My Ninth Birthday

This picture is of my ninth birthday, which was a very significant day for me.  Not only did I get a party, but also the present I wanted.  I remember, as I blew out the candle, I wished for a new bike, and there it was hiding in the back of the pick-up, a shiny black three-speed.  It brought me independence, it was fast.  I won many races with that bike.
The part was attended by many neighborhood friends, and my family. 

front: Jeff Burnett, Robert Hailstone, myself with the cowboy boot cake,Weldon, Krissy Olsen, second row: Blake Olsen, Syd Wengreen, Jeff Wengreen, Charlie, Eric Burnett, back: Sara, Connie, Dianna.  This would have been just before the fourth grade.