Ahh, Christmas at home. This would have been taken in the early 1980's. 83 or 84? Daniel and Josh aren't born yet. This was once upon a time when grandpa and grandma Ramse drove to our home for Christmas. Uncle Ben came with them and grandma Aasboe drove from Osakis. So much wood paneling! ;)
Once upon a time, it was important to have curly hair for church and pictures. Mom would put me in curlers and I would have a somewhat uncomfortable night before excitedly pulling out the curlers to have curly hair for a day. She also made my Christmas dresses. I remember one dress (not the one picutred) that had ruffles and would spin out with me when I would twirl. Unfortunately, she had left a few sewing pins and I discovered uncomfortable pokiness when at church so went to the kitchen to find her so she could help remove those few pins. The photo above was taken in 1986. Josh was a year old, Daniel was 4, Nathan was 6 and I was 8.
These pictures (above and three below) look like another Christmas spent at home. Grandma Aasboe and aunt Joanie came to spend it with us. I remember waiting as they would usually call before heading out and I would continually ask if how far out they were. It would take grandma Aasboe 3 hours to drive from Osakis and Joanie 4 hours to drive from the Cities. I would get super excited as they got closer and hang close to the front door and driveway to keep an eye out.
With old pictures comes bad coloring at times. :) Do you see the stockings? When we were really young, we didn't use the stockings but I discovered them when helping to decorate one year and insisted that they would be put up by our wood stove in the basement. I was all for more presents! I also remember putting a chocolate bar in each stocking then walking away and realizing they were right by our wood stove which was nice and warm! I pulled out half melted chocolate, put them in the freezer then replaced them right before we opened our stockings.
I'm not sure if that TV was in color or B&W. I think I was around 13 when we finally got a color TV.
Mom, being silly. :)
The picture above and the four below are Christmas in McIntosh at the Ramse farm. This was in the house that grandpa Ramse and uncle Ben built. It looks like grandma decorated the tops of the windows with some festive garland.
Grandpa Ramse's violin is hanging on the wall behind my dad.
The photo above is also from that same Christmas at the farm. Grandma Aasboe would drive out to spend Christmas with all of us. She is on the left. Grandma Ramse is in blue in the middle and with white hair. She would make krumkake for Christmas before we would all show up. My favorite was her molasses cookies!
I remember Nathan and uncle Ben would have these (boring) conversations about the latest electronics item or gadget they were interested in.
The picture below was taken outside of my grandma Aasboe's home in Osakis in 1995.
This photo below for our Christmas card was taken in 1996. I began attending Hillcrest Lutheran Academy that fall.
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