Look alikes across the years

This is a picture of Byron, my dad's younger brother at age 4 or 5.

And this is Joan and Fred's grandson - Scott's boy.

Do they look alike or what??

I'm loving going through these old photos!

Catching up a bit -

Last Monday at this time, Eve, Porter and Harry were sleeping over at our house while Harry and Dawn had an anniversary getaway to Santa Barbara - a Terrill Family Fave for sure!

Eve's first request was for a French braid!!

Husker and Simone came too.

In addition to other fun activities - like swimming and gymnastic lessons, lunch at Wendy's and a trip to the Friends of the Library bookstore - we went bowling with our good friend Emma.

Another shot of the French braid - I can't believe there's a hair do that I can do that Dawn can't. Maybe we will have a lesson or two - I told her Bonny said to me - when she was 9 or 10 - "You just need to practice on me Mom - and then you will get it!" So we sat and watched old Shirley Temple movies and I braided away til I got it right!

Then Thursday Annika came for her Grandma's Birthday Sleepover. She is lots of fun to have around.

Thursday night Scott came - he'd gone to the Dodger game for Mormon Night. He used the Presidential Suite and seemed favorably impressed!

Friday we swam at Menlove's with the Ward's Friday Swim Bunch. Annika was loving it - in spite of this photo! At least she didn't want to get out!

Dawn and Baby Harry in the pool.

Porter enjoys the water too.

And Eve has become a regular fish.

Goggles and all!

Porter and Harry W. at the computer - the game of choice is some pirate game on Yahoo Kids.

Ella is with us now - lots going on - so I will post that after she leaves. We have been shopping and sewing and eating and playing games. Good times!

Sunday visits

We enjoyed our nearly weekly g-chat with Hannah and Robbie - with the added plus of visiting with Hester too.

I will miss sharing their foreign adventures with them. Maybe their East coast adventures will be just as much fun!!

We can only hope!!

Gotta love this boy and his little sis!

This is my Uncle Peter - variously called Pete, Gilbert or Gil - or Peter Gilbert ( I'm surprised he didn't have an identity crisis!) with his sister my Aunt Jane. They were the children of my Grandpa Clayton and his second wife Helen Pratt. She had a son, but he was killed in a car accident as a boy - I'm not sure when, but it was after she married my grandpa.

Here they are a little older.

Here's a teenage Gil - I thought he was a rock star - totally glamorous to my young teen mind.

And Jane - always lovely and serene - I loved it when she came to visit.

Jane looks a lot like her mother.

As I think you can see.

Another Clayton Reunion

In March of 1987, a mini-Clayton reunion was held in St.George, Utah.

Could not resist these fetching young women - all decked out 80's style!

And the Kerksiek Family as they were in 1987.

I remember it being fun - and there are lots of photos - so we know it happened!

The Young Adult Scene from Days Past - and other times too.

The scrapbook had two pages devoted to what seems to have been one event. I'm pretty sure that's my dad in the foreground, partially turned around.

And this is Grandpa Clayton and Helen - his second wife - obviously at Big Bear!! This is the late 30's.

This is the same event as the top photo - my dad with another woman!!

Hmm - pantsuits - not all that different from the phenomenon of recent years. I think the woman with my mom is a cousin.

I think these photos would intrigue me even if they were strangers!

Tomorrow I'm branching out into some cousins, aunts and uncles!!

What is it about groups of siblings?

Well, in this case, I guess we can say that dark, horn-rimmed glasses were in style!! And that the Clayton kids went to church looking good!

It's Bill, Mary and Richard, in case you couldn't tell!

And this would be Dad, Grandpa Clayton, Ted, and Byron - around 1938. Clayton men - in all the old photos I've found - were pretty sharp dressers. I remember that about my dad - always shined his shoes, always looked neat and pressed. And really enjoyed dressing up - he always talked about his tuxedo - a young adult male just couldn't compete on the LDS social scene without a nice tuxedo!!

The Second Grandma Clayton

After my father's mother died, my grandpa married Helen Pratt. I have a number of fond memories of her - and recently I did a grandma post and mentioned her.

Found this picture of them - dated 1938 - she is my Aunt Jane's mother - and my Aunt Jane certainly looks like her mother!

The LA Scene - back in the day!!

I'm pretty sure this is a house my Grandpa Clayton lived in with his second wife Helen Pratt. I remember going to their house - but that would be in the late 40's and this shot is from 1938 - maybe he lived there awhile. This house seems familiar to me - but it could just look like lots of California houses I've seen over time.

This is a shot of my day and it says "1938"on the back. My dad would be 22 years old. It would be a couple of years before he got married.

My parents were married in the photo, but I don't know whose house it is. Click on the image and see Uncle Paul with his wife Aunt June on the far left. Seems like my Uncle Paul has always had white hair - but apparently not as a young adult!! I don't know who the others are - probably friends or maybe cousins. The Claytons were pretty social!!

That "LA Look" is pretty ageless it seems!

Reunion time - and I will be posting random photos here and at the Terrill Connection - changing daily - you won't want to miss it!!


Okay, so this is the 60's folks, in all its glory!!

My Aunt Anne - Grandma Connie was her mom - and were we ever glad they joined the Clayton Clan!!

Gotta love that girl!

Eve called me tonight:

Eve: Grandma, you want to come to Cherry on Top with us?

Me: We haven't had dinner yet and Grandpa is not home.

Eve: Well, just put his dinner on the counter and leave him a note that says to warm up his dinner and just come with us.

Me: Well, I really should wait until he gets home and I have to make dinner still.

Eve: Oh, just open some soup.

Me: Well, it's my job to take care of Grandpa, so I should really be here with his dinner ready.

Eve: You take care of Grandpa? Isn't he older than you? He looks older than you.

I do love Eve's ability to "cut to the chase!!"

What's new in the neigborhood??

So, after 26 years, we have finally planted a tree in the front yard!! It's a California Sycamore.

And I thought I'd show you how different the side yard looks now that the neighbors to the north have cleared away about 30 years of overgrowth.

Don't drive on by because you don't recognize the place!!

This brings me joy!! Thank you Lawnbird!! (that would be our good friend Paul!)

A fun Sunday

Started the day out saying goodbye to Sean, Keli and girls - what fun to have them here, however briefly!!

Found out it was Patrice's birthday today - so we had her over for a birthday dinner!!

With birthday pie - thanks Dawn!!

Harry the Son of Harry and Barbara had to work, but we enjoyed having the rest of the crew.

Eve regaled Patrice with a number of her wonderful stories.

Harry (the Dad of Bonny, Harry, Phoebe, Eliza, Hannah and Noah), and Greg played with their phones!!

Porter tries to avoid getting photographed. (But he always wants to see the picture afterwards!)

And Baby Harry likes the big chair, as opposed to a high chair - go figure!

We also enjoyed g-chatting with Hannah and Robbie and hearing about the Tour de France - check her blog for photos.

Can it be the end of July already??

I had a conversation with Bruce the other night - about trees - and the lack thereof in our front yard. He suggested a Sycamore tree.

So I did a little research - and contacted my tree guy - and we are getting one planted next week.

I know you are all amazed that after 26 years of saying, "If we'd planted a tree when we moved here, the tree would now be ______years old!"

Never say never! It ain't over til it's over! It ain't over til the fat lady sings!

I will of course post photos when the action takes place!!

Tiny Treasures

The deer eat most of my roses - a continual frustration - but sometimes they miss a few.

And so I enjoy a little spot of cheer in the house from "Grandma's Garden."

I enjoy my "tiny treasures!!"

All Things Sendak!!

Dad, Noah and I went to see Harry Potter - we enjoyed it - but I really need to watch all of them and get some details straight!! The key players have indeed improved as actors.

While there, we of course saw "Previews of Coming Attractions" and lo and behold, they are making a full-length movie out of Where the Wild Things Are. And it looks like it might be pretty entertaining.

This is of course the perfect segue into the following: I was browsing in the Friends of the Monrovia Library Bookstore today - I dearly love our new library and want to support it in every way - and I buy copies of books that I have always owned - or at least have owned for some time - and then offer them up to any takers in the family. It's a good system - I can't remember who has what - so they just tell me which ones they want. (These books go for 25 cents each!!)

Hannah commented that she had to tell Robbie all about Outside Over There and the connection to our own dear Miss Ida.

So it seemed like a good excuse for a post!!

For the uninitiated, the young lady with the "wonder horn" is Ida. The baby in the cradle is her unnamed little sister.

And those creatures in the window are goblins - come to snatch Baby Sister. (And replace her with an "ice baby!!")

I don't want to spoil the ending - you'll have to read it yourself.

Maybe next year we can do the Caldecott Winners for our Summer Read!!

(Parenthetically, the very first children's book we ever owned was Kenny's Window by Maurice Sendak - it's not a well-known work of his - except in certain Terrill circles - but it's a unique, compelling, somewhat confusing but charming story - lots of dream sequences. It was a baby shower gift. And that got us started on Sendak. Just a little history for you!!)

Have I ever posted about Crows of Pearblossom??