The Boy From Splendora Texas

It's Valentine Day 1979. Virgil and I ride to school with Gayle and Charlotte so that we can stop by Hayden's Store to buy candy.

There's a Gibbs Family Reunion at our house! Uncle B and Aunt Betty arrive early bringing me and Virgil a spectacular gift. The rest of the aunt's and uncles arrive and we all learn about Daddy rescuing Aunt Esther.

Virgil and I quickly discover that underwear does not make a good swimsuit.

It's the Summer of 1978. Virgil and I are getting full use of the swimming pool that was finished in the Fall of last year.

After our haircuts, Virgil and I are sent to the Chicken Yard to clean out the egg hutches. We return to the house and bathe. Afterwards, we eat dinner and the enjoy a well-deserved dessert.

We leave Jerry's House and go to our Blackberry Field. It takes us over 2 hours to fill our buckets. We return home where Momma and the girls start the jelly making process. Daddy takes me and Virgil to get our haircut.at Travis Barber Shop in Porter, Texas.

Jerry and I watch The Incredible Hulk and talk until deep in the night. The next morning, Mrs. Scarborough cooks pancakes for breakfast before I have to leave to go berry picking with the family.

It's my sixth grade year! My best friend Jerry Scarborough asks me to spend the night at his house. Before school is out, I embarrass myself in front of the class during Science. I ride the bus home with Jerry and get to meet both of his parents.

Virgil and I get bored and very soon disaster strikes.

It starts to rain and begins to fill the hole for the pool.