Thank You Grandma Emma

Going back to California, I tried to recover old pictures and video etc from my childhood, but when my mom moved out here last year, everything was pretty much lost or put into the wrong hands, and there's nothing left. I am grateful that Grandma Emma let me sift through some photo albums and take some of the ones I wanted--even this one with the frame that has always hung in the middle guest room:


Here are some random ones from my childhood (I know I always look awkward and sad..i was shy-but we always had fun with Grandma + Grandpa):