The Whole Clan

**Thank you for all your comments regarding the mud kitchen. Y'all are much too kind! **

A few weekends back, we had an impromptu family gathering in Bozeman. Ma and Pa Myers and the Perrines joined us and the Bedfords for some good times.

Grammie Monie brought basketball uniforms for all the boys and there was much hoop-shootin'. Papa was an expert rebounder.

Our little squad of ballers.

The weather mostly cooperated for us so a bonfire was definitely in order.
Our fire pit is rather large.

Lane and Maddox roasting to perfection.

Addie and Smith.

Grammie and Mason.

Smith contemplating whether or not he'd like to eat a burnt 'mallow.
He devoured it shortly after the photo...a burnt 'mallow is still better than no 'mallow.

Matt and Mason.
I have pictures of everyone (excepting Rob who joined us periodically when he wasn't working) but me! I was there, however.

Sunday morning we just hung out and enjoyed the mild weather. Mom helped me plant a bunch of flowers in various pots. Thanks, Mom!

Addie and the Jetty-meister.

It doesn't happen very often, but we have a lot of fun when we can all get together. It really is no small thing when you can truly enjoy and treasure time spent with your extended family.

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On another note...

I found this pleather kid's tool belt while thrifting for $3.

It came with a mini tape measure, chalk line and level. I almost didn't buy it - since there was only one - but the price and novelty won me over. Have I regretted the purchase? Maybe...a few times. There have been a number of brawl's over whose turn it is to wear the belt. But my worker guys love it so much and they get so much work done around the house. Just the other day, they taped a dozen pieces of brown paper on my front door. And let me tell you, they can pound a nail into darn near anything. :) (I have, subsequently, searched online for something similar. I found an identical tool belt online...in Australia. With shipping, it would cost me more than 10 times the amount of the thrifted one. We'll just keep working on our sharing skills, thank you.)

Get a load of this little blondie.
He really doesn't care that one of the lenses is missing - what a champ. I don't know where my kids find these things, but they are always running about with sharp/dangerous/splintery/grimy/pointy things they brandish as weapons. Here Sawyer has a hollow metal pole of some sort and as he was pointing it at me, he said, "Gad guys! Gad guys!" (Bad guys).

Oh, my little love and his thumb.

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Tired of laundering shirts with food stains on the sleeves, I sewed up a cloth napkin for each of my big boys. Couldn't resist the cute fabric with monkeys and polka dots, of course. I have a thing, I guess, for polka dots.

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And we always know whose-is-whose with a simple embroidered initial.
These pictures are before the napkin had been used...obviously. I used material from a flour-sack dish towel so they wash up well with no stains. No more stained sleeves!...from food anyway. :)