On February 18, 2012 we celebrated Grammie Ruth's 90th birthday at our home in Glenburn. A lot of the family was here for a wonderful celebration, but Valerie and Bethany and their families were unable to be with us. After Grammie saw this picture, she asked if I could clone in Valerie and Bethany so we could have a family picture. So I did! We have not been together at once place for about eleven years now and we hope that changes very soon.
Once the picture was "doctored", I posted it on facebook and people had fun discussing it. Here -- saved for posterity -- is that discussion.
Bethany Sykes hehehhee...I have been pregnant so much the last couple years you could only find one that I was prego ... too cute.
Brenda I had to have you standing up. I wondered if you would notice that. The picture was with Chris and holding onto the sold sign at your house.
Bethany I thought that was were you took it from. I love the picture though.
Brenda Not the ideal way to get our family together.
Kelsey Jacobsen Who there is actually there?
Brenda The "painted in ones" are your Mom and Aunt Beth. I WISH we could all be together again.
Kelsey Are you all really standng infront of those cupboards?
Stephen Buza Yup, that's your grandmother's house.
Brenda We really are. That is in our kitchen and we had all gathered there for Grammie Ruth's birthday. I made Gram a book for mother's day from the 90th birthday pictures. [When she saw the original of this picture], she said I should clone your Mom and Aunt Beth in so we could have a family picture, so I did!
Kelsey My eyes are starting to play tricks on me I guess because everyone is starting look pasted in.
Brenda Buza Hahah... I will show you the original picture as soon as I find it. It had a "messy" roaster full of taco meat, etc, on the island, so I cropped us out. [Note: I haven't found the picture, so must have tossed it out.]
Stephen I think she made Valerie taller than she is in real life :)
Brenda Buza Actually, Dad was kinda slumped over in that picture, Stephen. I tried to compare her to me. But, yuh, I probably gave her a couple of inches. I don't think she and Jon are all that different in height -- I think she is around 5'7" and he is around 5'8", but I'm not sure. That is why I put her beside him, haha.
Stephen Yeah, dad's slouched. Despite the effects of gravity over the years, Dad probably still has an inch or so on me. I think you've got Val about 5'9" or so. But I can't say for sure whether Bethany really has that 1.5" on Marcia or not.
Brenda I was wondering how tall to put Bethany, too. I'm about 5' 2" and I think Beth is slightly taller, but unsure.
Wayne Stephen, do the effects of gravity over the years cause a vertical decrease and a horizontal increase?
Kevin Buza All I know is that if I didn't have bowed legs I'd be as tall as Dad.
Wayne I would be taller if my legs were not so short. I would weigh less if I were not so fat. I would be smarter if (no never mind - you cannot improve on perfection).
Brenda You have the inseam of a shorter man -- so you really ARE tall above the waist. I was thinking, Stephen, maybe Valerie was on her tiptoes!
Valerie: 5' 6"
Brenda Tiptoes!
Bethany I would not have complained if you had given me 3-4 inches in height.
Brenda Buza Bethany, you know what I say when people complain about being short. "Someone has to stay down here with ME."
I look at that picture and think of the days when our little children were running around playing with the pots and pans, digging in the mud, playing around the junk cars that were left behind our house, riding their bikes, irritating each other -- and look at them now! Some of them have adult children of their own. The first great grandchild has been born. Graduations and college and all the things involved with the grandkids spreading their wings are happening. WHERE did the time go? I cherish these children of ours and their children. I cherish all the memories made and all those in the making. GOD is so GOOD to us!
Kevin Where did the time go? Into the past! Ps 39:5b ... "Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor."
Bethany Kevin, I think you have as much gray in your beard as does does...lucky for you that you still have hair on your head :)
Kevin Buza Barbara says she likes it, makes me look distinguished. I will confess, though, my forehead is larger than it used to be.
Stephen You whiner
Bethany Well of course Barbara likes it! I on the other hand enjoy teasing you about it :)
Kevin Tease away, Sis. You can't tell in the photo, but there is some graying at the temples too.
Bethany Stephen, you have no room to talk...I didn't think it was possible, but you have far less hair on your head then Dad does. bwahahhaha Oh and he only has about three.
Stephen He's whining about his forehead. I have something like a foot of forehead, so I have 12 inches to talk. That's plenty of room.
Kevin Stephen, you misspelled "winner".
Stephen :) Sure. That's what I meant.
Bethany I look out of place in this picture....I am the only blonde here...of course you all used to tell me I was adopted or found under a rock or something.
Kevin ... under a cabbage leaf as I recall.
Stephen I'm the only one that doesn't wear glasses (aside from one sister who had her vision correct with lasers).
Bethany You don't wear glasses because you don't want to see the world as it is...hehehe.
Stephen heheh.. I wear invisible rose colored glasses I suppose. I do have glasses, somewhere, that an optometrist made me buy once. He said my vision gets blurry when my eyes get tired and that I might want to wear them at night sometimes after a long day of looking at computer screens. He also said he doubted my vision would ever get worse. But, I never wear them, because they give me a headache.
Kevin I only wear glasses because they look cool (and it is cool to see the world).
Brenda [Back to the other topic] You are ALL cabbage patch kids. Not one of you has my genes --- not by the way you torment each other. hahaha.
Stephen Mother, let's be honest here. We trace our ancestry back to the Marquis de Sade through your side.
Brenda That's what they say ... was he the one who had the tormenting genes? [Did my elder son just call mine a family of sadists? I thought it was the Buzas who had such a propensity for teasing and arguing.]
Of course, this type of interchange has been typical over the years. I love you all so very much and love the fact that you can have so much fun and laughter when you are together (even in cyberspace). If you missed out on it there is space for adding your comments below or you can email them to me and I will insert them in the body of this text.
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