less as the years went by.
