Found some photos online of my family meeting with President Gerald Ford.

http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/lib...1008_NLGRF.jpg

We are mostly on the top row. The lady with the beehive flip is NOT my mom. My father was a Secret Service agent (yes, one of the guys who jogged alongside the Presidential cars and was trained to take a bullet for him if need be ) and I can't recall WHY we were invited to meet him, but we were. I must have been about 16 at the time.

This brings to mind a couple of things - first, it is amazing what you can find on the internet if you know how to look for it Next, that I know my mom has loads of similar photos from the White House children's Christmas party every year, mostly family group shots in front of the White House Christmas tree - why don't *I* have these to scrapbook?? It's not like I've never asked for copies. And .. really? who thought a polyester leisure suit was EVER stylish? My poor 12 yo brother.