Mom & Dad's Wedding 1975

Here is a LO I did for Lisa's March sketch challenge.

My mom and dads wedding Aug 13, 1975. I was happy to have found the invitation for their wedding as well as these few pictures.

TFL and thanks for the challenge Lisa.

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Grandpa

Here is my card and LO for Rachel's "Stash" challenge for this month.

“Percy” Robin Percival Ingram (Norn)

January 28, 1920 – September 3, 1974

Unfortunately I didn’t have the opportunity to know my grandfather. I soooo think I would have been a “grandpa’s girl”.

I have this one picture of him and have collected some information from my mom and Aunt Brenda.

Here is what I have found out so far about him:

He was born in Andrew, Alberta.

His mother passed away during childbirth.

He was 1 of 18 children.

His father left his with their neighbours who raised him. Their last name was Norn.

He was married before he met my grandma. He had 4 daughters and 1 son with his first wife.

He joined the Military on December 28, 1941 and left January 26, 1946.

His Military ID# was M36909-RCEME.

He was in WWII and ended up having a toe shot off.

He then met my grandma in 1951 and they had 4 daughters and 2 sons (Bonnie, Wendy, Brenda, Peggy, Randy and Robin).

He’d have the kids sneak him candy, he was a diabetic and grandma wouldn’t allow him to have candy.

He drove cattle liners for a long time and then went to driving gravel trucks.

He had Pleurisy and had part of him lung removed.

He drank tea.

He smoked Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.

He made and drank Moonshine.

He had a great sense of humour (must be where I get mine from .. lol).

He died of a massive heart attack.

I hope to learn more and start looking into genealogy and working on a family tree in the near future.

On a side note, I have the organ his is playing in the picture in my basement.

TFL

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Gloria's Diecut Challenge

Here is the card I did for Gloria's March Diecut challenge .. using butterflies =)

Thanks for the challenge and TFL
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Happy Birthday Shelley

Here is a card I made for Gloria's biweekly card challenge using this sketch.

I made the card for Shelley's birthday.

Thanks for the challenge Gloria =)

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Happy Birthday Dad & Ian

Here are a couple cards I made for my dad and for Ian's birthdays.

TFL

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