I got a Gal I do

Rachie and I decided it would be really cool to collect the lyrics to all the fun family songs we sing. Here's the first one!

I got a gal I do

Her name is Slough foot Sue

She’s chief engineer at the shirttail laundry

Down by the river side blue

Her farm is all she had with a face like a soft shell crab

All day she would tussle with her feather in her bustle

My gosh but she was bad

That’s where my money goes to buy my baby clothes

I buy her everything to keep her in style wella wella wella

She’s worth her weight in gold by coal black baby

Say boys that’s where my money goes

I promised I’d meet her with the clock striked seventeen

At the stockyard just three miles out of town

Where pig’s eyes and hog’s ears and tough old Texas steer

Sell for sirloin steak at 90 cents a pound

She’s my honey my baby

She’s humpbacked she crazy

She’s lantern-jawed, she’s knock-kneed and she’s lame

And I know her teeth are phony from eating strong bologna

She’s my lop-eared consumptive Mary Jane

Hamblin Family Traditions

I love our once a month get togethers for family home evening with the whole family. i LOVE singing our old family traditional songs. "Whoa Mule Whoa," and "I've Got a Gal I Do."..... and of course all of our songs with rounds.

The cycle of our family get togethers usually goes along these lines...

The Uncles are chosen to lead the separate groups and give us the pitch. One brother gives the pitch..but no..."That's too Low."...Eric says trying to reassure that he is the correct brother. but without fail Scott remarks "No...Eric...We're not all sopranos here." It takes a few more times as The Brothers hum their pitch and finally agree on one. Once we start there's no stopping. As you look around room you can see the 24 cousins. The young cousins are wailing pitchy words to a yelling kind of tune as they punch, poke and giggle as they cause their usual ruckus. They become more hyper and out of control with each belted word. The older cousins are slouching over and barely getting the words out. You can see the expression of...well not really anything. You can look from Merrill to Steve, to Scott---...all with looks of concern on their face that their group is flying out of hand and torturing the songs that they have have put together for THE FHE song. all of a sudden.......OKAY.STOP! We need to start over.

Uncle Steve is usually the one that puts us to the halt. It takes about a minute for everyone to realize that half of us have stopped singing. .....An again..we begin the tortuous, but pleasant family song. We spend the next half an hour continuing with rounds of songs trying "to make up for the last one", until finally we agree to just sing a song that doesn't require so much thinking, so as not to strain the Uncles' brains too much.

I want that!

Remember when we used to watch TV and EVERY  single commercial that advertised any kind of toy, Rachel and Blake would yell out, "I want that, I want that, I want that!" I mean every time. It never failed. 

computer camera

the apple computers have this certain camera that can morph your face into almost anything you can think of!

CINNAMON LIFE

LIFE CEREAL IS THE BEST MATERIAL TO EAT IN THE MORNING!

prayers

So dad had a Valentines lunch at the office for some patients on Valentines Day ( they were older patients). So that night during family prayer mom had the pleasure of saying it. she was doing really well until she said.

"we are thankful that we could have the old people for lunch"

yet again we busted up and had to stop the prayer. :)

CANNIBAL ?.........-----i think yes

SHNOZ

Last week lieke e-mailed us and was talking about how her mom got surgery on her sinuses. dad just started laughing so hard and he turned to mom and i and said.

"lets ask her... HOWS YOUR SHNOZ!?!?!?!?"

he just kept on laughing for like 20 mins! he thought he was funny :)