Happy Halloween

Hi gang, I'm wishing you all a happy Halloween with my favorite photo of my sister Della Ann Binder. I'll always miss her. We made this scary man together & sat him in her window by the front door. Some of the kids thought he was real until they got inside. They didn't want to take the candy from his bowl.  Enjoy the spooky day!  Leslie

Happy Birthday Jan!

Dear Jan, we are all

Sent with much love, from Leslie

Big excitement on this old farm

Last week-end was unusual on our old dead-end country road. We kept noticing giant trucks kicking up lots of dust as they went up the hill past our house. They went to a new partially built home up on the hill above us. Not much building has gone on there for months. We thought the people had given up on finishing the home.

Then after it got dark we noticed smoke surrounding the home for hours. There were lots of bright lights and we could see people around the house so we figured if it was on fire there was help already there. Boyd finally decided that they had an enormous bonfire in their back yard perhaps burning wood scraps. Finally the smoke cleared up. All night long the big trucks came back down the hill, passing our house and stirring up more dust. I got little sleep.

Now the neighbors tell us that they were making a movie up there starring Antonio Banderas. I guess it's called "The Big Bang". The last time there was this much excitement in our neighborhood was when our barn was shown in a political commercial many years ago. I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep.

Happy Birthday Josh

J O S H,

I started planning the best birthday party ever  . . .

with


balloons

and

cake

and


music

and


fireworks

and



presents


. . . but I fell asleep



so I'll just wish you a VERY



with 

from

Grandma Wood

Family Celebration

November 1969 - Allen, Binder, Covey, Erlandson, Winters family members, plus Florence (Allen) Mikesell, and grandma Binder. Home movies taken by Eddie Binder at the Binder home in Spokane.

ca 1977, home movies of the talented Winters sisters.

Home movies taken by Eddie Binder.

1947 home movie, Mikey, Della Mikesell Binder, others

1947 home movie, filmed by Eddie Binder. Toddler Mike (Walsh) Binder, Della Mikesell, Leslie Mikesell, some Allen and Mikesell relatives, Bud and Grace (Allen) Wells, Clide Allen, Lucille (Mikesell) Bressler at her ranch in the Teton Mountains. Pat and Grandma Binder.