Blast from the past - Memories and Milestones

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34- The Day of my First Communion; Champaing-Urbana, Ill. USA.
35- Primary School Graduation (end of 6th grade) - Costa Rica, 1983. (Guess where I am in the pic!)
36- 'Lady in Red'.College Graduation Day - Bachelor of Computer Science, UCR.
37- Playing with my brothers in snow for the first time. (1980) Illinois, USA.
38- Smiling face.
39- With baby brother Fernando in arms.
40- With my brothers in Disney World - Florida.
41- Just finished my master's degree at the FAU in Erlangen, Germany.
42- First visit to the Taj Mahal.
43- Bride.

There you have it!....I'm quite the 'girl with a past', aren't I? ;)

I enjoyed putting these collages together, not only because it's nice to relive memories, but it also makes me wonder...what kind of memories will Fabi grow up with? I hope good ones as well!

Blast from the past - Later Years

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24- Wearing high school uniform (7th grade).
25- A picture from the 80's - early college years.
26 - Exchange Student. Yearbook picture of my senior year in Wickenburg High School, Arizona, USA.
27- My executive look. Working as an Information System's consultant in Dominican Republic.
28- Passport sized picture taken at 'La Americana' store in Dominican Republic.
29- Studio photo; early family portrait - Black and white version of the final choice.
30- Studio photo; not the final choice for a framed portrait.
31- Studio photo; early family portrait - a runner up.
32- Studio photo; final choice for a framed portrait.
33- Passport sized picture used during my employee days in Navi Mumbai, India.
34- Passport sized picture used during my student days in Erlangen, Germany.

Blast from the past - Early Childhood

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1-Newborn.
2- In 'Kindergarten'.
3- Sitting in an 'old-fashioned' stroller, which I'm sure was the latest model at that time.
4- Big cheeks, short dress.
5- One year old (or less).
6- Studio photo; one year old.
7- Squinting because of bright sunlight.
8- Celebrating a birthday.
9- Studio photo; two years old.
10- Studio photo; three years old.
11- Four years old.
12- Long hair, short dress.
13- Short yellow dress.
14- Sitting on my rocking chair with my toy car.
15- Short hair, red dress.
16- See? I've always been an angel, but in this snap you can actually see my wings!
17- My favorite picture.
18- Smiling school girl.
19- This picture reminds me of the Spanish version of this song.
20- Same red dress as in picture no. 15, but with long hair.
21- New hair style and going to primary school - Heredia, Costa Rica.
22- Proof that I have worn a bikini.
23- Nine years old, in Champaing, Illinois - USA.

Blast from the past - The project

The project I said I was working on is ready.

I have made three collages with old pictures from my past which I have grouped in the following themes: 'Early Childhood', 'Later Years' and 'Memories & Milestones'. I will post one collage at a time for the next three days.

All the pictures that I used in the collages are part of the family album and were already scanned by my Dad. I have many more pictures that I would have liked to include, but I don't want to go hunt for my other photo albums which are so nicely packed in a box, in the closet of the guest room. That might be project 'Blast from the past - Part II' later on...

For today, I will leave you with a memory of part of the celebrations that took place for my 4th birthday party. We had a piñata!

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