Wow, after what was a busy Memorial weekend, it looks like tomorrow morning, it's time to go back to school and hit the books, but that's what we do so "lets Roll"
It is only appropriate since it started in school Friday when Riley was on a school trip, and Bryson had an authors recital Friday afternoon.
Patsy, Pop Pop, Big Mom Mom and Mom were there to hear Bryson recite his writings about his favorite topics, and some things he had learned about Vermont .
We were joined by his friend Jordan whose Mom could not be there, and his Dad is serving over in Afghanistan.
This picture of Bryson in writing class, was provided by Mrs. Christy she did a great job developing their writing skills, as well as their presentation at the recital.
We left school and went home to pick up some things for our big yard sale planned for the weekend.
We loaded every thing in my truck for the ride up to Craftsbury, tables, bedroom suites, you name it, we had it.
We moved everything out of the truck, my cellar and garage, and loaded all on the front yard, if we had some groceries we could have passed for a
"Super Wal Mart".
Later we, (Patsy, Bryson, Riley and me) went up to visit their Great Grandfathers grave, he was a WW II veteran and I know he was so proud to see them show up for a recognition of his time in service to the country, as well as an honor to him as their Grandfather.
It's a shame he never got to see them in person, in addition to being proud of them, I'm sure he would have had a lot of fun with them also.
Burned some Dogs and Burgers on the grill later and all crashed and burned pretty early.
Saturday morning everyone was up bright and early and got things going.
The family got together and fronted the boys some money to start their own business, a Refreshment stand for the yard sale.
They had Iced Tea, Lemonade, and a custom made "Arnold Palmer" if you desired one.
They also provided Roasted Peanuts with it, all for .25 cents.
Picture of the boys exercising their salesmanship and entrepreneurial skills before the world.
The family got together and fronted the boys some money to start their own business, a Refreshment stand for the yard sale.
They had Iced Tea, Lemonade, and a custom made "Arnold Palmer" if you desired one.
They also provided Roasted Peanuts with it, all for .25 cents.
Picture of the boys exercising their salesmanship and entrepreneurial skills before the world.
To my knowledge this was their first endeavor and I think they cleaned up on their first attempt, even gave a nice return to their investors who graciously donated it back for the cause.
Sales were shut down at @ 3:00 and Me, Pete an Bryson headed for the golf course to play a few holes. Rachael went home.
Patsy and Riley stayed home and played baseball and hit golf balls in the back yard.Bryson and me played 9 holes, Pete hung around for all 18, we checked out early since we had to get back and set up the tent out in the back yard before dark.
Sales were shut down at @ 3:00 and Me, Pete an Bryson headed for the golf course to play a few holes. Rachael went home.
Patsy and Riley stayed home and played baseball and hit golf balls in the back yard.Bryson and me played 9 holes, Pete hung around for all 18, we checked out early since we had to get back and set up the tent out in the back yard before dark.
We got a fire going early since there was the threat of rain, I figured a rip roaring fire would survive a brief rain storm, which we did receive and the fire did survive it.
Riley wasn't real happy helping since he wasn't sleeping outside, "somebody" told him they had seen a Black Bear roaming around the "hood" and he was excited about a possible late night encounter..:-)
Picture of Bryson holding down the fort while Mom Mom gathered pillows and covers
Riley wasn't real happy helping since he wasn't sleeping outside, "somebody" told him they had seen a Black Bear roaming around the "hood" and he was excited about a possible late night encounter..:-)
Picture of Bryson holding down the fort while Mom Mom gathered pillows and covers
The rain did hit and our covers got a little damp since the flap was down, but our spirits were never dampened.
We crashed and burned about 8:45 and slept right through until about 6:00.
We came inside and had Pancakes with whipped cream and Maple syrup.
About 7:00 Riley came down and had some pancakes as well, I spiced his up with a little decoration to put a smile on his face and it worked.
We crashed and burned about 8:45 and slept right through until about 6:00.
We came inside and had Pancakes with whipped cream and Maple syrup.
About 7:00 Riley came down and had some pancakes as well, I spiced his up with a little decoration to put a smile on his face and it worked.
We had another go round with the yard sale Sunday and Riley took over the refreshments for a while and decided to specialize by selling only Arnold Palmer's, his desire to indulge in the free enterprise system alone was fleeting, however he did manage some sales.
After everything was over the boys and Mom went home since they were having friends over for a sleep over and a celebration of Memorial day Monday at a party.
Pete, Patsy and I went to play some more golf.
We came home after, and Pete went on to Montpelier and spend the night.
He came back today Monday and we sold stuff until 12:00 cleaned up by 1:00.
He went home for the party, Patsy, Big Mom Mom and I went golfing again, after golf we ate supper in the Clubhouse and came home to rest up after a busy weekend.
The boys will have to peel themselves off the sheets for school tomorrow, and the folks head back to work, me and Patsy will sit and rock, mostly sit, ..:-)
Phew!
