Monkey Past
![Monkey Past](/content/images/size/w1200/wordpress/2014/09/DSCN8110.jpg)
Since Buds has gotten our pictures sorted into a new photo “system,” I’ve been looking back over old photos and realizing how many family stories are hidden away in those photos in the days before the blog. And bless Kel’s heart for asking for more photos of youngsters, I can conquer two birds with one stone.
Some early Monkey photos:
![Watching Grandpa drive the tractor.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8324-1024x808.jpg?resize=580%2C457)
![Bubbles](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8434-862x1024.jpg?resize=580%2C688)
Aunt Rebecca lived with us in the little white house for awhile, and here are some memories of that time:
![Aunt Rebecca getting help with playing.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8132-768x1024.jpg?resize=580%2C773)
![Sweet curl](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8131-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![Bath Mohawk](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8127-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![Courtesy of Aunt Rebecca](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8128-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![I'll just eat this...](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8126-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
I love seeing the pictures with Monkey with my grandma:
![A visit to Great Grandma Frosty](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8320.jpg?resize=580%2C664)
Random photos:
![Triathlon training with some extra drag.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8125-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![Little head, huge helmet.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8124-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
And finally, Monkey was the one child we had baptized in a Methodist Church. All the children were dedicated in our UU Church in Virginia.
![Post-baptism picture with Pastor Mark](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8110-1024x843.jpg?resize=580%2C477)
After Monkey’s baptism, we had a party.
![The grandpas at Monkey's Baptism.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8118-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![Baptism Party](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8111-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![More party](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8112-1024x903.jpg?resize=580%2C510)
![Baptism party w/ Cade and Mason.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8116-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
![Grandma Vermont plays ball with the newly-baptized.](https://i0.wp.com/www.mommie2zs.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/DSCN8119-1024x768.jpg?resize=580%2C435)
That Iowa life seems so long ago, but what a great place to start a family.
More to come soon.