Josh – 6 Years Old

Josh and I went on our first vacation together to Traverse City Michigan to play at the shore. We spent the rest of the summer at the pool until Josh started first grade.

6 Years Old

6th Birthday Party

Vacation (that’s a first) 1983

Lighthouse point of peninsula between Grand Traverse Bays by Traverse City, Michigan

We spent our time building a sand castle

He-Man, Skeletor, and the Masters of the Universe were Josh’s favorite toys so we brought them along for the hotel room

Josh’s 6 year old portraits

Pool at High Point condominiums

Dressed for Josh’s first day in first grade at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School (I bailed on public school due to kids being assaulted at the bus stop)

1st grade school picture

Halloween 1983

Josh with his rabbits

Christmas 1983

I couldn’t afford much but searched and found the exact winter jacket Josh wanted and found a matching backpack. I told him to get ready for bed that night and he came down in his pajamas with the jacket and backpack on. I told him he wouldn’t be able to sleep like that but he refused to take them off and wore them all night in bed. That was my best Christmas present.

I started working in Texas on February 14, 1984, returned to Ohio to get Josh, and we officially moved to Texas February 21, 1984