Digging Holes to China --- and other earthy backyard adventures

We're Innocent

Kids finding things that Mom and Dad took away and hid from them.

or

Kids snooping and finding things hid away for Christmas etc.

Favorite Home-made Toys or Games

All of the family have been creative in making toys or games. Here is a chance to write about your favorites. Feel free to add pictures.

Happy Birthday Rebecca

Today is Rebecca's 18th Birthday. As we sat around the table sharing birthday dinner, we also shared Becca memories. It would have been nice if we could all have been together; then it occurred to me we could use the Rememory game to be together in a sense on these special occasions. So this special round will be a memory of Rebecca Lynn Jones.

I will start out by explaining this picture. Rebecca was born with remarkable eyes. It was the first thing our pediatrician noticed when she saw her, exclaiming "look at those amazing orbs." Well I've been looking into those orbs for 18 years now. They can be steady and confident. They can sparkle with wit. They can signal disapproval or soften with love. They narrow with determination or widen in surprise . . . but always they radiate the light of living right. I love those eyes.

The Big Sneeze

The family had just enjoyed a special dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Jones and Louise. I brought out the final course, a bundt cake with drizzled icing, and set it down with a flourish. It was to be the perfect ending of a lovely meal. Then something happened that blew everything out of whack. It was a sneeze . . .

Dad playing foosball with us when we were little.

(This does not include the annual Christmas tournament which will be on a separate card.)

Preston's "Accidents"

Case #1

When Preston was18 months old he got hit with a rock in the eye. Then, after visiting a eye specialist and being warned not to move much, he fell from the car on his head.

Case #2

Preston and the girls hammock accident.