Look what we found in the old family photo albums at Jenny's

Visiting family is always an adventure. Sometimes it is awkward, but it is always worth it. One of my favorite things is looking through old photo albums. Jenny had a bunch, and she was excited to look through them as well. Some of these photos she hadn't seen in years and each one has a grand story behind it.

This is..... FIONA! Yes. 40 years ago, just a little younger than Cam and Cat and Rov now. This is on board the Queen Elizabeth ocean liner, the vessel she took from Australia to the UK. She was the ship's doctor. She had just completed medical school and was enroute to the UK for a residency/fellowship. She hadn't moved to the US yet. You can see where Cam, Cat, and Rov get some of their distinctive features from:

Wait. Is that a young Fiona holding a time-transported Baby Ada in her lap??!! No. That would be impossible, silly. That is Fiona holding ROVIANNE in her lap. Adorable!

If you have spent enough time with Fiona you will have heard about her old Lotus Élan. Well here it is, in all its glory, with Fiona proudly posing and looking quite elegant. Is this where she got her racecar driver habits from?

Here is Fiona and her brother Simon, riding bikes in Ashland, Oregon during a visit to Auntie Allison:

Before Rovianne was even a year old, she was brought to the mother country (Australia) and presented to the family. She was a super cute kid!

Ever wonder where Ada got her name? Well here she is: great grandmother Ada. Fiona's mother Ida's mother. Here she is with her husband: