Just brood over these random photos-by Elle

We're Sorry- Elle

Sorry guys, but that last post just wouldn't show the comments sign and stuff, so, if this post shows comments, you can comment on this one, or if this one doesn't show comments and stuff, then you can comment on the one before this last post!
Ahhhhhhhhhg! why didn't it show comments?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

WHO'S WHO ANSWERS- BY ELLE

Ok, so here they are:
1 Catherine-6
2 Deborah-18 mon.
3 Elle- 3
4 Ryan-5
5 Justin-2
6 Alice- 4

Bonus Question:
Connor-11 mon.

Ok Jamie, I think you got the closest, so I'm sending $20.00 as prize money!!! Now all you other intelligent Baileys, if you're itch'n for cold cash, go play Monopoly. Ummmmmmm, I mean, stay tuned for more Bailey contests, to see if you are worthy of winning cold cash, from my own bank acount!!

-If this money is not real, you have licence to sue your local mailman.

A peek into the past- by Elle

A peek into the past, to see if you can tell who's who. Tell us your answers!!
#1
#2 #3
#4 #5

#6

Now, bonus question, Catherine, don't answer this, but brother or sister, nephew or cousin??

Applesauce, anyone?

The Baileys never turn down an offer of free apples, and particularly, we would never turn down the Shaw's invitation to come glean the last of their apples off their tree. They don't know what variety the tree is, and neither do we, but it makes the best applesauce we have ever tasted!

We went out for a FHE activity. It was a cool, misty evening, but that didn't bother anyone. The light rain might have played a part in Dad falling off the ladder, or maybe it was that he was standing on the top step, shaking branches to get the top apples and lost his balance. He fell flat on his back and we all held our breath--was he hurt? No! At least not that he'd admit. (Justin, recognize the jacket?)

Elizabeth took the opportunity to indulge in a favorite sport--tree-climbing. She did get a few apples that way.

Alice spent much of her time following the farm cats into the neighboring field of corn. (And somehow, Elle got out of the tree and followed).

It didn't seem like we got very many apples, just a few buckets full. Well, three of those buckets were the 5-gallon variety, and as we began quartering apples and cooking them, it seemed liked they multiplied and multiplied.

Elizabeth helped with a bucket or so before the knife slipped and nicked a finger. She decided that was enough! So Alice took over and cut apples for about 6 hours. Sometimes she'd take turns on the strainer, but mostly she was the apple cutter (along with Dad).

Elle was great on the strainer. If you look carefully, you'll notice a host of bees on the screen door, hoping to be let in. In past years, we did the messy straining part out on the picnic table, but just didn't want to fight the bees this year.

And here you have 31 of the 45 quarts of applesauce we did. Towards the end, we got tired of doing applesauce and juiced apples to make 6 quarts of juice. The last batch in the water bath was finishing as I left to go to the General Relief Society Session at 6:45 pm. We began the day's adventure right after breakfast, and only paused long enough for some Papa John's pizza at lunchtime. Alice said, about 3 pm, "This is SO fun! I wish it would never end!" (I was beginning to feel that was going to come true!)

My Nieces and Nephew- by Elle

These are my nieces and nephew. Aren't they cute!?!


I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

ALICE BAILEY:RUNNING FOR TREASURER

This week I ran for treasurer. All the fourth graders gathered in Mrs. Kingery's room (one of the 4th grade teachers). Then we gave our speeches, and as I was first on the ballot, I got to give my speech first. [That is what you get for having names that start with A and B]. After our speeches everyone voted and the top three got to go for the final run for treasurer.

I was really nervous before my speech! But I felt okay about it afterwards. Then the gym teacher, Mrs. Dickens, announced the three winners. I wasn't one of them. I felt sad, but I was also happy for Brooke because I liked her and she was one of the three. She is new in our school. I didn't even know her but I liked her speech, it was great! Alice B.

REDFISH LAKE, BY ELLE BAILEY

Here is a scene from Redfish Lake, Idaho.
Here are some fun-photos:
Here is the exiting story about that night.... Alice fell off the log, the first time. The next night, we went to that log again, and.........she fell off in the same place. But, don't you just LOVE my pose?!?!?!?!

Then one day we visited a cool beach with a floating dock (tied to a tree). That's where Will, our cousin, fell off.... in 4 feet high water, soaking him, and the sweatshirt he was wearing, but luckily, right when we got there, I started a fire, so things could dry quickly!!

This is the sand castle we built, called Peewee's Playhouse, because we watched one of the shows at Uncle Kim's!!!!

HERE'S A CLOSE-UP OF PEEWEE'S PLAYHOUSE!!!!!

P.S. At the North Shore, we made the Great Wall of Peewee!!!!

First Day of School and more

Seeing Elizabeth and Alice off on the first day of school brought past events to mind. One of my favorite "back-to-school" pictures was this one. Deborah was so sad to not be going to school with the others. Ryan is in kindergarten, Justin is in 2nd grade and Catherine is in 4th grade. Love those shorts Justin! But then Deborah is still in her nightgown. (1987)

Then, two years later, all were off to school--the same elementary school in fact. Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th and 6th grades! Those teachers scheduled our family first for parent-teacher conferences (so there were no conflicts), then scheduled other families. I spent a lot of time volunteering in one way or another. Is this what is meant by stair-step children? (l989)

Or here we have the "Cingular--raising the bars" grouping. (Elle thought of that name--she's been watching too many TV commercials).

And although this isn't a first-day-of-school picture, it is a picture from school (the talent show). Who could forget our Under the Bamboo Tree number? Oh, the memories! Aaron was asking us what drove us to do all those talent show acts and we decided that we'd seen one family do some minor act at a ward talent show and we thought, "Hey, we could do that with our family, or do even better!" The rest is history...

MY MORNING, WELL, HALF A DAY STORY...........

Today I went on a hike to Backbone Park with the young women, and it was really
fun!! There is a little stream there, and we went and saw a rock called Balanced Rock.
(The name speaks for itself.) We crossed streams balancing on logs, looked at fish,
got sabatoged by evil squirrels and their unripe walnuts that smelled like sprite,
almost saw deer, and I, of course, talked about unrelated experiences at
Disney World and its wonders.

Well, most of them were out of the blue, but knowing me, my family won't deny that that can happen!! Also when the Bishop got us lost, I was the most important one, not because of my experience of hiking, but because of my humor.

IT WAS REALLY FUN!!!!

THE END

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.......

.....three weeks ago!! This picture would be the annual first day of school picture!!!
So far, school has been going well for us. It was tough, though, and depressing the first day at junior high. Everything was fine..... until 7th period gym, (which I'm thankful for) because then my gym locker would not open, and I kept on having to ask the gym teacher to open it, until a few days ago. Since then I have been fine, and dandy, and have been having tons o' fun!! But I have to ask you, In this picture,
do I look like a 7th grader??

I'm back...

I feel like this site has been hijacked for the past few days. Elizabeth has enjoyed herself immensely as she played with pictures and text. I thought I'd add some recent pictures to show what The Bailey Bunch has really been up to.



Catherine is going to kill me for showing this picture...

The climbing wall--I even was able to climb the wall, but alas, someone had to take the picture...
Elizabeth talked about this playground equipment in her last post. I'm not sure it was meant to be climbed on over the top, but they should have known kids would do that. Fortunately, there was a soft bed of wood chips to land on if she fell, unlike the black asphalt that was under the swings and "jungle gym" from my elementary school days (back in the 60's). Amazingly, I don't remember very many playground injuries--were kids tougher back then?

Deborah's group performing in Nauvoo. We absolutely loved watching their show (and we even liked the folk dancers too).

One of Grandma Bailey's roses at the side of her house in Idaho. I just love roses!