Remembering

Do you remember:
Our dad having a pet monkey.
Going to the parades downtown and drinking hot chocolate in grandpa’s motor home
Riding up to Pinedale Wyoming in the back of grandma’s car
Going to the beaver pond
Putting fish eyes in a glass so we could look at them
Peeking through the hole in the wall to the tub at the cabin
Laying in the hammock at the cabin in pinedale
Fishing all day in the boat wear those ugly yucky life jackets
Going to grandma Micheal's. Sue’s side of the room was always clean, Kathi’s was always messy
The big moose head on the stairs at grandma whoa- buddy
The pink mints we ate at grandma whoa-buddy
Grandma golden hair
The year my Easter basket was hidden on the ceiling and I could not find it but you pointed up to help me
The frogs that were all over the roads at grandma Mikes and we thought they would pee on us and give us warts
Eating birds that our dad killed and finding the metal pellets in the meat
Canning fruit in the kitchen
Grandma Greg’s raspberry jam with the wax on top
Staying in the trailer at Strawberry
When mom and dad rented a trailer and we went to Oregon/Washington and bought items made of Myrtle wood
Walking to Grandview and we loved to pass the wishing well
Playing on the playground at Grandview and through the fence you could see pioneer village before they moved it to Lagoon
Mom cutting our bangs TOO short
Easter dresses, mine was always pink and yours was always yellow but it was the same pattern
Easter hats, Easter gloves
One Halloween when the young men were dressed as ghost but were on their knees on our porch trick –treating and after we gave them the treat they stood up and were huge and ran away
Making valentine boxes to take to school
Mom and dad anniversary where Steve sang them a song and we had put our baby sitting money together and gave them a certificate to eat at Balsam Embers
Terry, Larry, Marty. Cory, Buzzy , Dottie Hanks
Sherri Kanaris
Wanting a cotton candy machine but couldn't’t have one because they keep catching on fire
Mom coming to school and selling saving bonds stamps, buying the stamps every week and putting them in our books
Taking a towel to kindergarten to take a nap on after snacks
Going downtown to grandpa dental office and the nurse who held our hand
Lunch at ZMCI
Lunch at Auerbachs
Keeping all our new school clothes under the bed- 5 underwear, 5 socks , one pair of shoes
Listening and dancing to the song “ the stripper”
Playing the player piano in grandma’s basement
Going Caroling or doing the Christmas story Christmas eve at grandma Greg’s
The red candy lipstick with the gold foil
The small store in a house around the corner from Grandma George that had penny candy
Staying in a tent at the family reunion
Catching guppy’s in the river at the family reunion
The raffle at the family reunion
The year grandpa got a live turkey to kill for thanksgiving and he chopped off the head and it kept running around