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FAM6,19-22, 55P P1 album page, p2-5 Spring 1970 next to our house on Eastern Ave in Grand Rapids where we moved after Iowa City (a few years later we moved a few blocks away to a house on a less busy street, Griswold) p6 The “Buzans & Peters” this is at grandpa’s house (750 Plymouth, Grand Rapids) and I am not familiar with the Buzans, don’t recall meeting them… the big mansion, of course, is familiar. We had some good, fun times there for a few years, including Christmas parties, before the big breakup, & even a little bit after the partial make-up ; p7 album page; p8-10 The original Peters Sisters (minus Brenda) from youngest to oldest (L to R): Sandra, Barb, Diana, Linda, Martha (these are the girls from Grandpa Leo Peters first marriage, who helped him start Butterball) ; p11-15 I love this pic ! It has all the nice colorful (almost like “Plein Air” ) Lake Michigan feelings to it that I remember from the early days at Grandpa’s cottage in Holland. I can almost smell the smells & hear the sounds of the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline …we spent a few weeks here every summer for many years along with Aunt Diana who traveled from Minneapolis with her two kids, Kaitlyn & Matt . And this is Diana standing by the canoe with some of the kids…could be any of the wide number of kids from the Kok family or Kamminga or the Peters 2 family… we all played together at that age & there was no animosity or friction (yet) ;p16-20 these pics are not all in chronological order…now this is going back to Iowa City, before we moved to Grand Rapids, & probably before we started going to grandpa’s cottage…I was born in Iowa City in ’67, one of our neighbors & friends of the family were the Aldingers, and we took some trips with them including this one to Lake Okaboji in 1968…this is another colorful pic that I adore, with sister Julie in the foreground (pink) next to who (lime green)? and the rest of the Koks & Aldingers by the picnic table (Stan bald across from his wife, Jim next to Stan) p.21-22 a bunch of kids, not sure who they all are, that is probably me in the front with the brown overalls, probably being held by bro Andy, with Julie next to me …although I am not sure in fact..the more I think about it, that probably is NOT andy..he looks to big..he is only 2 years older than me …& Julie being 4 years older than me looks too small to be the gal next to me ..looking down the row I see a boy with jeans & barefeet..which could possibly be me as well (JD white, for that matter, had similar features to me); p23-24 definitely sister Julie ; p25 you liu & hwaiug liu (?) getting married in iowa city.. probably some of Jim’s CPE students p26-32 here is linda-mom with bro-Andy & sis-Julie visiting Linda’s developmentally disabled sister, Brenda, in 1968 .. she was at a group home..maybe Chicago area (she has recently passed away (post-2000)) ; p33 album page; p34-41 the 5 original Peters sisters with Grandpa Leo visiting Granda Mills (Helen’s family) in Franklin, Indiana (this was after Helen had gone to be with the Lord) ; p42 album page; p43-46 May 1968: The whole Kok family (before Steve) …that’s Jim-Dad holding baby Phil-John, & Linda-Mom next to him, with Grandpa & Grandma Kok (Ada) holding bro-Andy & sister-Julie. I see the big speakers we have had for so long & mom’s cello ; p47-55 … beautiful pics of the “original three” Kok kids (before Steve was born) in Iowa City;
