Friday October 10, 2008

 

 

A Great Day

 

This was a “babysit our grandchildren day”, so I did my Saturday work – cleaning, laundry, and just a little bit of office work.  That worked well, because tomorrow will be consumed by travel and a TFC banquet near Buffalo, New York.

 

 

 

When I told Gloria that she looked like a “flower child” from the ’60s, she thought it meant a flower girl for a wedding. 

 

 

The face painting was left over from the Manheim Farm Show last night.

 

 

Our neighbor Eli is disk harrowing – so the smell of manure will not be so strong by the end of the day

 

 

Cousins – Diana and Jesse.

A few days after our daughter-in-law Chris called to see if I could take care of their girls while she clerked at an auction (there was no school today), our youngest son, Jere, called to see if I could watch Jesse and Jared so they could paint the kitchen walls.  (Their older children did have school.) 

The really good thing about that is – the older girls love to babysit and play with the little boys.

 

 

Gloria and Jared played lots of GameCube.

 

 

Jenna loves to take care of Jesse, and since it was a beautiful day, they spent a lot of time in the yard or going for walks.

 

 

Gloria and Jared love to clean.  They did a great job of washing our kitchen floor.

 

 

Cerwin cleaned the car and did some other maintenance in preparation for our trip to New York tomorrow.

  

 

 Eli is still working the ground.

 

 

Jared and Gloria could not resist rolling in the warm grass.

 

 

 

 

When the sun set this evening – and the children had gone home – I though about how well the day went, even with five children in the house.  (There were six here for awhile this morning – until Jordan went home.)

 

 

The beautiful sunset reflected my satisfied mood.

 

 

 Eli was back in the field following supper and the evening milking.