Here Freda is elegantly ensconsed in her new home in Rahway, N.Y., before the birth of any of her children.

Here Mom is all dressed up for a night on the town. Note the hairdo.

Here is a beautiful picture of Freda with her firstborn, Robert, captured in the loving eyes of her husband Albert.

This picture was taken around 1947. Did you know Ma wore glasses? The kids are Bob, Kenny, and Ellen. (Note the resemblance to Emily)

Ma is looking proud and happy here with her 4 children (Mike and Dave were not yet born. The picture was taken in 1948 or 1949. I was less than a year old then, on the lap of my father's mother, Sarah Lakoff. Ellen is sitting next to her grandma Avrith. On her left, Bobby is sticking out his tongue and Kenny is at the front right.The picture was taken on the back porch at the Avrith summer home in Val David.

Here is the athletic young Albert Lakoff on the front lawn of his in-laws' on Deacon Road, shortly after his marriage.

Here is our dad, Albert Lakoff, when he was young. Wasn't he a hunk?