Do you remember your letter jacket from high school or maybe you wore your boyfriend’s letter jacket? Oh, those were the good ole’ days, weren’t they?!?! I love how even today the teens still have letter jackets.

They are a classic trend and a piece of high school that has actually stayed in American high schools today. So many things have changed from when I went to school and now that my girls are in school. However, when I went to my first high school pep rally this year for my daughter’s Freshman year, I was pleased to see that the teens are still wearing those classic letter jackets. I love it!

The letter jacket I’m sharing with you today is my husband’s Grandfather’s letter jacket from college. He played basketball at a college in Oklahoma called Bacone College. I was surprised to find that it is still there today.

My last name is Deerinwater, which is of Cherokee decent. My husband’s Grandfather was 1/2 Cherokee and his father (my husband’s Great Grandfather) was full blood Cherokee Indian. Pretty cool!

The first time I met Caleb, my husband, he told me his last name and I didn’t believe him. It wasn’t till he showed me his driver’s license that I finally believed him. Anyway, pretty cool last name that always strikes people’s interest on where it originated from.

A couple of years ago we were at my in-laws house and Caleb saw this letter jacket hanging in the closet where we were staying. He asked his Dad about it and Caleb thought it was so cool.

We casually talked that day how it would be cool to frame it and put it in our game room. So secretly we talked about it later that I would love to surprise Caleb and have the jacket framed. They loved the idea and loved that it wouldn’t be just sitting in a closet collecting dust. They were very gracious to let us have it. My in-laws sent me the jacket, pictures of his Grandfather in the jacket and the certificate from his college. I went and had the jacket framed.

When I took it in, I noticed on the inside of the jacket, his name was embroidered. So instead of a plaque on the bottom center, I had them take the name out of the jacket and place it as the center piece plaque at the bottom. It turned out beautifully!

I surprised Caleb with the gift for Christmas. He actually cried when I gave it to him. WHAT?!?! He said it was the best gift he had ever gotten. SCORE! My husband is a very practical person and he only likes gifts he can use…like clothes…boring! I am always looking for something different to give him. He is a hard person to surprise.

Anyway, he loved it, needless to say. It now hangs in our game/pool room as the center piece of our collage wall. More on the rest of the pieces in a later post.

Keep redeeming!