nostalgia for an era i've never known

this week my grandma {i.e. Gran} was tagged on facebook in a bunch of old photos that i am obsessed with, they are beautiful.  i love how they are black and white, i love the styles of the time {hair and clothing alike}, but mostly i love the people in these photos.  

part of me wishes i could have experienced this time before the age of color television, fast cars, cell phones, wireless internet, digital social networking and video games.  before the time when nearly every person you pass on the street is too busy talking on their cell phone or listening to their ipod to smile friendly or wave hello.  but the other part of me loves checking my email on my iphone throughout the day, listening to music anywhere i go, video-chatting with family and friends across the country, and of course playing angry birds while i wait for a doctors appointment or sit through a boring lecture.  nevertheless, something about these pictures is romantic to me, but i'm sure that's how the past is always remembered.

i think it was either last summer or two summers ago, but my grandparents were telling me and tanner about how when they were newlyweds, their car broke down at the point of the mountain on i-15 and they had to wait over an hour for a car to drive by to get help.  can you even imagine?  we were also  talking to them during the summer about the biggest changes they've experienced in their lifetime, and i can't remember what car my grandma was talking about specifically, but she said she could not imagine technology progressing any further than this car.  {gran, do you remember what i'm talking about?}  which makes me wonder where the world will be fifty years from now, because i cannot imagine anything cooler than smart phones.

anyway, here are some lovely photos you'll enjoy {and i hope it's okay that i'm posting these on my blog...}

stunning woman, gorgeous dress

my grandma and great-grandma

my grandma is on the right and i so wish girls dressed like this still

my cute grandparents

love this one too, how beautiful is she?

grandma, great-grandma, great-grandpa, and great-uncle

i am so grateful to be apart of this family.