Papa's Best Valentine

Grani and Papa were Valentines waaaaay back in the 70's! Our first official date was for Valentine's Day. Our church, Eastwood Baptist Church, Tulsa, OK had a "Sweetheart Banquet" every year. We had already been sitting by each other in church and I asked her to go with me to the Sweetheart Banquet. She said yes! Great-grandpa had to drive us because we were only 15. I walked her up to the door and (children, close your eyes for a second) I kissed her good-night! Woo-hoo! It was not just our first kiss with each other it was our first kisses with anyone. How sweet is that? I think we both almost fainted.

We have a picture frame at home - one of those collage deals. I couldn't take the pictures out to scan them individually because they are stuck to the glass. I wanted you to see them.

The pictures are:

Grani as a baby, Grani and Papa in Denver, Papa as a baby

Grani and Papa at 6 flags over Texas when we were, hmmm, probably about 20

then my all-time-favorite picture - taken with a Polaroid Instamatic so it has faded a lot over the years - It's Papa and Grani at her, oh dear, now I don't remember if she was 15 or 16 here (I'm pretty sure 15). My heart still skips a beat when she walks in a room, just like it did when she was 15!

And then the last picture is when Papa graduated from college.

Here are a few more recent pictures of Papa with his Sweetheart Valentine.

Valentine's Day 2007

Our Christmas trip to Chattanooga 2007