Family Gathering 2019 We love hammocks. We have three, as an afterthought I remembered how many times I had seen the children in them. Many, Many, times. Sometimes a child was reading and sometimes a child was sleeping. Now and then a child was hiding. We have had hammocks for …
Family Gathering 2019 Little kids like to crash. This hill, on the side of our home, is steep and long. Even big kids like to ride the small vehicles down the hill and purposely crash at the bottom. Of course, the bottom of the hill is covered with soft, summer …
Family Gathering 2019 This little afterthought has to do with the playroom. I think that the playroom is more for my satisfaction than for the satisfaction of my grandchildren. Could that be true? Everything has a place and most of the toys and books and art have been thrifted. That …
Family Gathering 2019 (Maya, Quincy and Tucker.) Grandpa built our sandbox sixteen years ago. He has refreshed it with new sand now and then but the same shade cloth is overhead and a nice big bamboo blind slides down easily to block the afternoon sun. There are plenty of buckets …
Family Gathering 2019 Afterthoughts are little things that we did during our annual gathering which did not involve everyone but were worth mentioning. Often I had only taken one photograph of a moment and so, that is what I will use to remember things. Grandpa and I bought six sets …
Family Gathering 2019 By Special Request We have seventeen grandchildren. That doesn’t mean that all seventeen play with Moon Sand. A few are college-age and one is brand new. The best time to make Moon Sand is when only a few are on hand. Our grandchildren usually remind us of …
Family Gathering 2019 There is nothing unusual about feeding horses when you come to Grandma’s house. There are some favorites of course and for very good reasons. There are horses in the field and in the stalls and sometimes in the corral. Tucker likes Pip. Pip is a tiny horse …
A Quick and Simple Post With a Lesson This is Tucker. Tucker is showing you his flip-flop. Can you guess where Tucker has been? Yes. That’s Right. He has been feeding the horses at Grandma’s house. What are those little things in his shoe? They are Goat Head Stickers. But, …
Family Gathering 2019 Today I Learned About Slime Bubbles Three little ones stayed with me. The rest went for a hike in beautiful Brighton to the mountain lakes named Mary, Martha and Catherine. We at home started the morning with “Cloudy, with a Chance of Meatballs.” As the movie ended …
Family Gathering 2019 Our neighbors have lots of rocks. They have poured them in every spot where they don’t want to have grass. All along the parking strip are rocks. Piles, in fact. I asked Clara and Lydia to sneak out in the dead of night, with a silver bucket, …
