The Wrap Up

  Still in Second grade, there were something that I distinctly recall in my memory that I have to add. 
  First was that the Christmas of that year, Christmas 1977, I went with my mom and sisters to Colorado in the mountains, near Hotchkiss in the  Colorado Rockies. I loved going there. It was fun. My grandpa lived here a little while before he moved to La Sal. My grandpa had lived in the region for about 12 years, as he had moved from Alaska after my mom graduated from High School. 
  I got a bike that year from Santa Claus. It was purple Schwinn with a white long banana seat. What happened to the pictures of me on the bike, I do not know but, I wish I had them.
 We bought our milk from the Kiltcher Family. They had moved to Payson and Atz was running a boy's Ranch there for a while. He was teaching the kids how to work in the Horse Ranch and staying off drugs. We would buy our fresh milk from them. We would see them from time to time. 
   I got baptized when I was 8 years old and in the Second Grade. My Grandpa was not there at my Baptism. I really wanted him and my uncles and aunts there. Alas, they did not come. 
  My mom hired a 6th Grader boy to baby sit us for two hours, but D, being smarter and better babysitter than he, and only in Third grade, fired him and sent him home. 
 I was playing on the Merri - Go- Round when I fell off and skidded and was dragged under it. When the kids finally stopped, and realized I was under it, I was somewhat stuck, so they did not move me until my mom came and helped me out. I was badly bruised and no broken bones, but my om had to take me to the ER to make sure that there was nothing wrong with me
 I mentioned Charlie before when we lived in California. He came to visit us for a little while and that was the last I saw of him. 
  Also, mom was dating a guy from Ephriam, Utah. He was the Basket Ball coach for Snow College, so we would go visit him from time to time. He had three older sons. We would laugh of the thought of our parents marry-ing... Just like the Brady Bunch. 
    I was a bear in a play, an adaptation to The Jungle Book. My mom watched every single one of the performances. 
 I took tap and ballet classes with Heather. We had a blast dancing. 
That about wraps up the Second Grade