Did you know that Emily was a beauty queen?  Yep, her junior year she tried out and was awarded Junior Miss for Warden.  Fred and Alane, being the loving and…

We always had farm chores as children.  None of us remembers a time when we didn’t have a milk cow.  We milked a cow morning and evening during our entire…

Living in the Coulee, we didn’t have television (home computers weren’t even thought of at that time) or telephone.  We typically had no trouble finding a way to entertain ourselves…

Remembering our faithful dog, Yeller. We lived in Chewelah and Todd Scaugaard came over and was tormenting (flirting) with Carol Jean and she screamed and so Yeller ran and jumped…

We had some yummy food when we were kids that is no longer marketed.  Two of our favorites were “Spoon Candy” and “Fruit Floats.”   We could also buy pop…

Remember Uncle Hardin chasing Yeller and all of us kids chasing Uncle Hardin.  Yeller didn’t like Uncle Hardin much and was very protective of us kids!Uncle Harden chasing Yeller with…

While living in the “red house” in Block 89 in Ephrata, the lawn didn’t get mowed very often.  Dad would come in on occasion with the swather and swath the…

Living in Block 89 was sort of a family thing.  Uncle Clinton and Aunt Thelma and their children lived across the street from us.  We played frequently together.  One time…

We lived in a brown house also in Block 89, we called it the “Reese Place.”  It was owned by a member of our ward, Bob Reese.  We remember a…