Who Wore it Better?

Here are some photos of my granddaughter in an outfit that has been worn by every female in our family since the birth of my older sister Ann more than 65 years ago.  

Her mom, in this same outfit on the day she came home from the hospital in 1993.  I did not have a fancy camera and was apparently not very good at taking newborn photos.

And here is me back in 1961.  My Dad did have a good camera and knew what he was doing. 

The sweater, cap, and booties were made by my grandmother, Ethel Mills.  They are still in excellent shape.  The dress was a birthday gift from my grandmother's Sunday School class and has finally started to show its age, so I bought a new little white dress to continue the tradition.  

Make a Joyful Noise

Something new we did this year - we joined the choir!  Choir was such a big part of my life in junior high (school choir, church choir, and Accents), high school (A Cappella and church choir), and college (New Creations), but I haven’t been in a choir since 1984.  Terry briefly sang in a choir when he lived in Jacksonville, Florida over 30 years ago.  

We decided to try choir again, and it has been such a blessing to both of us.  It just keeps us singing a praise in our heart all through the week, and then we get to worship twice on Sunday morning!  We also loved singing Christmas music.  It was a special blessing when Terry’s parents joined us when we sang as a back-up choir for Keith and Kristyn Getty.  

And who would have thought it, but we met a lot of waterskiers in the choir!