Rita's Virtual Thoughts: Memory Lane!

At long last I am making a concerted effort to transfer all our slides (from 1982 to about 1998) onto the computer. We bought this nifty FilmScan35-I last year and tested it on a few slides, but the novelty wore off and it went in a corner along with the cassette-to-digital device.

On the mend from some minor neck surgery, I spent a day last week transferring over the first of eleven slide carousels. Each box was like opening up a treasure chest of memories, image by image! Oh my goodness! Look at us back then! And look at our sweet little babies! From our honeymoon to trips to see family and excursions to Disneyland, I was amazed at those wonderful memories we'd let sit in a closet for so long.

A newly married couple in Puerto Vallarta

Doug fishing with our sweet Bobby Baker

Hi Dumbo!

Storybook Island in Rapid City

Rob with his bunny and favorite finger

Phil around one

When I wrote the Mother's Day post, I was quite disappointed that I couldn't find any pictures where I was holding Phillip when he was little. All our photo albums had him either on his own or being held by other people. Was I really too busy to hold my Philly Phellow? Thankfully, this treasure trove of slides has given me back some vivid pictures of precious times:

I can't wait to travel back through time as I unveil the remaining slides in our collection. I'm already working on the 6th carousel and have come across a number of fashion statements that thankfully have since gone out of style...