I guess my habit of taking pictures before holidays or birthdays (actually, anything special) started early on. Maybe Paul started it since he is the one taking the picture.
It must have been my mother-in-law Priscilla's birthday because the date on the back of the picture is April 1973. Priscilla's birthday is April 1st, and we moved into our house in the middle of April that year.
I remember being very nervous about cooking that meal. I think we had a canned ham; I had kind of gotten that down pat. I see mashed potatoes (pretty easy). I wonder what the veggie was, hmm..