Saturday, October 25, 2008

Childhood memories

Jumping in leaves is one of my favorite memories when I was little. Of course, before leaf jumping there was raking. The raking wasn't so bad. I actually enjoyed doing it. Friday, I decided to head out to my parents house to check out the leaf situation. It's a good thing I followed my instincts. As we were pulling up I saw my Grandpa and Dad in the front yard. Grandpa was watching my dad with his handy dandy new leaf blower blowing the leaves into a pile. The kids jumped out of the car and went running into the leaves. They had great fun, (well Clarissa wasn't too sure of it), and they helped carry the leaves to the backyard garden and dumped them all into a big pile back there. I thought it was neat that they got to help their Grandpa and their Great Grandpa. To me it was a special moment. To the kids it was just fun. Hopefully, later in life, they will enjoy looking at the pictures and cherish that memory.
















9 comments:

Unknown said...

Oh, how fun!! Those are the good times that you remember forever, and look back on when you're feeling down. Good pics.

*~Petra~* said...

Your mom and dad actually get fall? That's just not fair!!! :)

Jane said...

How fun! Your kids are the cutest.

Jenna said...

SO CUTE!!! I must say they are all so adorable, and always so polite.

Kate said...

So, I thought I should let you know about this.... I will be painting faces at the Halloween party my work is having on Friday. It's going from 11:30-2:30, and you are welcome to bring your little goblins--as are any of your siblings and their goblins too! :)

Meg said...

Really cute! I love doing that as a child.

Princess Hairstyles said...

How fun! I wish we had leaves to rake up.

I love your new blog. That simplify supper (or whatever it's called) looks like a good one too.

Dan and Melissa said...

What a gorgeous FAMILY! What a lovely mother. I miss you my sweet friend.

Jolynne said...

I want wish I had trees with leaves like that! That looks like to much fun!