Summer Jobs

Hannah seems to have a great summer job this year. For many years, summer jobs around here meant one of two things - working for Dad or lifeguarding. So she has broken out of the mold.

I had a plethora of summer jobs - working for a phonograph record manufacturer, playground aide (2 summers), blueprint technician, cosmetic factory minion, assosrted babysitting jobs and file clerking.

The above photo is from the blueprint tech job - Joan had worked there for several years and she got me the job. I drove to work with her - in her blue Rambler with the push button gears. The ladies she worked with were pretty nice - they all smoked like chimneys though. And they all sort of "watched out" for me, which was nice.

I think my favorite job was the playground aide - one year I coached a 6th grade girls' volleyball team to 2nd place in the LAUSD Summer Tournament - I'll bet that surprises some of you. Just proves my point that you don't have to be able to do something well to be able to help someone else do it well. (My kids often thought I couldn't supervise their piano practicing since I not only didn't play, I didn't even read music. They resisted me - and I'm sure rue the day that they did!)

I do have pictures from the playground aide days - but not of me. I think they are of my winning volleyball team - I will search for them and that will be another post.

I also enjoyed the distinction of being unbeaten for 2 summers in a row at checkers. I got nervous at times - my "kids" would bring contenders all the time - sure that I could beat them - and I worried about not being able to live up to their expectations! I'm still pretty good at checkers, but my reflexes are slower, so I do get beaten - but usually not by elementary students anyway!

It's a start . . .

I really do need to get organized - I have this vision of all these "theme" posts that would include great shots I know about - but can't remember where they are. Or great shots I've completely forgotten.

My vision here was that of the first grandkids - but it doesn't include Paul or Michael in the mix so that's not accurate. But it's a cute shot anyway.


I think this was taken at Richard and Julie's apartment right after they got married - it was winter because Bonny is wearing the wool jumper I crocheted for her. It would be about 1975 - I think.

The kids are Bonny, Chris, Jennifer, Harry with Erika and Betsy on the front row.

Maybe I will get organized this summer - or maybe not.

Daddy/Daughter Date!

Came across this picture of Dad - from 1980 or 81 I am sure - I think the cake is his birthday cake too. It's a favorite shot of mine - the way I remember Dad before his health declined.

And note my apron - my mom made if for me from that old pattern that I have been using of late to make aprons. I loved it - wore it out in fact.

Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there - and may your kids have great memories like I do of a dad who was really there for me all the time. If I was sick at night, he's the one who came in. When I had whooping cough and would have major coughing attacks at night that scared the beejeebies out of me, he would come in and start counting slowly, and soon I'd be calm again and the coughing would subside. If we wanted to go somewhere, he drove us there - and waited for us till we were done - I think he kept a blanket in the car so he could snooze while he waited. (He drove us because he didn't want us driving - but he taught me to drive! And offerred to drive me anywhere I wanted to go!)

I can remember him making yellow cakes with duck eggs from the Embertsons. I can remember him braiding my hair - and that's an old memory because my hair was only long when I was quite young. I can remember him ironing our dresses on Sunday mornings. And showing me how to polish my shoes. (Do kids today even know about polishing shoes?)

I remember doing homework around the dining room table - and Dad helping me with a poster for a science report on bees - he drew the pictures of the bees for me. And I remember him driving me to school with my Brazilian coffee plantation project - we normally walked, but this was a large piece of wood with a replica of a coffee plantation that I had made - with his help - and there was no way I could carry it!

Dad drove us to Stake dances, early morning Seminary, Mutual activities, and the Saturday matinees at the Panorama Theater. I also remember some kind of small car races where he would buy us candy bars. And I remember ball games - but I'm not sure what farm team they were. One summer he drove me to work each day - at a cosmetic factory near his shop. And came and picked me up and brought me back to the shop to wait until he was finished.

Dad built the house Mom still lives in - and I grew up on a construction sight. It was fun - probably drove him and Mom nuts, but I remember smooth cement foundations perfect for roller skating. And huge piles of sand. And framed walls that facilitated climbing. And lots of spare wood for tree houses. And the worlds biggest playhouse!

Dad didn't grow up with sisters, so maybe that is why he was so protective. But I was happy. Perhaps I have forgotten the things that made me unhappy. But that doesn't diminish the happy memories.

Thanks, Dad!! Happy Father's Day!

"June is busting out all over. . ."

It's June - that means Ernie's and my Grandpa Clayton's birthdays. And my return from France in 1966 (commemorated in a photo with Alice and David!) And a visit that included seeing Aunt Joan in 1971. And Joan and Fred's wedding anniversary.

And a lot of other things - like Father's Day and Flag Day and graduations and the END OF SCHOOL!!!!!

Father's Day gets its own post - stay tuned!!

Summer Fun at the Beach

I was perusing Betsy's blog and noted that they had gone to the beach. And while looking for some other photos, came across this one. One summer - probably 1981 or 2 - Betsy came for a week or so - and we went to the beach.

You can see Bonny stretched out on the boogie board in the background and Harry and Phoebe as well as Betsy. Apparently Besty and Harry had "buried" Phoebe.

I'm sure we went to Will Rogers State Beach. Back in the days after we first moved here, I knew how to find one beach - and didn't venture to any other beaches for a few years.

We used to go to the beach every Thursday - I based this on the fact that we'd bring sand home - and I cleaned on Fridays!

Aloha

Another LDS teacher and I were asked by the principal to throw a retirement party for Mrs. Yoffe and Mr. West. I think only Hannah ever had Mrs. Yoffe, but you will all recognize her as one of the "Girls of '45" at Clifton.

And you all had Mr. West! Several old timers were there - I think you will recognize them. The school has changed much since you were there - even since I started there it has changed a lot.

But some things never change - like Arvin W. and Marcia W.!!

And of course, 6th, 7th and 8th graders are all pretty much alike, year after year!!

And they still overdress for promotion!

Campfire Girl

I was never a Girl Scout, but I was a Campfire Girl for a short period of time. My mom would only buy me the shirt, so I never really felt like a true Campfire Girl - maybe that is why I didn't stay in it long. And most of my friends were Girl Scouts, but my mom wasn't too keen on them - I think the troop in our area did lots of Sunday stuff.

I do remember selling Campfire Girl Marshmellows - they came in little boxes and I loved them. I also remember going to a campfire activity in the mountains - or at least it seemed like the mountains to me.

This is a good argument for young girls keeping journals - so we could know what we used to do, since I certainly can't remember what I used to do!!

And don't you love the hair??

Camping in the 70's

With Harry and Dawn here at our place, we see lots of Porter - and the tendency is to see his resemblance to Grandpa Bill. And he definitely has Cardon eyes.

But there is a lot of Harry in him - witness these rather poor-quality but still fun shots of Bonny and Harry and Harry alone on a camping trip we took in 1973 with Grandma and Grandpa Terrill - somewhere up in the Unitas.

Many of you will recognize the crib too! I carried that crib home from J.C. Penney's on the bus! (We didn't have a car then.) And every Terrill child slept in it at some time - some longer than others. Bonny was 5 months old when we got it - she'd been in a bassinet until then - and the minute we put her in the porta crib, she rolled over for the first time - finally had room to do it!!

Back in the day when we were young and free!!

Found this photo - one of my faves of your dad - isn't he cute? We had taken in a cat I think. We've done that a time or two. I guess we were playing UNO or something.

For those who don't know, it's Lyn, Roseann, Alice and Harry at our place on 7th and 7th in Provo in 1968-69. It was a tiny little house with a basement and a huge backyard - and the canal flowed along in front.

The Birthday Saga continues -

So, on the eve of turning 61, I am reflecting - mainly because the house is quiet and empty - Porter is asleep in his crib and the rest of the folks are celebrating at the Dodger Game - Monrovia Ward Family Home Evening Style! I volunteered for the babysitting duties.

Was looking for a specific birthday photo of me and Roseann - we share a birth day and a birth year. I have found other co-holders over the years, but none on the same day.

So I was trying to think what the first birthday was that I remembered. I think it's my 8th birthday. My friend Barbara Britten had died in March, and her mother came to my party - I don't remember ever having another birthday party as a child - but she came and brought me a set of "days of the week" underpants - that I thought were the height of luxury. She often came and talked to my mom in the months following her daughter's death from an aneurism - which no one knew about until she died suddenly. I know my mom talked to her about the plan of salvation.

What I mostly remember about birthdays as a child at home is that you didn't have to do your chores on that day, my mom washed and curled your hair for school (unheard of otherwise - hair was washed once a week on Saturday night), and you got to choose what we would have for dinner.

I also remember for a few years, my Grandma Stevens would bring out two gifts on Alice's birthday in April (Alice' s is the 26th and Grandma's was the 25th - "might as well have been a month off" she used to say!!) Whatever Alice got, I got too - but in a different color - I got a blue dress to Alice's pink one, for example. I also remember red and green lunch boxes and red and green umbrellas, but I don't know who got what color.

One year, when I turned 18, my mom made me a pink and white flowered shift with a matching jacket - I thought I was the queen of fashion in that. That was often a birthday tradition - to go choose material and Mom made you a dress.

In fact, the year before that, I got invited to prom - wasn't too excited because the date wasn't too exciting. Everyone else was excited too, so I had to use my birthday "choice" for a prom dress that Mom and Alice made. And when we went out to eat after the prom, I spilled gravy down the front!! When it got dry cleaned, the satin went limp!! When I went away to college, Alice made me a shorter dress to wear with the lace jacket that went with the prom dress.

So here are the pictures of prom dresses, and Roseann and I in 1968 on our 23rd birthdays on the 23rd! (The short blue dress is from BYU Preference in 1964, the prom is May 19, 1962 - Mom's b-day - I didn't remember that fact!)

Spring Musicals

MHS just completed their run of the Spring Musical, "Into the Woods." For the first time in many years, no one in the Terrill household went to any of the productions. I'm not sure what that says about our busy lives - I think it says that no one is really connected to MHS anymore!

(What it says about me is that the first time they did "Into the Woods," I was subbing. They had me sub for Segal the day of the dress rehearsals, and I spent the day in the auditorium, sitting with his classes and watching most of the play. Kind of got enough to last a long time!)

Rachel C. was in it this time and did a great job I am sure - you can check the video on their blog!!

So when I came across this pix of Phoebe in "Once Upon A Mattress," I thought of how this was the production that got the Terrill kids involved in drama and music at MHS - back in the day of 1993!

And Phoebe is still our Drama Queen!

Where do the years go?

Got a graduation announcement from Andrew Rich - thought you all might enjoy seeing how he's grown! He's going to the University of Utah in the fall. Thought I'd contrast it with the all-time Andrew/Noah shot from 1988!

Once a fashionista, always a fashionista!

I came across this photo of Eliza, circa 1992 - the occasion was the Adventurer Pack-in - the one where Dad made a handcart - and the little kids and I rode our bikes to the campsite.

As you can all see, Eliza has always had a flair for fashion!!

The other thing I remember about this camping trip is that we had a Sacrament meeting by the river, since we had gone over a weekend. It was somewhat abbreviated, but we did have the sacrament, some songs and prayers and a couple of talks (for the uninitiated, Adventurer Pack-ins were for YW who were 16 and older, so you know that the talks were not terribly long.)

Afterwards, Noah said, "Can we come here for church every week?"

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I was looking for another photo and came across this one. It was at the little house we rented for a night in Laguna - Christmas of '98 I think - since the baby I am holding is Ella.

Being tired never seems to go away, does it??

Little Trios

I noticed that there are a lot of shots of "Leslie, Donna, David" just like there are lots of shots of "Eliza, Hannah, Noah." Something about 2 girls and a boy at the tail end of family. I like this shot of LDD in '63 - I remember those bathrobes too! And the shot of EHN is Noah's b-day in 93.

Just a little trip down Memory Lane!!

"Sumer is icumen in . . ."

The recent spate of warm days has got me itching for summer vacation to commence!! Someone at work said we had 3 more Mondays to go! (But that is deceptive, since we don't go to school on Memorial Day, so there are 4 more weeks left!!)

Anyway, here's a shot of Phoebe and Bonny in 1981 when we were camping. I know we don't have a plethora of eager campers out there in Blogworld, but it does look inviting, doesn't it??

The Many Faces of Noah

In honor of Noah's upcoming birthday - tomorrow - here are some "Noah shots" you can all appreciate!!

More Mother Shots

These shots are from August of 1985 - in fact, the occasion was Karen and Jeff's wedding. I especially like the look on Harry's and Phoebe's faces in the group shot! The shot with Jim and Trudy is on the temple grounds. I was pregnant with Hannah.

Young Women Leaders of Yore

This is a group photo taken at my mom and dad's 50th anniversary party in August of 1990. Bonny, Phoebe, Eliza and I are joined by my Laurel advisor - in the green striped dress - and her daughter. I remember Sister L. very well - she always sent me little notes in the mail - it's where I got the idea that it was cool to send notes - because I loved the ones she sent me - I still have some of them.

I also remember that she always told us that that we'd better have clean underwear every day - "you might get in an accident and get taken to the hospital and it would be embarrassing to not have clean underwear on!" she would say!!

She only died a few years ago - I always enjoyed seeing her when I visited. She had a less active or non-member husband and a mentally challenged son - but she persevered. She was a great example to me. And I loved her - because I knew she loved me.

Happy Eve of Cinco De Mayo

Posting on the Terrill blog is weird because Hannah's post has a Friday date but it's Thursday here, so the posts we add come after hers. Weird!

This is a picture of my junior high Girls' Vice Principal - doesn't she remind you of Viola Swamp?!

Now that's pretty random.

So here's a shot of my 8th grade Science teacher - upon whom I had a giant crush!!

It was, after all, 1958!!

And a shot of my gal pals at old PHJHS! I think we were all nerds - but it was a new school, so we got away with it!!

If it's Tuesday, she must be heading for London!

I've lost track of my "daily dose of photogravure" - I'm not sure how many days I've missed.

But here's a final little "Hannah note" until she sends us something to report - she is computerless but may make some connections.

This is the New Era illustration she posed for several years ago.

She's probably having a great adventure - and here I sit blogging!!

May Day - then and now!

I have fun every year explaining how May Day used to be to my students. And I remember Pheobe and the girls across the street liked to make baskets to fill with flowers and put them on the neighbor's porches and ring the bell and run!

When I was a kid, we had maypoles and in elementary school we always had a carnival on May Day. I have fond memories of May 1st! I've always carried a little grudge against Dwight David Eisenhower for abolishing the celebration of May Day in the U.S.

It's liable to become one of those "lost cultural oddities" that only the old-timers know about!!

These are some Patrick Henry Jr. high 8th and 9th grade photos of May Day and me!

Happy May Day one and all!!

Friday Night Fun!!

Here's the 1977 Easter Shot from Centerville that Blogger wouldn't post when I did an Easter laout. I love the looks on Bonny and Harry's faces!! I'm not sure what was going on - maybe Dad was making faces at them. I made my dress and Bonny's dress - and I was pregnant with Phoebe. The shot is from Harris' back yard - which only Bonny and Harry have a true memory of - or maybe Scott and Karen do too.

Wednesday, Thursday - where does the time go??

I was scannning through the pictures in my computer and this caught my eye - everyone's seen it - but I was thinking how I have my own "little women" and how much fun they are.

Don't get me wrong, I love the boys - all of them - and adore the daughter-in-law - but having 5 wonderful sisters myself, I'm just happy when I think of all the good times we have had and undoubtedly will have - with my sisters and my daughters - and my granddaughters too.

Louisa May Alcott, my muse at times like this, said, ""I want to do something spendid . . . something heroic or wonderful, that won't be forgotten after I'm dead . . . .I think I shall write books."

Well, I haven't written any books, but I certainly think of our family as something splendid!

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - I'm getting behind!!

Daily posting may go the way of the rotary dial phone! Here's a shot of my younger siblings dressing up for Halloween. This was the year I stayed home fall semester to save up to go to France - I helped them dress up - it was certainly a simpler time!! (it was 1965)

Saturday is a Special Day!

We had a great day today - picked up Grandma Terrill and drove to Lake Forest for Chuck Taylor's baptism. For those unfamiliar with the story, Chuck, son of Bill and Virginia Taylor, was excommunicated many years ago. Over a year ago, his stepmother gave his current wife a copy of Marvelous Work and a Wonder. She and Chuck have a 7-year old son, Ethan. When Yvette read the part about being sealed to her family, she told Chuck, "I want us to be sealed."

And so began Chuck's journey back into the church. Along the way, his wife took the lessons and joined the church. And yesterday she went with Bill and his wife and received her endowments.

His dad Bill, Grandma Terrill's brother, performed the baptism and confirmation. Jack and Thalia, Chuck and the Bishop's wife sang "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy." It was great to be with family and share a special time. Bill Taylor also spoke - it was enlightening and entertaining. He lauded Grandma Terrill for her steadiness and great example to all the family. He and Grandma T. not only look a lot alike, they have many of the same mannerisms.

After the baptism, Chuck and his wife bore their testimonies. Yvette is a lovely woman - everytime I get involved with extended family that I haven't had much or any contact with, I am impressed anew at how strong family ties really are.

The picture is of the group - including Larry and Diane Davis - Larry is Virginia's brother and she raised him with her own children. Also Chuck's daughter Kasey is in the picture too. McLean Taylor, Jack and Thalia's son was there too.

It was a great experience - Dad and I were glad we got to be part of the occasion.

Thursday, Friday

I had found this picture a few weeks ago and thought I do a montage of birthday shots for Eliza's birthday on Wednesday.

But I just found it today - and am too tired to go looking for more.

So one will have to suffice - and it will be belated - but Bonny was talking about the 17th anniversary of meeting Bruce - so here's the 17th anniversary of meeting Eliza!!

Tuesday, Wednesday - Marathon Memories

This is probably the only marathon photo of me you will ever see! (It was taken at a booth at Hopkinton where these little teeny boppers were raising money for cancer research.)

Saturday, Sunday, Monday - more catching up!

I have been so busy posting on our exploits that I have certainly neglected my daily fave foto feature.

But here are some shots of Boston - the park where I waited for Dad, the subway - that goes along with a loud, loud sound (but no Mr.Gonzago) and a snapshot of me blogging - what else?

We are trying to watch a movie while Dad tries to forget about his aches and pains - but there were tech problems - and the techie hasn't come back yet - Dad may be sound asleep by then - I wonder why?