Sandy, Rosemarie, Beverly, David, Donna, and of course Santa!
With every Christmas season came a visit to Santa to describe our long list while sitting upon his lap.
However, one year visiting Santa came early – as the picture shows, we were all in shorts!
We grew up in Pottawatomie / Riley counties of Kansas and visiting grandparents was always an exciting time.
My mother’s parents, Okly and Mildred [Woolman] Carpenter lived in Westminster (Denver), Colorado and we were fortunate to be able to see them as often as we did.
On this particular visit, Grandpa and Grandma took us to the North Pole, complete with Santa! The North Pole was located just west of Colorado Springs.
This picture was taken the summer of 1965.
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