Old Friends. Old Photos. And Ties.

April 7, 2014

Do you recognize the couple in this picture?

1-cc9

Yep! It’s Steve and me, back when we were a couple of spring chickens.

And why would I be showing this picture to you for no apparent reason whatsoever?

Well, it’s because of this couple—Bobby and Catherine Clifton. 

twenty

Twenty years ago, Steve performed Bobby and Catherine’s wedding ceremony and this past weekend, the Cliftons came to the Outer Banks to celebrate their anniversary. While they were here, they asked Steve to renew their vows on the Manteo waterfront.

01-DSC_1042

four edit

Catherine was in Steve’s and my youth group thirty years ago so she goes back a long way with our family. We are so proud of Catherine and Bobby and their two sweet kids.  They are great folks.

During the time we spent together on Saturday, Catherine pulled out her photo albums and revealed a whole bunch of vintage pictures that she had brought along.  Be still my heart—I LOVE seeing old pictures, especially those that I had completely forgotten about!

This is another one taken on the Clifton’s wedding day. As I mentioned, Steve performed the ceremony, I sang, Nathan was the ring bearer and my dad walked Catherine down the aisle.

1-fam edit

During the rehearsal we carefully instructed Nathan (over and over) to walk slowly down the aisle as he carried the ring. He actually ended up doing a Nathan-ized version of a sprint, but oh well. At least he was cute.

2-006

Catherine also had some other Smith family photos in her possession that we had given her over the years—once more, these were photos I had forgotten about so they were even more of a treasure. (Thanks for the great memories, Catherine!)

1-002

4-cc10

6-cc11-001

 3-old clifton pix

And this last one? 

On the left is a recent photo of Noah sporting his first tie.

On the right is a picture of his dad, sporting a tie of his own.

1-clifton

 And just one more . . .

first tie

 Is it just me, or are the Smith fellas really, really cute?

Share:
22 comments so far.

22 responses to “Old Friends. Old Photos. And Ties.”

  1. Mrs. Pam says:

    Right on! really, really cute!

  2. Phyllis says:

    What pretty blue eyes Noah has!

  3. Dale Tousley says:

    Noah is absolutely adorable!!! (The other two are cute too)!

  4. Anonymous says:

    Are you sure that’s not Conan O’Brien you’re with!!

  5. LeeAnne says:

    Ahhhh…such good-looking Smith men!! Noah is just too cute!! Love the tie! 🙂

  6. Liz says:

    Becky, it is not just you. The Smith fellas are really, really cute! Love old photos!

  7. Catherine says:

    Thank you Becky! Iam so glad you like the old photos. I love the new ones! I already printed some out. I will send you some. Thanks again!!

  8. I’m sorry, I think I just read that youth group was 30 years ago!!??!! Can’t be! I need to go take some Geritol and lay down…..

  9. Jan Reuther says:

    I was hoping you’d post a picture of Noah sleeping, lips pursed, adjacent to the one above of Nathan sleeping, lips pursed. Regardless, there’s no denying….the Smith men got a massive dose of the cute gene!

    • Jan Reuther says:

      …and the Smith women, too, of course! (Slapping myself upside the head for not fitting that in originally.)

      • Becky says:

        Jan,

        Don’t slap yourself upside the head TOO hard! That would be funny to have a picture of Noah sleeping in same pose as Nathan.

  10. Cindy from Sonoma says:

    I can see from these pictures where Noah got his cute from! Love the walk down memory lane.

    Cindy from Sonoma

Thanks for making Smithellaneous so much better through your comments.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Twenty years.

It's hard to believe I've been blogging that long. Many of you have been following since the first word was written all those years ago. Thanks to both old-timers and newcomers for being part of our story.

My goal is for Smithellaneous is to be a place where strangers become friends.

You are welcome here.

Subscribe Here. (Please!)

Receive notifications when a new blog is posted. Other than that, I won't bug you. :-)

Join 312 other subscribers

Search Past Posts by Month/Year

Archives