My mom, Ann Mansfield Guild Elwood, is celebrating her birthday on Monday, January 26, 2009. Here she is with my dad on their 50th Wedding Anniversary Party at Times Square, New York City, December 2004!
In 1929, the late Ray and Mary Guild had their 3rd child, Ann. Here is Mom (on the right) with her siblings Mike and Harriet. They grew up in Walton, NY.
Don't these teenagers look a bit surly?
Here are the sibs again in 2001 at the Guild Family Reunion in New Jersey. Uncle Mike lives in southern California, Aunt Harriet lives in New Jersey, and Mom and Dad live in New York. Uncle Mike was a career Navy man having graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. Mom and Aunt Harriet went to nursing school at Bellevue in New York City. They all three love to play bridge.
This is from Grandma and Grandpa Guild's 40th wedding anniversary at their home in Walton New York. Looks like the mid to late 1960s. I'm sure Uncle Mike will write me with the exact date!
It took a long time for Mom and Dad to become grandparents but it finally happened! New York City, 1994.
Hancock, New York in 2006.
For fun, Mom has always enjoyed puzzles and games. She loves jigsaw puzzles, crosswords, and cryptograms. Another thing she loves to do is keep score for baseball (which, to me, is like a puzzle!). In fact, she was head score keeper for my brothers' baseball team in high school.
Here is Mom with Aunt Harriet. These two are quite a pair. They love to work in the kitchen together for family reunions, holiday celebrations and the like. They try to boss each other around.
And here is Mom with Dad along the Marginal Way in coastal Maine back in 2006. Last month they celebrated their 54th anniversary.
I hope you have a great birthday, Mom! Go ahead, take the day off because you deserve it!! I love you.
