While cleaning a few months ago, I came across a fifty-year-old photo of some of my siblings and me on the back of a stone turtle. The photo was taken in Grand Haven on a family vacation when I was 6.
That's me in the back.
Since it's been 50 years, we decided it was time to take another photo.
I contacted the family from whom we rent our summer vacation spot and they were able to tell us where to find the turtle. They were also kind enough to let us rent the house for our weekend getaway.
So we set a date and last weekend it was finally time to go do a reshoot.
We had a blast taking the new photo. Please note the white socks on John and Margaret. 😂
I'm not quite as limber as I used to be and so I'm just faking actually sitting on the turtle. My big sister was able to get up there though. Way to go, Terry.
Unfortunately, getting down posed a small problem. Laughing didn't help matters.
No one was hurt in the process!
We let Connie and Michele have a photo with Mr. Turtle, too.
After the turtle photos were done, we headed back to the cottage were we had to have a stair photo. It's tradition.
We walked on the beach, ate, baked cookies, ate, talked and laughed.
We got to FaceTime with our brother Dave who lives in California and could not be with us.
It was very relaxing and so much fun that we decided we need to do it again next year, this time with David along for the fun.
A reporter name Becky from the Grand Haven Tribune has taken our information and plans to run an article in their paper-the same paper we were in the first time. Our 15 minutes of fame, 50 years apart.
