Lovebirds...

Rob has been editing the old 16 mm home movies we found in dad's attic, trying to figure out what goes before or after what.  Not an easy task!  I'm going through and printing out some stills, so that I can begin the process of putting names to faces.  There are so many wonderful moments in it all, but some of my favorites are of Paul and Frances as newly in love.  I'm putting three movie stills up on the Thomasville blog so you all can enjoy them as we have!   Notice that Paul doesn't have a wedding ring on.  We think we see that Frances may have an engagement ring on.  That would date the movie footage to around 1926, which is definitely some of the earliest 16 mm home movies ever shot, since that's just a year or two after Kodak first started making that type of film available to the consumer.  Wow!

Christmas in Laguna 2007

The Tom Kemp Sr kids and grandkids were (miraculously!) all together on a gorgeous Christmas day. Had a rousing game of Apples to Apples, a wonderful dinner, and enjoyed opening presents in the shade of our new artificial Christmas tree. Does it get any better than that? (Click on photo to enlarge.)