The Trap

Today was a laid back Saturday.

We were all home most of the day together.

This evening, we were gathering cards

to play a game.

From somewhere, a mouse trap ended up

on the table.

Luke began setting and snapping it shut with

a pencil, card or other object.

Jordan challenged Luke to set it off with his finger.

"Watch, it's easy!"
Jordan said as he carefully set it off and
we watched nervously.

Luke reset it, with his older brothers challenging

him to touch it.

Luke would very cautiously start to touch it,

with them coaxing him to touch it.

SNAP,

it would go off with them yelling, "Chicken!"

as he set it off with his pencil again.

Jordan set it and touched it ever

so quickly again, making me get so nervous!

This would cause Luke to again, reset it and try to

muster up some courage.

I got so nervous watching Luke, I had to leave the room.

Boys are very strange creatures!

This to me was torture, yet the competitive

nature and being challenged by

your brothers was enough to

make you stick your finger onto a loaded trap.

Luke never set it off with his finger.

Maybe some time he'll be brave enough to

conquer the trap and then challenge

his younger brothers.

What fun memories we made as

we sat watching the antics, nervously

laughing at Luke!
There's a clown in every family, can you
guess who our's is???

Apple War

A couple weeks ago, the boys

and I joined my parents on our annual vacation

at Shiloh camp ground on Hatch Lake, NY.

Mark, Jordan, Uncle Al, Aunt Rosie,

Uncle Rich and Judy joined us too

later in the week.

It's always a highlight of the year for us.

The last day we were there, Dave,

the camp director

took us all hiking over the many acres

of woods to find apples.

We filled bags, coolers, buckets and pockets

with the many apples.

I spent many days putting the apples

away in the freezer and in jars on the shelves.

There were still 3 buckets on the back porch today.

I went outside and tossed one at Tim up by the shed.

That was all it took, a full hour long

apple war broke out.

"Teams" were formed, Luke and I together against

Brendan, Tim, Silas and Addan.

Luke and I were at a disadvantage of throwing up hill.

I used my hood for protection.

Hunter came and went as it was lunch time and food

seemed more important than dodging

fast whizzing apples.

What a fun lunch break!

Be sure to wear protection if you drop by for lunch :)