A Classic Memory

There a several instances from my childhood that have become classic memories---those that endure through time and still bring laughter.

 

Hyrum and Jhett the skunk

 

Last night may have been one of those memories for our family.  After we had gone out to watch the Specht kids perform in their school play, Robin Hood, we went down to see if we could glean grapes at Allison's on the way home.  We only had about 45 minutes of daylight left but with James there to help, I knew it would make all the difference.  Of course, the area where we were working was right next to a large muddy area.  No matter how many times James told the kids, "stay out of the mud" I knew it was hopeless.  I saved my breath...experience.

 

By the time we were done with our almost 10 5-gallon buckets, Rex and Lyle were little mud monsters and Bryant wasn't much less.  Everyone was tired, hungry, and cold.  We stripped down Rex and Lyle, as well as taking off everyone's shoes and socks as they got in.  We had all the kids pile into the back seat so we could get all the buckets in.  James was laying sideways in the middle seat, and I drove him back to where we had parked the truck and the trailer with the piano in it.  I kept exclaiming, "what an adventure!" in hopes of keeping break downs at bay.  It worked for the most part.  Now we have a piano in the living room and 10 buckets of grapes in the garage.

  

There are five buckets on the floor in front of James and five in the trunk.  A true feat.  Doesn't Hyrum look like he is having fun?

This was on a night when I had had it with trying to get Rex and Lyle to stay in their beds and be happy about it.  Talmage took them under his wing and there wasn't another peep.  What a great brother.

 

October Fun

It's that long-awaited time of year---payday...I mean pumpkin harvest.

 

Lyle helping load up.

 

Pumpkin harvest also means birthday girl. 

She wanted to take homemade granola bars as her birthday treat on Thursday since there was no school Friday.

 

She asked for art supplies and new bike tire tubes, and chocolate, chocolate cake. 

This is the part of the day that made me most happy:

 "Sariah sometimes you are very complex but I will always love you.  Your brother, Bryant"

He spent a long time with the spirograph and said something like, "she better love this because it's killing my hand."  He then attached it to a bottle of fingernail polish remover which he paid for and tied the pink ribbon all by himself.  Made my day. 

 

That and Hyrum had been saving some bead art that he made at the neighbors so he could have a gift for Sariah.  He came up the stairs with his little gift in a plastic lego box with a big smile.  What a sweetie.  Grandpa, Blaire, and Great Grandma Gibbons joined us for her birthday pizza, cake, and ice cream.  It was a lot of fun.  Then just she and I stayed up late and watched a girl movie.  I love my girl!

 

I'm feeling very protected lately.  This is how they are almost all day everyday.  I'm just glad they don't want to be the same thing!

 

Speaking of these two.  Last Thursday morning they were running around the couch and somehow Rex's foot caught Lyle's nose.  Lyle was crying so hard he passed out and convulsed.  Scary!!

 

James has taken the boys fishing several times over the last week.  This is a fishing picture, can you tell?

These are the Days

Oh if I could stop time---tonight would be one of the nights I'd hold on to.  Such a happy day.  Right where I've always wanted to be.  It was a GORGEOUS October day.  We didn't even need jackets at dusk down at "the beach."  On the way with all the kids in the back of the pick-up we saw a mule deer right off the side of the road.  We stopped to look at it, and it stopped and looked at us.

 

 Sariah

 Bryant

 

James

Talmage

Bryant

 

 Hyrum

Lyle and Rex

 

Rex has an infected bite or something on his leg.  As we try to care for it, Lyle does some pretty sweet things to take of his brother.  Makes my heart happy.  Then Rex told Lyle he could have his cinnamon roll.  Love my little sweethearts.

 

James bought a salmon fishing pole today.  He can no longer give me a hard time about purchasing fabric.