September 1, 2006

• My 'ils are here.  And after rather crummy weather all week we had a GORGEOUS day.   I didn't completely take it easy.  I found myself scrubbing kitchen counters/cabinet fronts.   But it was rather enjoyable as I wasn't pressured and Zeria and Kaylin came and offered to help.  The kitchen looked much better when we were done the deep clean too.  I read for awhile, and then Kaylin and I went and picked more blackberrys.  We got enough for a cobbler and 3 more batches of jam.   Kaylin loves to help me, and is always asking for money jobs.   Rainee well she just likes to eat them.  Points to the picture and snickers.  She made blackberry jam too...using her fingers and a zippy bag.  The dress I do believe is toast.

  
  

   

  
  

  I spend an abnormal amount of time telling my kids to pick stuff out of the yard.  And it always seems like there's paper, toys, and wood everywhere no matter how much work we do on it.  But I have to say...this find in the yard left me snickering instead of growling.  Rob just stared kind of wild-eyed.  Kids are funny ya know. 

  
  

                                         

  
  

  All of the older kids have been around grandma and grandpa often enough that their yearly visit is something to look forward to.  I honestly expected Jeremiah however to play shy.  My parents have had to work hard to make friends with them.  The first hour or so he stuck pretty close to us.  But then all of a sudden he decided grandma was quite cool, and he even brought a book over to her and talked with her about it for over ten minutes.  This is a LONG time in Jer's world.  I think he likes his Grandma Yvonne. 

  
  

   

  
  

  Usually the youngest takes several days to warm up to grandma & grandpa so it was a nice treat for her to get to play with him so quickly.  After a nice long read it was then time for Jerbud to tackle his big sister.  She played so nicely with him.  She gave him a LONG bucking bronco ride, and he loved every minute of it.  All of the kids are so good with him.  We do have to be careful however, as yesterday Jer was chasing Kaylin around the house with a stick.  Which he used on her and made her cry.  He thought it was a game and was laughing.  She wasn't.    Ahh well their siblings they'll figure it out.

  
  

   

  
  

  Anyhow the visit appears to be going fine.  They arrived early this afternoon which is ever so much better then their normal arrival times.  Tomorrow we'll go play at the beach with them and just hang around the house.  They stay at a motel so I get the late evenings to myself which is rather nice. 

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

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