Happy New Year, Happy 2022!!
We here at the Cousins Blog hope that your holidays have been filled with joy, with peace, with love. Some of us have had small gatherings, and some of us have had larger gatherings these past few weeks.
Glenn and I were lucky enough to have two celebrations of Christmas-- one in Maryland with our daughter and her new husband, and our youngest son in from Colorado, and one here in Acton with family, partly in person and partly on Zoom (we need to get Covid vaccines for the youngest among us!).
Stories of a larger Kinsella Clan gathering in Greece, NY included Mom/Grandma/ Great Grandma (GG) greeting everyone, with tales of dance offs between two year olds and a few of my brothers (hint, the two year old did not run out of steam!), laughter and music everywhere. So much fun to be treasured!
All of this brought back memories of Christmas’ of long ago. I personally do not remember these Christmas festivities at Grandma and Grandpa Taylor’s home in Waterloo, but here are some pictures to spark memories:
Christmas, 1962
Mike Maney holding Tom Kinsella in chair in back row
Dave Lochner and Richard Maney on each side of the
chair
Next row: Sue Kinsella, Julie Lochner, Chuck Lochner
Next Row: Tim Kinsella, Marylou Taylor, Jon Maney, Dan Kinsella, Kathy Taylor, Dan Maney
Front Row: Pat Kinsella, Rick Lochner, Ann Taylor
Julie Lochner Riber remembers:
“We sure loved it when we were kids at Grandma and Grandpa Taylor's! We could get away with all kinds of bad behavior and no one ever noticed! It was so much fun.
We'd just head upstairs at Grandma's and monkey around in that big bedroom. Then, of course, sliding down the banister was the next best thing. I think it got kind of wobbly over the years from all the fannies, big and small.”
And, some pictures from some of the Kinsella Christmases over the years:
1980, Christmas
Beth, Tom, Pat, Tim and Kristin, Dan, Rose, Sue, Jim and Fred, Chris
1974, Christmas
Sue, Beth, Tim behind album cover, Dan, Jim, Pat, Chris, Tom, Corky
So, whatever this New Year holds for us all, I am cherishing my memories from past years, and hoping to build new ones with all of you soon. Love to you all.
