Throwback Thursday - The IHOP Girls

 

My beautiful friends and I in El Paso, Texas...2016.

365 Photo of the Day Challenge - Day 7

The challenge is to post at least one photograph per day for the year. Today, I have had many amazing photo ops with my grandson. 

The first was him eating a boiled egg. He looked at it. Picked it up. Laid it back down. Then put it in his mouth. (I didn't realize the egg wasn't fully boiled and about that time, yolk started running down his little arms). He had it all over him but wasn't about to let Nonnie clean it up or take the egg away. It was quite funny, to say the least...

Now he has been washed up, clothes changed, played for a bit, and now is resting alongside Koda. 

This PRECIOUS grandson of mine...! 

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Throwback Thursday - Memories of Yesterday

Today is Throwback Thursday (TT). This happens every week. I have been pondering what picture I wanted to share this week for TT and this is what I came up with. 

                                                           Me, 2 days old - Grandma and Nonnie

                                      My grandson, Noah. He is the oldest of my three grandchildren.

                                        (these 3 photos. Hannah, my youngest is holding him in the center photo)

                                          My 2nd grandson, Isaiah. He is Noah's brother. (these 3 photos)

                              (I DON't see either one of these boys any longer because of choices made by their father). 

                                          

                                    My third grandson, Caiden. He is my youngest daughter's rainbow baby. 

                                                                                         A true Miracle.

                                                                    He is their pride and joy. (the last three photos)

ALL three of these young boys ARE Nonnie's pride and joy and will be until I take my last breath. I am NOT okay with choices made by others as those choices have left a huge, irreplaceable hole in my heart. 

I am truly thankful on a daily basis for the time I get to spend with Caiden, my youngest of three grandchildren. I do NOT take any of this for granted and pray that he will never be stripped away from my life as the other two were because of choices. 

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Thankful Thursday or Throwback Thursday - Which is It?

Hello, it has been a while since I have dropped a post due to being sick once again. Luckily for me, the tests came back negative. I am feeling a tad bit better, but still am weak with a nasty cough and wheezing. I suppose the weather change three weeks ago, sent my Environmental Asthma into orbit. I just know the symptoms I was experiencing were like none I had had before. Anyway...moving right along. 

Today is called Thankful Thursday and it is also called Throwback Thursday. I have done both. Most times leaning towards the latter of the two simply because I write a post on Friday's called, Ten Things of Thankful (TToT). 

For my post today I am going to incorporate both into my writings. I am quite thankful for Throwback Thursday's. Last year, I met an individual on My Heritage DNA matches who ended up being my 2nd cousin on my great grandfather's side. She was his brother's youngest daughter. Her name is Margaret. She is in her 70's. 

When she contacted me through MyHeritage, she asked how I was related to the Chenault lines. I told her my great grandfather was Jerome Washington Chenault. Her reply was your great grandfather was my dad's brother. I was elated! I asked her if by chance she had any photos of my great grandfather and indeed she did. 

The photos I received were priceless! You see, I had never seen photos of my great grandfather in his younger years and she had them! Talk about a treasure. I was elated. 

Today, I am very thankful for Thursday and the Throwback Thursday photos I have been given. 

My Great Grandparents 50th Wedding Anniversary
Jerome Washington Chenault and Nellie Cordelia Martin

My Great Grandfather, Jerome (3rd from left) with
his brothers

My Great Grandparents with my siblings and me (I am the oldest of the 3)

John Henry (a brother), Jerome (my GG), his son, Joe Lee
and unknown man on the right-side end.

Jerome, John Henry (his brother) and
my Great Granny, Nellie Cordelia Martin

Brothers
Jerome, John Henry and, Aris

My Great Grandfather, Jerome

Yes, I am very thankful for these photographs and that Margaret had them and was willing to share them with me. Otherwise, I would have never known they even existed. 

Thankful Thursday...

What are you thankful for today? Do you have any Throwback Thursday photographs? If so - share them with me. 

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Throwback Thursday

I cannot believe it has been almost 4 years since my baby girl got married. Here are a few photos of those special moments in 2016. 

    

Now she and her husband have opened a new chapter in their life with the beginning of their family by way of a son. Let the fun begin...

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Throwback Thursday - Grandma Kercher

HAPPY 120TH BIRTHDAY GRANDMA KERCHER!!! 

Dorothea Grace Reasor was born on June 18, 1900, in Calhoun, Richland County, Illinois. She died on January 16, 1992, in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. 

My Grandma Kercher did not know her dad growing up. She learned of half-siblings later in her life. She was able to meet some of them before her passing.

Grandma Kercher and her half-siblings

Grandma Kercher was married two different times. The first man she married was named Harold Severance Moore, I, 1892-1947, and the second marriage was to George William Kercher, 1892-1947. 

Grandma and Mr. Moore had eight children. Today, the youngest daughter is still living. She is 86 years old. Out of the eight children, there were two sons and six daughters. One of the daughters died when she was five months old. 

My adopted father was one of the sons of Grandma Kercher. Melvin Royce Moore. He was born on March 21, 1926 and died on April 26, 2009. Family is not always blood-related. 

I have many memories of Grandma Kercher. She worked for the Amarillo Globe-News as a Paper Carrier. She put the newspapers in those paper boxes people would put coins in. 

I recall in the summer going on the paper routes with Grandma Kercher. When we were finished, we would stop at a local hamburger joint drive-through on the outskirts of Amarillo, Texas. We both ordered a Chocolate Shake and a Hamburger.  My burger was with mayo and no onions and Grandma's was a regular hamburger. Neither one of us ate French fries. 

Grandma Kercher headed to load a paper box with newspapers

Grandma Kercher was awarded a Service Award by the Amarillo Globe-News. 

CREDIT: Amarillo Globe-News

Grandma Kercher lived with another daughter named, Roberta Norine. She was never married. They had a nice home on Polk Street in Amarillo, Texas. I will never forget the yard Grandma Kercher had. There were beautiful Rose Bushes along the sidewalk and the side of the house. The yard was huge. In the back of the house, there was a storm cellar, a fenced-in cage looking area. Us kids would always go in there and play. I am not sure what that area was. I always thought it was for animals or something. There were chicken coops and another little shed further back on the property. 

The house had a long driveway. At the end of it was a garage and above the garage was an apartment. I always thought growing up it would be fun to live in there. I never did though. In fact, I think I only went up there one or two times. It kind of creeped me out. 

Back in the day, my Grandma Kercher was a sight to behold. I could imagine her strutting down the sidewalks of downtown Amarillo while gazing through the windows of the different retail establishments. Many of the photos I have of Grandma Kercher are undated. They are priceless! 

This photograph was taken on the Wedding Day of my mom to Melvin Royce Moore. This is my mom's mother, Letha Inez (Chenault) Gordy Schoonover, and Dorothea Grace (Reasor) Moore Kercher. 

Mom and Dad are in the first photo of this cluster.
 Mom is in a Blue Dress

There are many memories of Grandma Kercher floating around in my mind as I write this post. Many family gatherings for the Holidays and special birthdays. Grandma is sitting in the green here.

Grandma Kercher and my dad (Royce) owned a motel together. It was called "The King Motel". I do not know much about the ins and outs of this property, but I remember being there as a small child. That is where I watched Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs for the first time. I was with another one of my Grandma's daughters, Kathleen. We called her Aunt Kaka. 

I have a picture of dad with his Bible sitting in one of the rooms in that motel. I could not put my hands on it though for this post. 

Growing up on Mountain Drive located in Amarillo, we had one of the heavy-duty dryers from that motel in our garage. Dad had fixed it where we had to drop the 'same' quarter into the machine every time we wanted to dry clothes. The memories of Throwback Thursday today are amazing...thank you, Grandma Kercher, for having a birthday on this day 120 years ago. It amazes me how memories are triggered by certain events in our life. The memories of today's Throwback Thursday were awesome! 

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Throwback Thursday

It is Throwback Thursday and we recently celebrated Memorial Day. I thought this picture would be a good one to share. 

My dad is in this photo. He is on the very top row. The second photo is the list of names of everyone (for the most part) pictured in the photo. Do you recognize any of the names? If so, leave me a comment below. 

My dad in his Navy Uniform

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Throwback Thursday - Memories

1st Gordy Family Reunion, August 1951

Great Aunts and their spouses

These photos are from the First Gordy Family Reunion held in August 1951. The Gordy name is my mom's paternal lines. She was a Gordy. I wasn't even thought of during this family gathering. Pictured here though are some of my great Aunts and other family members.

There have been several different spellings of the name. Some of those spellings include Gardee, Gardey, Gordey, and Gordon.

I have my family tree built back to the early 1500s  on the Gordy lines when the name was Gordon. Through the years, it evolved to what it is today.

My Gordon's were in Scotland. The Gordy lines didn't show up in America until the son of Robert Gordon and Catherine Menzies (Adrian) traveled from Scotland to Maryland in 1675. It was through Adrian's name and descendants where the Gordon name changed to Gordy.

Richard Munroe Gordy Family - my mom's family

Through the course of time, the spelling of the name continues to change. I suppose people want to be different. Whatever the case may be, Gordy is my lineage and I am sticking to it!

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