JOSEPH SCOTT GALBRAITH
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Layne told our grandson Scott that he would be welcome to work for us for a couple of weeks, to earn money for his upcoming Church mission to Thailand. He decided to do it. Since then Layne has been collecting projects for Scott to help him with. For awhile now every time we discuss what has to be done around here, he says, "I'll save that for Scott." So he had quite a list of "to-do's" by the time Scott arrived last Tuesday. With little time to settle in, they set to work. A routine soon emerged: work outside until 4 PM or so, eat dinner, watch a movie. We've shown Scott the movies that we most admire and find inspiring: "The Scarlet and the Black", "The Impossible" are at the top of our list. We also watched "Courageous" at Scott's recommendation. That was powerful. So much so that we ordered some 10 copies to share.
Scott is a very musical guy. One of the first things he did was play for me a collection of music that he sang, accompanied and solo played the piano in. It was all lovely and uplifting stuff. He told me that he wanted to make me a copy, which I will love. As we talked, an explosion of ideas regarding his music came forth. He's now working on that with great enthusiasm. The lovely girl that sings some of the songs in the collection is going to be here in Boise this coming weekend. Scott is hoping that he can get together with her here and, perhaps, celebrate her birthday. I think he likes her. But Scott is a man of few words so it is hard to tell for sure.
Scott is comfortable to have around. He and Layne have accomplished quite a bit in the yard and, thanks to Scott, it is going pretty quickly. The guys have occasional sore muscles and growing farmer's tans. Scott will be here another week. I'm looking forward to it.
The big job: spreading new gravel along the front of the yard. Layne says it was grueling.
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Scott, shoveling the gravel into the wheelbarrow. He was pretty sore after this.
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