The Jammers

Daughter Amy often tells me, "Mom, it's YOUR blog; you can do whatever you want!"

So, I've decided to tell you about Farm Day by its themes instead of just giving you an album of pics. Last post was sister Susan deadheading the plants. Today it's brother John jammin' with 2 of our gorgeous nephews!

That's John in the beard (#7 of us 8 sibs!). Nephew Paul is in the middle (my brother Jim's son) and Eric is on the right (my sister Nancy's son). To give some "scale" to this, Paul is expecting their 4th child, the oldest who is 7; Eric has 3 kids, the oldest who is 16, I think.

Now look at John looking at you! He always wears a MICHIGAN t-shirt when he's around our family. You gotta love him. He's wearing it in Michigan State territory, mind you, but he knows who has the clout. (Yup, MICHIGAN is my alma mater, as you surely know by now!)

Okay then. John is a singer from the second you say Hello. If you like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, you will LOVE John. As far as I'm concerned, he beats them all, hands down. And I'm not prejudiced!

So he starts to sing a song the 2 nephews have never heard (me neither). A bit of this and that to get it going...and did you notice the laptop in the above pics?

I'm guessing Eric was the lead guitar, since the other 2 kept watching him.

I watched him, too. Guitar playing totally fascinates me!

In no time, the flow just happened. All 3 were in sync, with John singing like there was no tomorrow. As he left later, he remarked that he couldn't believe how well the nephews picked up these songs they didn't know, just like that!

In the context of Farm Day, this was just one thing happening...while Susan deadheaded, the kids rode the tractor and ran all around, Nancy Word-processed, Donica and Wilma shot baskets, Lesley read stories, Paul and Todd played ping-pong, Peter, Caitlin and Lisle croquetted, Rodger napped, Ruth hoola-hooped (took her own photos and prepared meals!), and I took pics. More on that, of course, to come! That's what it's all about!