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Scanning Old Photos

 

Me and Ken with the Stanley Cup

I recently went away for a scrapbooking weekend with my friends and family. I wasn't in the mood to lug my scrapbooking supplies around, so I only brought a few smaller projects. I had coloring books and colored pencils for those moments when I really didn't want to do anything. I also had my laptop, tablet, photo scanner, and several boxes of old photos. 

My first priority was to finish up my nephew's senior pictures. I had some editing left to do from our summer session. I am happy to report I am all caught up now!  I finished up his baseball pics and sent them off to his mom. 


Once I had completed that task, I colored for a bit. Eventually, after my sister finished borrowing my computer to do some video editing for her job, I hooked up my photo scanner and started feeding in pictures. I have a feeling I have some of these floating around on an external drive or CD somewhere, but, just in case I can't find them in the future, I scanned them in any way. Once they were scanned in, I saved them to the cloud and organized them into folders. Here's a brief overview of the type of photos I stumbled across in this emotional trip down memory lane.

New Years Eve party in Sandusky.

Megan, a very pregnant me, Gail Kaspar, and Chrissy.

Megan, Kellie, and me at the Halloway Reservoir.

Scrapbooking on Cleveland Ave. Approximately 23 years ago!

My bachelorette party.

A surprise romantic weekend getaway with Ken.

All dressed up for Archie and Angie's wedding.

Our wedding.

Ken Young, Uncle David, Ken, and my dad in Wawa, Canada.

Ken mowing the lawn with the boys on his lap. That had to be a challenge!

Clearing the property so we could build our house.

The mural in KC's nursery on Cleveland Ave. Drawn and painted by Jessica and Megan.

Ronnie and Troy's wedding. I wasn't even dating Ken yet!

Our Las Vegas honeymoon. Me standing in front of the Luxor.

My junior prom.

Ken's senior prom with my cousin Tonya and her future husband, Eric.

Ken fishing in the Gulf of Mexico when he and Kenny went to Louisiana.

Cash. He was the first Yorkie I ever owned. Such a good boy.

Ken went on an ice fishing trip with his friends. I think this is Ken.

KC, Gage, and Trevor going fishing with Grandpa Sherman.

KC at hunter's safety.

Michigan's inland waterway with Phil and Beth.

My bridal shower in 1994!

Megan and Sarah's powderpuff team.

Spring vacation in Florida. Went to visit my wintering great-grandparents.

Graduating with my Associate's degree.

Jason admiring dad's 12-point buck.

Ken and KC getting ready to go bunny hunting.

At Ty's family's cabin.

Ken, Ty, and Archie at Ty's wedding.

Jason and Jaime's wedding.

Ken's senior pictures - 1989.

Terri's senior picture.

Ken and his mom on a beach in Hawaii.

Ken and Ronnie with their mom.

Dancing at Ken and Terri's wedding.

Ken's high school baseball team.

Uncle Terri, Aunt Lorraine, and Tonya at the derby.

Ken getting his Associate's degree. Pictured with Troy, Ronnie, and Andrew.

Me and Ken at Dave Dickie's wedding.

Tina playing ball for WKRP.

Ken with Todd and Terri Oliver while camping somewhere.

Ken trying to help Gage at the Stover parade. KC is in the corner. Ken Young and Zach above him.

Rennaisance Festival. Megan, Donna, Chrissy, Jenny, and Jeanie.

What I believe was Eric Friday's wedding.

Me and Ken at Tonya and Eric's wedding.

And these were just pictures I put into albums.  There are so many scans just free-floating on my cloud that still need to be sorted.  I think I probably scanned close to a thousand pictures over the weekend and into Monday night. 

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