My parents are Dorothy (Stewart) and Del Mitchell. They both were born and raised in Saskatchewan, my mother was on a family farm and my father in the city. They met at a skating rink in Dad's home town (she moved there after high school) where they apparently played music for people to skate to (maybe like roller rinks, who knows). Anyway, one song was decided to be a Sadie Hawkins (or ladies choice) and my mother asked my father to skate with her.
After they got married, they moved to Alberta and after living in 1 apartment for a few years, bought a house on the "outskirts" of the west-end of the city (I don't even think it was part of the city at that time) and are still in that house.
This is the 3 of us at a family reunion in Saskatchewan in 1996 - my brother wasn't able to get time off work to come along.
My mother was (is) a homemaker and an oil painter. My father worked as a civil engineer until he retired in his mid 50's. They have been ballroom dance instructors for as long as I can remember, but probably since the 1980's and run a ballroom dance club.
Here they are in 2007 and 2010 respectively.
Here is a link to photos from their last cruise: Europe 2009
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