Check out those cowboy boots! I loved cowboy boots. In fact, I was still wearing them (not this exact pair, of course) through my freshman year in high school when I decided it might be a better idea to look a little more feminine (the boys were not impressed with my boots at the time).
Hmmm... 1970? My poor mom was always trying to give me baby dolls and fixing my hair in girlish styles. I'm sorry to say I rebelled terribly, whining constantly about pulling my hair back like that. The doll? I don't remember her at all. I do remember the John Deer Tractor matchbox cars that year (see those little boxes on the floor?). Oh... note another gun on the floor. Always a good gift in our home!
1974... this is a hotel room with the grandmothers in Crested Butte, Colorado where we cut down a little pine tree and celebrated with skiing and one gift... a sweater. I'll never forget that Christmas, seeing the skiers come down the mountain at night with lights, and snow everywhere. I was in heaven! (Don't you love that crocheted sweater I have on? Very 70's!)
I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and that you make some wonderful memories of your own this year!
Well now, that was fun to see. I think I have very similar photos somewhere..
ReplyDeleteLove the walk down memory lane! Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThose were great! We watched some old home video last night like that. So fun! Enjoy the holidays! Love, Melissa
ReplyDeleteIt is so much fun to look back on old Christmas photos. You remember the outfits, when you received that special gift, the dinners and how funny the hairstyles were - which of course were all the rage at the time! Merry Christmas to you as well.
ReplyDeleteI so enjoyed reading your Christmas post of Christmas Past. Great memories!
ReplyDeleteWishing you and your family a most blessed and joyous Christmas.
Sue
Merry Christmas Amy!
ReplyDeleteAmy, I think our grandmothers used the same pattern for that crocheted vest. Did you get the crocheted poncho with woolly pom-poms too? That would be a great look with cowboy boots, dontcha think?!
ReplyDeleteI keep several items my grandmother made in my cedar chest, and when I touch them I feel her presence; it's pure love. Best wishes!
Dear Amy, I loved seeing pics from Christmas's past-you were so cute! You were blessed by a big family and grandparents-neither of which I had.
ReplyDeleteFrom my home to yours, Merry Christmas.
Noreen
How fun is that tripping down memory lane? The clothes and other "styles" brought back so many of my own memories. Will have to dig out the old photo books and give my own kids a few chuckles. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Thanks for sharing your trip down memory lane. :) I, too, have boxes and boxes of photos that need to be scanned. Maybe 2012 will be the year I tackle that project...
ReplyDeleteWishing you and yours a blessed Christmas! ~Lisa
What a great post and i love it when the blog host goes back in time, and i remember me wanting a schwinn under the tree and not being lucky enough to get one. Now i have 5 Schwinns (adult bikes) that are American made from Chicago and i ride them as much as i can. I've just published my last post for the year and wanted to just say merry Christmas to you and your family, and wishing you a healthy and happy new years. Richard
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! We have 2 similarities of note from your pictures. The patchwork pjs you're wearing are in the same material as my sleeping bag from that same era! I have a Christmas picture of me wrapped in it somewhere... Might have to dig that out. And I HAD the turquoise Schwinn with the banana seat--no pics of it though.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the walk down memory lane! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Amy! I had to laugh because I had THE SAME Patchwork pajamas, and my brother had THE SAME Winnie the Pooh pj's with the feet in them and my Mom put THE SAME yarn bows in my hair EVERY DAY to school, except mine were always in 2 ponytails just over the ears...Thanks for some wonderful memories!
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Daphne, trust me... she did the two high pony tails, too!! We must have been stylin'!
ReplyDeleteOh my, such memories! I grew up in the same era. Three of us girls, no brothers, and along with the dolls we always got trucks for Christmas. I had just about the same Schwinn with a yellow banana seat and basket! Wish it was still around.
ReplyDeleteThese were cool, thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to take a trip back in time!
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