THE BIG MYSTERY

WHAT'S UP IN THOSE RAFTERS!!!

DARYL WAS THERE TO FIND OUT.

WE'RE NOT PEOPLE WHO PUT THINGS UP IN OUR ATTIC, BUT WE DID HAVE THE RAFTERS OF THE GARAGE PRETTY FULL.  WITH THE GARAGE GETTING MORE ORGANIZED EVERY DAY, IT WAS TIME TO HIT THE RAFTERS.  BEING A PERSON THAT BRAGS ABOUT NOT SAVING THINGS OF NO USE, 

WHAT WAS I THINKING

 WHEN I KEPT ALL OF THIS?

UP FRONT IS CRAIG'S GUITAR HOLDER.
DO YOU THINK HE MAY EVER HAVE A NEED FOR IT?
IT'S FIREWOOD!

NOW DANA'S ROCKER,
THAT'S A KEEPER.
MY FAVORITE OLD LAMP SHADES,
THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY OUT.

A LITTLE OF THIS,
A LITTLE OF THAT,
SOME KEEPERS,
SOME NOT.

DOES ANYONE COLLECT TOYS?
MAYBE YOU'D LIKE SOME OF THESE.

WE'VE GOT BABY ALIVE,
FISHER PRICE'S LITTLE JENNY DOLL,
BIG JENNY DOLL,
AND HER FRIEND AMANDA.
LITTLE JENNY GOT A HAIRCUT
FROM ANOTHER JENNY WE KNOW. 

JUST LOOK AT THESE
SQUEAKY TOYS FOR BABIES.
THE SOLDIER STILL HAS IT'S SQUEAK.

A LITTLE BIT OF GRANDMA ELY'S HANDIWORK 
THAT WAS WELL LOVED

HAS SEEN BETTER DAYS.

MORE FISHER PRICE FUN.

AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE,
DANA'S PLAY IRON.

BACK IN THE DAY, EVERY LITTLE GIRL HAD ONE OF THESE, ALONG WITH A LITTLE IRONING BOARD.  THE IRON PLUGGED IN, AND EVEN GOT  SLIGHTLY WARM. 

CAN YOU IMAGINE 

WHAT TODAY'S MOTHERS WOULD SAY ABOUT THIS? 

IS THIS THE ELF ON A SHELF OF THE "60'S"?

HE EVEN PLAYED MUSIC AND DANCED.

I'M NOT SURE HOW OR WHY
THIS CRIB ENDED UP IN THE RAFTERS,
BUT I DO KNOW IT WAS
REALLY HARD TO GET DOWN. 

EVERY CRIB NEEDED A GIG-N-GIG-N
(probably another no no in today's world)

THAT'S WHAT SOMEBODY NICK NAMED
THESE CRIB MOBILES.
I'M THINKING BECAUSE
OF THE MUSIC THEY PLAYED.

 THERE WERE BOXES

OF OUR WEDDING ,

AND BABY

KEEPSAKES. 

CIGAR ANYONE! 

DO THEY STILL HAVE THESE?
YOU WERE ALMOST GUARANTEED
TO GET ONE OF THESE
WHEN YOU HAD A BABY,
FROM FAMILY OR FRIENDS.
THEY WERE FULL OF FLOWERS,
AND DELIVERED
FROM THE LOCAL FLORIST
TO YOUR HOSPITAL ROOM.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THESE BLANKETS
SURVIVED AS WELL AS THEY DID.
THE FIRST TWO WILL GO.
THE THIRD ONE IS IN PERFECT SHAPE,
AND WAS MADE BY MY MOM.
THE EMBROIDERED DUCKIES
ARE SCATTERED ALL OVER  THE BLANKET.

EVEN A FEW CLOTHES WERE UP IN THOSE RAFTERS! 

AMONG THEM WERE
JENNY AND DANA'S
BAPTISM DRESSES.
CAROL MADE JENNY'S.
THESE ARE KEEPERS!

THERE WAS A BOX OF SHOES,
MOSTLY BELONGING TO STEVE,
ALONG WITH THE ONE PAIR
OF DANA'S MARY JANES.
I SEEM TO REMEMBER
JENNY WEARING THEM TOO.

FIRST WALKERS FOR
CRAIG, STEVE, JENNY AND DANA.

WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN
SWIMMING WOULD BECOME
SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART
OF CRAIG AND HIS FAMILY'S LIFE?

HE HATED SWIM LESSONS!WHILE AT SOME SWIMMING EVENTS, 

HE BORROWED 

THESE SIGNS. 

SO WHY DO WE HAVE THEM? 

THIS BUD LIGHT SIGN WAS HIS FAVORITE,
BUT IT DIDN'T SURVIVE
THE TEST OF TIME.

HOW ABOUT THIS TABLE? 

IT BELONGED TO DARYL'S GRANDMOTHER.
I WAS ALWAYS GOING TO REFINISH IT.
JENNY HAS IT NOW,
WITH VISIONS OF
WHAT SHE'LL DO WITH IT.
NOW THE HARD PART,
DECIDING WHAT TO PUT
BACK UP IN THE RAFTERS,
AND WHAT TO TOSS!