Friday July 18, 2008

 

 

Thursday With the Grandchildren

 

 

After breakfast, Diana and Jana walked to the farm where my sister-in-law, Dot, had a weeding job for a couple of girls.  These two were anxious to earn some extra money.

 

 

 

 

Jenna helped me in the office for a few hours.  She loves making address corrections in my database – and does a great job.

 

 

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Then we spent some time in the yard – getting ready for a family reunion on Sunday.

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Jared cut some mint tea for me.

 

 

Nathan did the weed-eating.

 

 

Jordan hauled bags of small red stones for our flower bed.

 

 

Jenna helped Cerwin put the stones in place.

 

 

 

 

Gloria and Ian gathered mulch from our surplus pile – for some bare spots I needed to touch up in the memory garden.

 

 

 

 

Nathan and Jared dragged a fallen limb to the burn pile.

 

 

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By noon it was too hot to be outside, however, after lunch the children still wanted to work. 

(There aren’t any more pictures of Jordan and Nathan today, because they left to work for a farmer in their neighborhood.)

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Jenna checked out my cupboards, and asked if she could bake some things for our freezer.

 

 

Ian washed the floor…

 

 

…then mixed up a small pack of cornbread for supper.

 

 

 

 

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Then it was time for fun!

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Grandpa’s homemade waterslide – made with two tarps, a half-gallon of bubbles, baby oil, and water.

 

 

We put two old blankets under the tarp – folded a few times – to make their landing a bit softer than the hard ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They still weren’t quite wet enough, so played with water balloons.

 

 

Jesse came while we were playing with the water balloons.

 

 

Oops – I dropped that one.

 

 

Jana and Diana had fun with a leaking water balloon.

That was a busy, fun day!