The Yoder Family

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The annual hanging of the sign. We have thought of coming up with an automated menu of options, "If you are coming from the north, press 1. If you coming from the south, press 2....." But....we haven't.....soooooo, that means we all spend an incredible amount of time on the phone, answering questions about walnuts and telling people how to get here. We get out and about to pick up nuts at various locations around the area. Even Baby Clay "helps" us gather nuts. Yeah, Brock really is carrying two buckets that are stuck together. We could not separate them and it was a mild annoyance the entire time. Shakin' them loose. Might as well get them ALL while we're there anyhow! When you have to park far away from the trees, it is nice to have bags so you don't have to take as many trips with buckets. The stains on their hands will last for 2 weeks or so after the last nuts. Garth mans the huller a lot. But Maria takes a turn, too. Paul and Trevor are hauling the hulls out. Computation consultation. Clark is helping

Here is a little video we put together (at Mom's request) of pictures of the Titanic over the years. If you notice, the Titanic was looming in the background of a lot of happenings. ( Blake and Christine even had their first date in the ship. ) So sad that it is now sunk... =) The music and words, of course, are not about the Titanic, but Mom thought they were fitting. * I'm not very good at doing this sort of thing, and I think I uploaded it wrong or something. Anyway, click on the little screen on the lower left hand side of the picture and it should let you watch it. *As always, we love comments!!!

"Being a mother of boys is hard work from son up to son down!" "we worry about what a child will become tomorrow,yet we forget that he is someone today" "It takes two boys to make one brother" "A boy is a noise with dirt on it." "Never underestimate a child's ability to get into more trouble." 'Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don't have the top for.'