The Harper Family
through the years...

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1996 through 2001


1996

July 4th
Cathy, Mary & Mom at the 4th of July party at the LeBel's house in Wrightwood

September
Lisa & Mom at Pat & Lisa's house in Riverside

November
Thanksgiving

(back) Patty Hunn, April, Debbie, Cathy, Mom, Melissa, Joan & Jane, (front) Julie, Mary, Sarah, Jenny & Jill


(back) Julie, Mary, Lisa, Sarah, Mom, Patty Hunn, Jane,
(front) Jenny, Jill, Anna, Joan, Cathy & Melissa

Mom and her 7 daughters:
(back) Jenny, Cathy, Joan & Jane,
(front) Mary, Mom, Julie & Jill

Aunt Matize, Uncle John, Aunt Dorothy, Uncle Ken, Dad & Mom

1997

April
Mom and her 7 daughters at Cathy's
Bridal Shower:
(in order of youngest to oldest, center-center) Cathy, Mary, Julie, Jane, Joan, Jill, Jenny & Mom

May 31st
Cathy & Jim's Wedding

Mary, Mom & Lorrie helping Cathy get into her wedding dress just before the ceremony

Cathy & Mom

Dad, CATHY & JIM & Mom

Our immediate family:
David, Pat, Mary, Julie, Joan, Dad, CATHY & JIM, Mom, Jane, Jenny, Jill & Tom

Our extended family:
(back) April, Melissa, Tom, Mary, Julie, Joan Tony (behind), Lisa, Pat (behind), Dad, Cathy, Jim, Mom, Jenny, Don (behind), Jill, Ron (behind), Patty Hunn, David (behind), Jane, Debbie, Sarah, (front) Anthony, Christopher, Andrew, Anna, Brian, Shawn, Mike, Brandon, Matt, Josh

August 2nd
Joan & Tony's Wedding

Mom & Joan

Mom, Joan & Jane

Mom, Joan & Dad

Christopher seating his Grandma at the wedding

Cathy, Mom, Dad & Mary at the reception

September
Mom holding Pat & Lisa's youngest, Daniel

November
Thanksgiving

David & Mom

1998

April
Easter

Andrew, Mom & Josh

June
Sarah at her Serrano High School Graduation with her Grandpa & Grandma


Christopher at his Garden Grove High School Graduation with his Grandpa, Anthony (back), Brandon, Cathy & Jim (back), Julie, Jane (back) & his Grandma


Christopher with his Grandparents

November
Jane's 40th birthday party

Mom, Pat & Daniel and birthday girl-Jane petting Beast

Jane, Mom, Lois and Lois' grandkids

Joan, Mom & Cathy

Thanksgiving
(back row 1st, center to center) Josh, Andrew, Debbie, Christopher, Jim, David, Allie, Jane, Ron, Mary, Mike, Jenny, Don, Pat, Melissa (middle row) Krissy, April, Cathy holding Jake, Mom, Dad, Jill, Lisa holding Daniel, Julie (front row) Steven, Sarah, Nick, Anna, Brian, Robbie, Shawn & Brandon

Dinner table on Thanksgiving

December
Playing poker at Cathy & Jim's house - Dad, Mom, Mary, Julie, Brandon & Jim

1999

April
Easter

Jake with his Grandma

Nicholas, Robbie, Tom & Mom

Mom in the middle holding Jake, (center to center) Julie, Mary, Melissa, Jill, Jenny, Cathy, Joan & Jane (& Stockton)

August
August 14th, Grandma helping Jake with his very first birthday cake

October
Mary & Mom

December
Christmas

Jill, Mom, Anna & Beast

2000

May 21st
Brandon with his Grandma and Grandpa at his Confirmation Dinner

July 22nd
Mary & Ron's Wedding

The Harper's, MARY & RON, & The Stockwell's

Uncle John, Aunt Matize, Dad, Mom, MARY & RON, Aunt Dorothy, Uncle Ken, & Aunt Sissy

Ron giving Mom a rose during the wedding ceremony

Mom & Jenny

Aunt Matize, Uncle John, Dad & Mom

Mom with Aunt Sissy

September 3rd
Grandma & Grampa Harper meet their newest grandson for the first time. (Cathy & Jim's 2nd son) Ryan was just 10 days old and had already gone through a life-saving open heart surgery to correct his heart defect, Transposition of the Great Arteries/Vessels... here Ryan is just out of recovery.

Grandma finally gets to hold Ryan for the first time in late September

November
Mom's birthday

Mom & Jenny

Sarah and her Grandma

Thanksgiving
Dad, Mom, Jane & David

Dad and Mom with Ryan

Mom holding Ryan with Julie in the background

December
Christmas Eve

Dad, Jill & Mom

Christmas
Ryan with his Gramma

Mom and Joan

2001

February 10
Mom, Ryan, Cathy & Jake - out to dinner at the Outback Steakhouse for Julie's birthday
The last picture was taken just one month before mom died. I opted to exclude any more recent photos because mom wouldn't want everyone to remember her looking so unhealthy.