Sixteen (or so) Pictures for the Sixteenth (or so) of November Two Thousand and Sixteen

One day each month we document the day with a picture from each person in our family so we can see the everyday happenings of each other . . .

Atlas:  I am grateful that there are no tornadoes at my house and that Grandpa and
Grandma's house has armor around it to protect it from the tornadoes.
(Note:  Atlas watched the Wizard of Oz recently.)

Levin:  I am grateful for games and Atlas.

Cali:  I am grateful that our little boy is still small enough to carry once in awhile.

Ray:  I am grateful for the best day of the year and a demo project of a perfectly good bathroom.

Hazel:  I am grateful to be alive.

Henry:  I am grateful for balls to play with.

Grace:  I'm grateful for a warm house, foot to eat, and my family.

Abe:  I'm grateful for wonderful kids.

Kathryn:  I am grateful for the Sunbeam song.

Eliza: I'm greatful for marshmallows and straws. And that my right eye looks cool.

Afton: I am grateful for goodnight hugs from my little sister.

Michelle: I'm grateful that Ty bought new dishes today so I don't
have to wash the ones that stacked up through the day today.
Our mixed, matched, chipped, and cracked ones are headed for the dump.

Ty: I'm grateful for my girls and our Wednesday night tradition of
running to the track and Freedom Park. I run 4 laps with the girls in
 the stroller, then the girls get out. Afton runs a whole lap, Eliza 2/3's,
and Kathryn gets carried. Then we play at the park.

Winnie:  I am grateful for my thumb.

Ezra:  I am grateful for someone to play with.

Zeph:  I am grateful for read aloud books on the iPad.

Ande:  I am grateful for happy kids . . .

. . . and for the Young Women's program . . . and the end of a very intense fundraiser.

Joe:  I am grateful for kids because they are joyful.

Calvin:  I am grateful for good associations.

Jane:  I am grateful for home, soft nightgowns, simple suppers, and
16 on 16 of 16 posts.

16 (or so) pictures taken on the 16th of October 2016

We've been doing a monthly family post for almost 72 months.  In all of those years, we missed one month and stretched the original perimeters on many others, including this month.  

Some of these photos were taken on 10-16-16, some were taken days before, and a few were taken a day or two after.  I am grateful for the family's contributions. whenever they come and however many come, for it captures a piece of life in our world.  

In the month of October of 2016 . . . 

Calvin:  preparing to give a talk in church.

Jane:  Popcorn, a typical Sunday night supper.

Kathryn: One great way to make Mom happy is to express an undeniable desire to go to bed.

Eliza: Dad asked me to pick up a few pairs of shoes that were out, and that gave me an idea...

Afton: We made some cinnamon rOOOOOOlls yesterday,
and delivered them to some neighbors today.

Michelle: At the end of the day it's another day over.

Ty:  I had to do a quick inventory of our church's games for the Harvest Festival.
They are functional, but not pretty.

Abe: Training in Idaho with my 1SG.

Grace:  Family selfie to send to Dad.  Henry's not very cooperative
these days.

Minion Hazel

Henry and Hazel are really starting to interact and play with each other.

Ray:  Fishwheel on the Yukon.  Catching 350 fish per day to dry and feed 63 sled dogs year round.
(Ray went moose hunting this month with his brother Johnny.)

Ray:  Drying salmon for the dogs.

Cali:  Helping Atlas stay quiet while listening to General Conference.

Levin:  Museum of flight.

Levin and Atlas:  Ray taught the boys if they ate food before they pray
they have to open their mouths while he blesses the food.

Atlas:  Zombie Krispie Kreme donuts for Family Home Evening

Atlas:  Museum of flight

Ande:  When life hands you a 5 day power outage...
you use your questionable, but decent smelling, milk
to make a two gallons of Greek yogurt.
(Thank you Hurricane Matthew for not knocking over
Joe and Ande's house when it knocked out the power.)

Ezra: Mom made yogurt. I dipped my fingers in it and ate it plain.
We won't give company our yogurt.

Zeph: My favorite part of post-hurricane Matthew yard-clean-up
is keeping the branches in the wagon.

Until next month . . .

Over Sixteen Pictures for the Sixteenth of September 2016

A look at a regular day in the Payne family lives  . . .

Calvin:  Caught the Greyhound to Seattle, but didn't dare close my eyes.
(Joe and Ande and their family took the car to Seattle to
catch their plane home.  I went to retrieve it.)

Jane:  Waiting for the bus with Calvin.  Everyone should ride a
Greyhound every five years ago for a dose of reality.

Ray:  Gearing up for a moose hunt.  This is a handheld boat winch.
You never know, we might get stuck, stranded, or get the biggest moose
in Alaska and we would need help hauling it in.

Cali:  Birthday parties turn my kids into animals . . .
for reals.  And they also wear them out.  Tonight as Atlas
dozed off he whispered, "I had a good time at the party."
And both boys cried and cried when I washed off their tiger
faces.  Could not cope.

Levin:  Remembering the rides at the Ellensburg fair.

Atlas

Abe:  Trying on Hazel's sunglasses.

Grace:  Freshly bathed babies, ready for bed.

Henry:  went on a nature walk and picked flowers for mama.

Hazel:  I adore my brother and he loves me.

Ty and Michelle:  Ty and I went on a date tonight to play racquetball.
I finally paid attention to the score during the third game because I
actually got 6 points.

Afton: Crazy hair, don't care.

Eliza:  I had a hard time waking up from my nap.  Then Kathryn held that
monkey to my face for forever, waiting for me to kiss it, because she
thought it would help me feel better.

Kathryn:  I ate my first corn dog today.  Mom forgot to fully train me
before I dug in.  Once she showed me that the inside was edible too, it
was like I got two yummy lunches instead of one.

Joe:  We welcomed ourselves back to the south (after a long
trip to the Northwest) with fried chicken sandwiches,
sweet potato fries, and pecan pie.  Good to be home.

Zeph:  A year's worth of clothes, 100 lbs of beef, and three kids.
Not a small haul.

Ezra:  "Wow!  Whoa!"

Winifred:  A weary traveler.