Theme Songs

Wow, no memories posted for a whole year! Where did 2008 go?

Anyways, I remember when Cindy and I used to play with our Littlest Pet Shops, or Grand Champion horses etc. we would sometimes create songs for the characters and actions. For instance, when an especially "pretty" female would come on the scene, we would hum the melody of "it had to be you" or some other alluring tune. Also, when one of the creatures would die, usually the animals we didn't like that much, we would hum a tune that went woooo---ooooo-oooo and got higher in higher in pitch while we "floated" the animal around in the upward direction. We got this tune from an old cartoon where birds are mourning the "death" of a baby bird (the baby bird isn't really dead, just knocked out...so don't worry!).
I am sure we had many more themes for our playing, not to mention the clickety noises we made when the horses were running and all the other creative noises we used. I think that Cindy and I probably had more fun with our Bright Blocks and Littlest Pet Shops than any of our other toys (although the other toys and stuffed animals were fun too).

"Narnia"

I remember "Narnia" as it was dubbed one winter when the weight of snow we'd gotten bent all the tree branches down, creating a beautiful "wonderland" that reminded mom of what Narnia would look like.
We have buried so many beloved pets in "Narnia." The trees are gone now I think, but it still remains a special place. Duchess is out there, as well as Snowball and Ashley. Sandy and I think Sylvester are "buried" at the vet, but they were just as loved as the others.
One of the first pets I remember burying was my duck, Honey. She was such a calm, sweet duck, I think she was probably sick from the start. I remember burying quite a few gerbils out there.
Cindy and I buried also lots of non-pets such as dead mice or birds that we found (or Sylvester left as gifts) in Narna. Also out there are several fish (the ones that escaped a watery grave) at least one snail and a couple toads.

"would you like fries with that?" or "the OLD camper"

I remember when we had our OLD camper...under the side window there was a little flap thing you could open...anyways, we used to play fast food, or something to that affect. To my memory, it seems that Amber and maybe Jackie or Jill? would be inside and Cindy and I and probably Brian always had to be the customers (we would come by on our bikes or walk i think). I don't know if I remember this correctly or not.
That old camper was fun to play in, even though I remember bumping my head multiple times on the ceiling above the top bunk bead. I also remember finding that dead bird between the sofa cushion and the wall, I think Cindy and I found it. We buried it in Narnia in the animal graveyard, the hole was already there, one that we had dug as a "trap" for the neighbors (it was about 6" deep I think). :)

Two lips/ no waiting!

Karen and I were kidding around about two lips/ no waiting, so she sent me this picture over her cell phone. I thought this should be on our memory blog! As I remember it, I put a sticker on the door of Karen and Cindys room (I believe they were sharing a room at that time) anyway, the sticker was of big red lips and said "two lips/ no waiting." From that time on, I would always say this "Two lips/no waiting!!" I believe you kids got pretty annoyed after a while! hehe! That was several lips aaah I mean years ago, and to this day, we still joke about it! Am I remembering this correctly? Let me know........

Boiling Over

When I was a young teen, I would babysit a couple boys (Colby and Eric Holtzclaw) down the road from our house. They were sweet kids and it was a lot of fun.

As a babysitter, I was sometimes expected to make lunch. I knew how to cook, but I wasn't very experienced at it.

I remember one time I was making macaroni and cheese and the water started boiling over. I had never had this happen before, and I completely panicked. I took the pan off of the burner and tossed the entire contents down the garbage disposal. I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I thought the meal was ruined because it had boiled over.

Your songs

The songs for you kids that Larry wrote: Amber: I'm always happy never, never sad, I love my mommy and my dad. And I love Jesus, who made every star. My name is Amber A-M-B-E-R. Brian: I'm always happy never, never sad. I love my mommy and my dad. And I love Jesus, who forgives every sin. My name is Brian B-R-I-A-N. Karen: I'm always happy never, never sad. I love my mommy and my dad. And I love Jesus who loves everyone. My name is Karen K-A-R-E-N. Cindy: I'm always happy never, never sad, I love my mommy and my dad. And I love Jesus, who made the blue sky. My name is Cindy C-I-N-D-Y. And the song that started it all: I like to run and I like to play. I also like to spell my name. L-A-R-R-I-N-A. Thats spells Larrina yea yea yea.

Dad's Patience

Today as i was drinking a Dr. Pepper, it started me thinking of other times i have had Dr. Pepper(im not usually a big fan of brown pops, more into fruity ones). Soon i remembered and then realized just how patient dad had been with Mom, Karen and I. During Karens treatment, Mom, Dad, Karen, and I obviously took many trips back and forth weekly to Denver. Today talking to mom we came to realize something, at Minimart, dad would ask each of us, "Would you like something to drink" We would all reply "no..." and have a reason why. By the time we were back on the highway and on our way to Denver, dads large Big Gulp full of Dr. Pepper began to appeal to us. We would each ask for a drink over and over till it was gone. Again, the next trip dad would ask us if we would like anything to drink. We all would reply no, and sure enough soon as we were on the road again we would all share and drink dads pop. This happened over and over. I never realized this before, but dad was so patient in not saying "if your not getting anything dont drink mine" no he didnt say anything just continued to ask us knowing inside that we would just drink his anyway. What a guy!!

I remember when Karen was about 7 0r 8 years old. Skaris lived across the street in mondozas house. One day while Karen was playing over at their house, I just happened to look out the window as Karen was walking across the street coming home. She was walking slowly and seemed absorbed in something she was carrying. (Karen, you probably remember this and can fill in the parts I dont remember very well) anyway, I watched her walk slowly across the street. she was thoughly fasinated with what I found out when she got home was a pretty butterfly! As Karen came in the door, she had me look at the pretty butterfly that had landed on her. After we chatted a awhile about her butterfly, Karen volunteered some very important information, she said something to the effect of: By the way mommy, Karen Skari said I was to hurry home and tell you to come over and help her, cause a rattlesnake has her trapped up against the fence in her backyard!!!!!! As I think about this, it is just the funniest thing how my little Karen knowing about the rattlesnake and everything just got so sidetracked with her beautiful butterfly!