Happy Milestone Birthday, La!

Happy Birthday Laura!

Love, Ma

One year old Laura in Grafenwoehr Germany
Laura holding her one year old, Roy, just last week
(yes he’s got his cake frosting on his foot)
James gave a nice family party today to celebrate

Happy Seventeenth Birthday

Grandson Michael is 17 years old today! Proud to be born in Tampa, Florida. Have a wonderful new year. Happy Birthday. Love, FFRuthie

Michael born under a rainbow.
Driving the boat in Smith Mountain Lake now rows for Olentangy Rowing.
He drives a regular car now
Michael is on the swim team
Recent photo July 2022 at COSI

The Happiest of Birthdays

We’re celebrating my daughter Laura’s birthday today. It’s been an entire happy week of excitement as August first was the arrival of grandson Roy Samuel (weighing in at exactly six pounds) I’ve been fortunate to be here with the family this week.

Happy Birthday, Laura. ❤️ love, Ma

Taking a walk with baby Roy and big brother Charlie

Swimming Attire c.1924

My grandfather Judd DeWitt VanSickle in the middle hugging his youngest son, my Uncle Robert. My grandmother Charlotte is sporting the sash, I believe. I calculate the date as Uncle Robert was born in 1914 and to me he looks about ten in this photo. Durand, Illinois or perhaps on vacation in the Wisconsin Dells.

From my grandmothers’s album

Looks like the women are wearing leather shoes.

It’s My Big Seven O on 7/4! Oh my!

Happy birthday to me. It’s a fun birthdate. July Fourth.

Grateful to be in Columbus, celebrating my milestone birthday. And it’s a big one!

I made it through my seventieth year.

Surprise balloons with Charlie
Fourth of July Fireworks
With Laura – photographed by Charlie (7)
Maura taped them up on the mantle