Round Robin Challenge: Nostalgia

Nostagia.  SO different from person to person.  Not the meaning of the word, but what comes to mind when we say the word.  Each having a personal flashback ... each so different from the person to their right and to their left.  I pondered on this challenge, wondering if there were really any photographs I had taken that really truly represented nostalgia.  I looked through photo after photo, not really finding a photo that sparkled like the north star.  The process was so time comsuming ... I had to look and reminisce at each photograph; each one bringing on a smile or a tear.  Time was ticking away, soon the challenge would come to a close, and I still had not chosen anything to represent Dorn's choice of "Nostalgia" for Round Robin Challenge.  Dorn comes to me in the form of "little sister," and while we've had our fair share of tiffs while growing up, we have established an  uncanny bond in sisterhood.  Thanks, Dorn, ( Through the Eyes of the Beholder) for such a trip down memory lane with this challenge!

My three selected entries for this challenge are in the form of scrapbook pages.  Above, you will find we took "pioneering" to heart.  Hubby went out to the back and CUT down a pine tree for our first christmas.  It took a bit of trimming and splicing, but the end result was a christmas tree like no other!!!  Every year, during the preparations for Christmas, our FIRST tree is always on list of holiday memoirs... it's bigger than santa in our home!

   This entry is dedicated to my father in law who passed away in 1992.  This picture always reminds me that it's not impossible to find lost family members.  My brother in law (far left) was taken from dad as a toddler and never heard of again until dad's funeral.  But what a sweet union it was for "big brother" with my sister in law and my husband. 

My last entry is dedicated to my sister and her family, who have helped make many memories and show us to cease the moment.  They are the ones who get the credit for showing us to make the most right where you are ... no need for high expense vacations ... pack a lunch and go where your engine leads you.  Thanks!  I think I took "Nostalgia" along this avenue of thought because I am missing my family. 
   Be sure to check out all the other wonderful entries at the Round Robin Challenge