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| From cousin Christy Royse mom's comment back: Ironic, isn't it, that as I as I am seeing this picture for the first time 4 pirates searching for Long John Silver's treasure dashed passed me followed by a bandit from the wild west complete with face kerchief & brandishing laser gun. The bandit was Abigail, but shhh-she's in disguise. |
May 1 ~ Filling out Staff Applications at Camp Manatawny for a pile o' Rutherfords. Between this and Camper Registrations, my hand may just fall off.
May 2 ~ Dearest Niner, My sciatic nerve is not a recliner. Please remove yourself from its vicinity. Your mother
May 3 ~ Semi-reclining in the couch trying to ignore the pain in my backside and the steady deterioration of my surroundings.
May 8 ~
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| To our mysterious benefactor: you ROCK!! I am sitting here in awe! |
May 8 ~ Keats (6): "That is just disturbing on so many levels."
May 9 ~
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| Just dad's guess at the inner workings of her little mind . . . ~comments~ Mimi: How about "I should have known the mustache wouldn't be enough. I should have worn the dark glasses. sigh" Shelby: Who's that Peeta guy?! What?! |
May 10 ~ The saddest day is when you wake up early and immediately grab your book, carrying it with you everywhere in order to read snatches throughout the day and then collapse into bed that night NEVER having opened the book at all.
May 11 ~ Rutherford Brannon Sleepover Madness. Stats for the weekend: 160 pizza rolls, 60 hotdogs, 220 chicken nuggets, 4 bags of potato chips, 2 bottles of ketchup, 16 pounds of strawberries, 8 pounds bananas, 4 pounds of apples, 4 boxes of cereal.
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| Why yes, that is a tent in our living room. Why? How do you entertain 11 children overnight? |
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| Sure, they're gonna sleep. |
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| And here is what you feed 11 children. |
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| Bedtime movie viewing, Rutherford Brannon Sleepover Style |
May 12 ~
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| it's been too long since I was with all of these lovely ladies... Really, it shouldn't be years before the next get together. |
May 15 ~ Several Rutherford boys: "Mom, can we take our pants off now?" (They are wanting a jammie day, but I had a brief officer meeting this morning and asked them to please put pants on.)
May 18 ~
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| Our Dylan Grace |
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| The apple Scott found in his lunch at work. Life with kids is full of surprises. |
May 21 ~ Today's weird "we homeschool" lesson: Bacon comes from the pig stomach. On average, each stomach yields 6 lbs of bacon. Our family eats one pig stomach per week. They will remember this their whole life.
May 22 ~ Zero energy today, even after 3 mugs of coffee. I'm thinking popcorn lunch,Drive Thru History/Planet Earth watching afternoon, spoonfuls of peanut butter w/ apple slices dinner, and early bedtimes with "privileged extra listening time."
May 23 ~ NAPLATE — Zelda M. "Tootie" Dubach, 89, of Naplate, passed away Monday, May 21, at Ottawa Pavilion.
May 29 ~ Loving summer activities. Not loving my first-ever-can't-really-bend-a
Funeral services for Zelda will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at Ottawa Funeral Home with Fr. Mark Geisler of the Episcopal Church officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. prior to services Wednesday at Ottawa Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later date at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery.
Zelda was born Oct. 30, 1922, in Dayton, to Frank and Alice (McKinley) Davis. She married John Dubach on June 26, 1941, at St. Mary's Church in Naplate. He passed away Jan. 29, 1996.
She had been a nurses' aide at La Salle County Nursing Home and was a cook at Hank's Farm, retiring when she was 80.
She is survived by one daughter, Zelda (Edward) Allen of Ottawa; two sons, Robert (Judy) Dubach of Georgia and John (Debbie) Dubach of Pennsylvania; nine grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy "Honey" Cusick of Ottawa, Bertha "Babe" Garland of South Carolina and Norma Hughes of Pennsylvania; a special nephew, Andrew "Skeeter" Dubach; and many other nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Dolly, Helen and Rosemary, and four brothers, Bud, Herbert, Frank and Joe.
May 26 ~ Pool opening weekend!
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| Walking the Exeter River Trail, knowing we'll get to cool down in the pool! |
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| Pink cheeked and nestled inside the inner-tubes, this pic became a family favorite. |
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| A post-swim Abigail getting nice and clean. |
May 29 ~ Loving summer activities. Not loving my first-ever-can't-really-bend-a
~comments~
Aunt Miranda: How many daughters do you have that could help with colors?
Mom: Um, I'll answer your question with a question: how many daughters do I have that would be as careful as I would be?!?!
Tara Maniaci Luek: Poor mom! When are you due again? Have the girls paint them once a week but right before you pop, go splurge on a fantastic pedicure for yourself. That way your toes are colorful (and if you can't see them....just imagine they look wonderful) and you can save money and not feel bad about going all out for the birth. You deserve it and it will make your kids feel good to do something nice for you. Heck...you should have a competition between the boys and girls to see who does a better job!! Maybe they will really try hard to beat the others. Lol.
Jenna Weis: I definitely had my last contortion today of doing my own toes...I'm pretty sure whoever wins your contest will need to be visiting my house next
May 30 ~ Abigail singing her ABCs: ". . . H, I, J, K, Elmo-Elmo Pees, Q, R, . . ."
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