Last Monday there was no school so all of the locals of Lynn and Sharons family including Robin and her family came over and spent the day working in Grandma and Grandpas yard. It is unbelievable what they accomplished in such a short time!
All good work parties require lots of fun food. This bunch sure know how to make that happen! I was impressed at how easy they put together a whole banquet. I have a lot to learn from my nieces. Sherilyn and Lisa aren't in the picture but together it was wonderful!
Grandmas favorite part was enjoying the great grandbabies. There were so many kids everywhere but they were so good and so helpful. Most of them were outside working their hearts out.
Randy (in picture) owns a tree service business with another teacher in Coupeville and it suppliments their income by about double. They are very professional. His partner even came and helped free of charge because he does the fruit trees. What a team!
The two trees in the background are apple that have been cut way WAY back! They were covered with ugly suckers and needed it so bad.
They had an assembly line getting the limbs in the chipper! Even the younger kids really worked. There were about 30 people (workers and watchers) who spent the day. Janice even put the little kids to work hauling rocks for Dave's rock wall. (You will see this in a later blog.)
They cut down this cherry tree by the side of the carport. Pops has wanted it cut for a long time.
Oops, this picture is out of order. Randy is up in the Cherry tree preparing it for cutting down.
Dorrel and the boys pulled the rope to keep it from landing on the carport while Randy sawed it down.
The old men stand around and are amazed at how fast and effortlessly the young men and kids get everything done. Pops says there is quite a change in the "old Dickson place!" Mom says the whole family is so good to us. The guys are so happy to have it all done!
Dave sleeping after a hard day watching. Uncle Leo's hand was killing him with arthritis but he loves being here and enjoying everyone.
Now! Work is done, food is eaten, lets play games! This is my kind of family!!
All good work parties require lots of fun food. This bunch sure know how to make that happen! I was impressed at how easy they put together a whole banquet. I have a lot to learn from my nieces. Sherilyn and Lisa aren't in the picture but together it was wonderful!
Grandmas favorite part was enjoying the great grandbabies. There were so many kids everywhere but they were so good and so helpful. Most of them were outside working their hearts out.
Randy (in picture) owns a tree service business with another teacher in Coupeville and it suppliments their income by about double. They are very professional. His partner even came and helped free of charge because he does the fruit trees. What a team!
The two trees in the background are apple that have been cut way WAY back! They were covered with ugly suckers and needed it so bad.
They had an assembly line getting the limbs in the chipper! Even the younger kids really worked. There were about 30 people (workers and watchers) who spent the day. Janice even put the little kids to work hauling rocks for Dave's rock wall. (You will see this in a later blog.)
They cut down this cherry tree by the side of the carport. Pops has wanted it cut for a long time.
Oops, this picture is out of order. Randy is up in the Cherry tree preparing it for cutting down.
Dorrel and the boys pulled the rope to keep it from landing on the carport while Randy sawed it down.
The old men stand around and are amazed at how fast and effortlessly the young men and kids get everything done. Pops says there is quite a change in the "old Dickson place!" Mom says the whole family is so good to us. The guys are so happy to have it all done!
Dave sleeping after a hard day watching. Uncle Leo's hand was killing him with arthritis but he loves being here and enjoying everyone.
Now! Work is done, food is eaten, lets play games! This is my kind of family!!
5 comments:
thanks for making us all sound so wonderful! I'm sure all the grandkids would have done the same thing if they could!
That sounds like so much fun. I wish we could have been there to help.... and play games! Love you!
Looks like fun! It's so weird to see all the snow gone already! Your blog just gave me spring fever, we're still buried in snow.
I want to know where all of your snow went?? Oh, that's right it flooded itself out-of-town! Your pictures make it look like spring up there in January!! Way to go guys!
Well Tracy and Erin stole all my thoughts. I couldn't help but be amazed at the difference in the weather from your previous blog of flooding and the 5 feet of snow previous to that. I was so jealous to see all the cousins together. I sure miss them. I can't wait to play games with them myself again.
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