The Sunday scoop!

Hello everyone! So I has come time again to hear from the Barfus'! I know this is a big ticket item and all wants to know what we've been up to so here goes! So on Friday while Josh was at work...moving equipment...the $6,000 machine tipped and he went to catch it and realized it weighed over 3000lb so he went to back away and fell and he thought he sprained his ankle...so on Saturday morning he woke up and it hurt worse than the prior evening...so he went to the doctors office...he broke it not sprained it...now on Tuesday he has to go back to a different doctor to see about a cast or a boot...yup he is really excited about that. So now he gets to be pampered all the time! I think he likes that a lot to have my undivided attention...and so he doesn't have to do any yard work or help around the house. This is his first broken bone ever.

time for more

High, its the big kahuna again coming at yo live from Grantsville. does anyone remember the time that we went down bye the old plant on the railroad and went into the old house down there and ran into the hobo and he chased us out of the house and we ran all the way home without stopping we were SO scared. Or when whats her name hit wyatt in the eye with that steel pipe and he about lost his eye. Just a few more tidbits in the life and times of the wilcox kids.

New Posting?

Hey,

I was thinking it might be easier for everyone to log in to this blog under their own account. This way when you post on this blog it will post as you that wrote it. Instead of logging in to one account. This does require you to open a Google account. It is easy and free to do so. All I need to do is sent an invite. Let me know what you think.

Thanks,
Josh

Christine's Baby Shower

Chris asked me to let everyone (female gender) know they are invited to her baby shower on Saturday, September 6th. It will be at 1:00 p.m. in Mona (only 10 minutes south of Santaquin). If any would like to come let me know and we can car pool from my house. Bonnie

Good News!

Hey family! How are you all? This is Tavia! Well I have some good news for you all...I am planning on going on a mission and I got to start filling out my mission papers today! My bishop told me to see if there is any family that wants to help out with it so that I can put on my papers who is gonna help and how much. So if you would like to donate any money toward my mission just let me know soon so I can get those papers in and get everything going! I hope all of you are doing well! I will continue to update the info about my mission till I am gone. Thank you all!
Love, Tav

The weekly dish on the barfus'

So the dish is we just dug up a hill of potatoes from our garden!!! We are going to eat them for dinner. I cant wait and we made salsa from our garden. I love our garden! one last thing our cactus is going to bloom its so beautiful when it does that. other than that we are boring.
The other day I was thinking I really wanted a tasty treat and that made me think of grandma. when we would go over there you could always guarantee that there was a tasty treat and all you had to do was ask "Grandma can I have a Twinkie" and it was yours. that is a memory that puts a smile on my face.
just thought I would share that with all you guys!

Eat Your Heart Out Huckleberries

MMMMMMMMMMMM these are so good, mmmmmmmmmmmmm i just can't get enough.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmthey are better than i remember.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yum, yum, yum..............can you just smell that aroma.mmmmmmmmmmand the taste is out of this world.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Yummy Huckleberries from Copenhagen basin.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm so so good.


:)

Huckleberry Delight

Huckleberry Hound

Im back

Hi everyone its me again, champion dutch oven king. Home for the weekend with a real bad summer cold.I ran back and forth to the bay area California all week. I know that you all want praise as the greatest kids or best sister ever, but i don,t have anyone else to compare too so i guess the answer is yes. I was thinking this week about all the times we would play ball games at the park or over in the field bye the homers, and how mad we were when the Jehovah witnesses built there church there. I don't remember seeing Terence or troy very much though. they probably new that even at a young age that i was much more superior than them so that is ok.Toni started her first year as a teacher this week, and she gets her kids Monday. she is nervous, but i know she will do just fine . I'm real lucky too have her in my life. college football starts in one week, I'm fired up, how about all you? well I'm out of things too write about , so I'll go back into my archives for more until next week. bye

Leland

Just some fun old pictures to look at and reminisce over

Cheli and Grandma and zipper

Jesse and Megan

Leland and Shy oops i mean Shay :)

Jesse and Terra

Mom and Dad

Mom, Aunt Esther, Aunt Mary and Aunt Evelyn. Good friends-(Sisters)

Dad, Darlene, and uncle Brad. Good old picture

words of wisdom from leland

Hi everyone, this is my first posting so here goes. I also remember meeting dad when he would come home from work, but i took it a step farther. I started going too the railroad shack where dad ate lunch during the summer when i was out of school and visit with dad and his coworkers, and got too know them pretty well. I talked with ray law, and huck all the time. I also would sneek over to the tracks and put pennies on the track and squish them flat when a train came by.I spent a lot of time on the farm working with dad and shooting the 22.It was hard too let the farm go but we were not able to take care of it . I'm traveling all over the west these days, going to oregon,califonia,arizona,colorado,wyoming,idaho,washington,newmexico. Not for funn just work. well I'm all typed out see ya again.

leland

All you want to know about the Barfus'

Josh and I are finally home after spending 8 glorious days in Hawaii!! Oh yeah on the second day we were there we went to a waterfall and josh and I jumped off it was so cool. Then we went to a tidal pool area and got all our stuff stolen out of the car...that included our wedding rings and phones and more.....you may be wondering why our rings where in the car in the first place.....well when we went to the water fall we didn't want to loose then when we jumped in the water so we put them in the back pack then when we were done with the hick and got back to the car we forgot to put them on.....we went to eat and then off to the tidal pools and that's how it happened. We did file a report but I don't think anything will come of it so it’s our bad...it was crazy they went through the whole car trunk included even where the spare tire is. But not to worry we didn't let that spoil our Hawaii adventure
we went to the dole plantation not as exciting as I was hoping for but fun none the less.....what did we do oh we went to a botanical garden I saw a cinnamon tree and a clove tree and some other really cool plants it was way cool. We went to a light house but we didn't get all the way up before we had to turn around to get to the car before we got locked in but we made it almost half way up and the view was beautiful.
So my first time in the ocean.....I get stung by a jelly fish yes the mean Portuguese man of war on my arm....I tried not to let that ruin my ocean experience. We did go snorkeling and that was way cool I got to swim with a sea turtle way cool they are so cute. I saw a big school of fish snorkeling is crazy fun. That’s all I can think of to write.

A little info PLEASE

Does anyone know how Chris and Brad are doing? I would love an update. How about Troy's family? What's going on with them? Come on people, lets get posting!

Shay

Just Love and Hard Work

Think about what Mom and Dad did when they were not working. Did they travel. go to their cabin at the lake, go out to dinner all the time, spend money on fashionable clothes or any of the other things that are part of our conspicuous consumtion today. No they worked hard everyday, even when it was a day off. We always had 3 meals a day, everyday except Sunday when we had a good breakfast and a really good dinner. Dad would go to work at 7am and get off at 3:30. Troy and I would run down to the corner to meat him as he walked down the street from the railroad. We were usually rewarded with something in his lunch box. Maybe it was a left over twinkie or maybe it was a frog or an agatt that he found along the tracks. In the summer he would sit down for a half hour or so. He would have a beer and then he was off to the farm to work until it was too dark to see anymore. Then it would start all over the next day. On Saturdays he would spend the day on the farm, sometimes Sunday too. Mom was always up in time to cook Dad a good breakfast and make him a good lunch.
When they did take a little time to have some fun it was a family thing. On Sundays we would take a ride. Maybe it was just a ride around town. We would usually stop at Hoopers store, which was a little two Aisle grocery store. That was the ONE day of the week we might get to have a soda pop. We usually had a Hires Root Beer or a Nesbit Orange. Once a month or so we would go out to see Uncle Clifford and Aunt Golda, maybe stop to see if Uncle Herman was home. Or we would go out to see Aunt Esther and Uncle Warren. Once or twice a month we would get together with Uncle Brandon and Aunt May and their family and go up Montpelier canyon for picnics. Dad and Brandon would collect dead wood for the fire and then they would cut willows for sticks to roast the hot dogs. Mom and May would have salads and beans. Dad and Brandon would just have a good talk and relax. Once or twice a summer we would go out to the lake. Dad was a good swimmer, but Mom didn't swim. She did have a bathing suit, it was white if I remember right. They really liked to take a drive around the lake. Dad would point out where he had lived when he was a kid and where he once had a little garden next to a spring on the hill.
We always had food, shelter, a warm place to live (except for the back bedroom, but we always had lots of blankets), and a close family. The main thing I remember is that we were always home for dinner and then we were together in the front room, watching TV, Dad and Mom were probably reading, and then we were off to bed after the news.
More to come
Terence

OK, lets start with Grandma. Here are just afew other things I remember. Besides helping grandma with her tea in the morning I also helped her make her bed. especially when we were not in school. Her bed had to be just so, and the bedspread was always just right. One of the things I really remember about Grandma was how she would wash my hands. First she would run the water and get it just right, not too hot not cold. She had a way of using the washcloth and then drying your hands. I think she would have been real good working at a spa. I remember Mom talking about the whole back yard being a garden, that includes the grassy area we grew up with. Mom said her front yard was perfect with lots of flowers. I recall Dad wondering how she could ever get anything to grow where the back lawn was, but Mom said she had one of the best gardens in town. Of course we have all heard about how much Dr. Stock the dentist thought of Grandma. When she had to get false teeth she paid him off by washing the bibs he used for 1 cent a piece (for you young ones yes there was a time they used cloth and they were washed and reused). Even if she was only charged $50 in those days that amounts to 5000 bibs. And she washed them all by hand with a washboard and tub. None of us really know how hard they had it. When all they could pay for was basics like food and the light bill. No telephone (they didn't get a phone until Mom started working at the phone company), no car, none of the things we take for granted like magazines and newspapers. No going out to eat, no new clothes just because we want new clothes. Grandma's cane was even given to her by a friend.
We are spoiled to death and we should all sit back and think of how easy we have it.
Terence

Mom And Dad

Mom And Dad

Aren't they just the cutest couple ever!!!!

living life and loving life we live!

Oh yeah josh and I are going to Hawaii!!!! In 2 days crazy I know.....right. We are super excited to go down and visit with Richard and Mary Ann(josh favorite cousin)! We will tell ever one how fun it was and what we did...if its not to boring....hahahah!!!!

i almost put losh and cheli hahaha

Josh and cheli

A little tid bit

Hi family. I just wanted to tell you all that I added some of our blogs to the site so when you visit here you can visit others too. If you have a blog you would like to add please do. Not sure how? Go to LAYOUT and where it says MORE FROM THE FAMILY click the edit button, add your URL and add your name. Then save changes and you should be good to go. Don't worry, we are all learning how to do this together. Just try stuff out. It can usually be un-done if it's not what you wanted. Good luck.

Shay

P.S. When you post or leave a comment please leave your name so we know who you are. THANKS!!!

More of Grandma, our Queen

I think i goofed so sorry if i did, i do not know how this blogger thing works yet.
I typed Lelands stuff once, but i have to type it again because when i went to add the picture, everything i wrote disappeared on me.

Leland wrote:

I remember Grandma Skinner liked to sit out on the front porch and watch all the neighborhood. She also had a big jar full of buttons. she had a button for any shirt. She loved sauerkraut and wieners and i could smell that 2 blocks from home cooking after school and i would run home to get my wieners out of the sauerkraut because i hated it. I also remember one of her relatives used to come and visit and they would talk in German and I could not understand a word of it.

Debbie wrote:

I remember grandma making me dust mop her bedroom floor. She had linoleum on the floor. I had to make sure i got in the corners and under the bed. She had her temple clothes she kept in the top right hand drawer of her dresser and would get mad at us if we got in it. She had a cute little vanity she would sit in front of to comb her hair. she had me comb her hair once and braid it and put it in a bun, but when i was putting the hair pins in i pushed too hard and scratched her head. I don't remember ever combing her hair again. Grandma would always have me sit and write letters for her that she would then translate into German and send to Germany. She would always tell me to write bigger.

Grandma taught me how to knit and i would sit on the couch by her chair in the corner. She would have me rub lotion on her legs and i hated the smell of it. Grandma always was busy crocheting or braiding rugs or sewing quilts together. She drank Pero tea. I would hear her at night laying in bed saying her prayers in a whisper. I think they were in German. She loved the morning glory in front of the house and the Holly hocks on the side of the house where the humming birds came. Grandma sat in the kitchen in the morning and all day until just before dad came home from work and then she would get up and move into the front room for the rest of the night. She had to use a walker because she couldn't walk very good. I could remember that grandma could always tell when someone snuck into the house which we tried to do quite often.I would try my hardest to sneak in without her knowing it but would always get caught. I didn't know why for the longest time. The one of my mart brothers told me she could see the reflection in the fish tank that stood in the corner.

Terence wrote:

I remember grandma being such a good cook. Once a week she would bake bread. That was the day we all looked forward to because we would gave wonderful fresh from the oven rolls for dinner. My spot at the dinner table was next to grandma. I knew that i better be careful about what i put on my plate because if i didn't eat it all i would get a lecture about all the starving people in the world. Mom told me about the time during the great depression when hobos would come begging for food. Grand ma would never turn anyone away. But she would make them cut kindling. Then she would feed them the same as the family was having. Two things that grandma cooked that were my favorites. German potato pancakes. and cinnamon rolls. Always cooked just right and always without the need of a recipe. Grandma was into cleanliness. She would supervise Troy and I when we washed the dinner dishes. If they didn't' pass inspection they went back in the sink for a re-do. Terence.

Wyatt wrote:

I remember helping Grandma sew on her sewing machine which had no power and was operated by foot power. She would give me $5 every time i came home from college so when i went back i could eat something good. I remember the birthday parties we had for grandma and all the relations would come. We had to have it outside because there were so many people. Grandma would make me go out and get rhubarb and horseradish and help grind the horseradish. It was so bad i would have to go outside to get a breath every so often. But her rhubarb pie was worth grinding the horseradish. When Grandma was mad she always would say deminta gita. I don't know what it meant but i knew she was mad. I can remmber how cold it use to get in the back bedroom, and how grandma told me to go get a blanket and my pillow and put them on the new gas stove that sat by the one wall in the living room and then she tod me to run and rap myself in them and climb under the other covers in my bed. The only heat in the house were in the living room and the stove in the kitchen. I remember grandma trying to teach me to count in German but i didn't have the patience to sit ther eand learn so she finally told me to go out and play. I was so happy then but regret not learning now. I always wondered why we lived with Grandma and i thought she was quite stern with us, but then i realize that grandma needed us just as much as we neede and love her. She taught us some grat princeples in life that would lead us to who we are today and heow we should trat other people. She was one of Gods great spirits that has lived on this earth and i know that she will gain her celestial glory and live as a God in Heaven along side Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father. Wyatt.

Grandma

Does this picture look familiar to anyone.

Doesn't it just bring back a flood of memories.

Just to list a few,

Mondie said:

My memories of grandma! I remember helping grandma cut and tear the old worn out clothes into strips so grandma could braid them and then make oval shaped rugs. Then she would tell me to pt it on the gound and roll on them so they would flaten out. I also remember her sitting in ther corner by the refrigerator and darning all of our socks. When she would sew, she would ask me to thread her needles because she could not see and she would cus and say ,"I hate these damn English needles".

STAY TUNED, MORE TO COME.