Today was another lovely February day. It got to 52 degrees today. Richard, my middle son, came over. It was Richard's day off. He works at Lowe's Hardware in Renton. We had a very nice visit. We went to Zuppa's (not sure I spelled that right) by Southcenter for Lunch. In the photo is Richard standing by his truck. Today was the first time I rode in his truck. I barely saw it once before during the snow storm. I know there are many stories about Richard while he was growing up. Richard or one of his younger brothers was always into something. In our house in Bonney Lake all the kids had to take turns carrying in wood. We had two sliding glass doors. One cold day with snow still on the ground Richard had his arms loaded with wood and I was on the phone and didn't quite get to the door to open it for him. The wood slipped and went right through the door. In those days the sliding glass doors were not safety glass. Fortunately, he didn't get cut. We had just barely replaced the door, when Debbie rode her tricycle through the other glass door and broke that and she didn't get cut either. Then another time, Richard was running up to the house and tripped over our dog and cut up both knees. We had a gravel driveway and he had so much gravel in his knees. We were cleaning his knees, probably with alcohol, and picking out gravel. I know whatever we did really hurt. Since hardly anybody had medical insurance you just did what you could at home. I think doctor visits had gone up to $7.00 by that time. Also, because we were still in the process of building, we had boards with nails in them all over the yard. I am sure almost all the kids ran a nail in their foot at least once and I even did once. We did not get an infection but Donna stepped on one of the nails and her foot got infected. We had to take her to the doctor. She has been prone to infections all her life. Another little story about Richard. In our house we had a heating stove made out of a 50 gallon drum. It was set upon cement blocks. Even burning wood, it got glowing hot. Our house was so cold in the winter that everyone hovered around it. One morning Richard got up early and he just had his shorts on and he backed into the heater and burned a big place on his behind. He got a huge blister. He didn't say anything about it at first because he probably thought he would be in trouble because he usually was in some kind of trouble. It did not get infected so we were lucky. So many things happened out there, that I am sure our Guardian Angels were working overtime to keep us safe. I had all seven children in 10 years time so it was pretty hard at times. David, Diane and Donna really helped me a lot with the younger ones. It is amazing what you can do if you have to.