Marriage Announcement newspaper article

Lois Birth Announcement

1970s Furniture

Monica recently commented that she loved some of the furniture we had in our family room and how she has recently looked for it online. I confessed that I had recently referenced it and hoped we could amass some individual photos that might have them in the pictures, so as to get a look as a whole. I want to say that mom said they were Scandinavian. As I remember, there were 3-4 pieces to them made out of wood about 8 inches from the floor. They were deep set so that a 3 inch black cushion could fit in the crevice as pictured in the photo of Darron and Tony. The unique thing about them was that they were completely versatile so black mats, orange chairs or aqua blue chairs could go in any given space. So mixing and matching colors or one black cushion and one chair could be arranged next to each other. We could also take out the chair part and place on the floor and sit there to watch tv. May seem trivial, but these were pretty slick at the time, almost like our modern day Ikea furniture. Hoping others have photos of our furniture and can add.

In the picture entitled Darron 3 you can see the white table with matching white swivel orange space aged chairs. The table was one piece of hard white space aged material. This matched the family room set of benches.

Baby Out With the Bath Water...

I am hoping others have photos of bath time situations. Mostly because I am hoping I was not the only one who had this done to me. The photo of me on the kitchen table reminds me of the story she told of how she made me sleep. If I was restless at night, she would bring me in to the kitchen and run me up and down the table which was cold and I would cry like a banshee. I would ultimately tire, and go to sleep.

Cherry Hill Living

This was the first home I lived in, in New Jersey. It was located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and I have no recollection of it. Nor do I know if they owned it or not. Shortly after this photo, they purchased a new home in Delran, New Jersey; circa 1970.

When Life Was Good

Here is a picture taken on July 22, 1970 at Yellowstone National Park. Pictured is Tony in a classic 1970's sweater, Monica- with a belly shirt and a fancy poncho that matches Loni's! I think Mom might have made these. Darron is there in his fancy brown duds and a rolly-polly belly! Then there is Mom- looking sooooo beautiful! She was so classy looking! And the other gal is Alicia- our nanny from Uruguay or another Latin American country. Funny story I heard about that situation. Apparently Mom and Dad hired her so we could all learn Spanish, but she came to America to learn English! So funny! She almost pierced my ears... which I think Mom would have had her deported for doing. Thankfully, I went and checked with Mom before letting Alicia ice my earlobe and shove a needle through it. Mom's answer was a resounding "NO!" No surprise there.

Classic Smith Family Pic- Summer 1982

(Back) Adam, Darron, Kurt, Loni, Tony
(Middle) Ray-Dad, Lois-Mom, Danielle, Mark, Monica
(Front) Tiffani, Donnie