A Place To Sleep

My parents gave us the cradle that me and all my siblings slept in. My grandpa made it. It was getting old the finish was kind of nasty. So we decided to re-finish it for our little girl.


Andrew sanding the bed.


Me sanding and my beautiful garden behind me.


Andrew sanding with his graduation present (from my parents).

Don't we have a lovely patio?

After a lot of indecision between staining the cradle and painting it, we finally decided to paint it off white.


Andrew priming the cradle.


Andrew priming and needing a haircut quite desperately. Also, check out my beans--they did so well.


Me being Michaelangelo painting my Sistine Chapel. This was seriously the best way to paint the rungs.


Andrew Michaelangelo-ing.


Painting the bottom--almost done!


Yay! We are painting in our kitchen and there is horrible lighting!


Me putting the finishing touches on the cradle base.

It's done!




I love it.

Baby Girl gets to share a room with a desk, telescope, cello, and all sorts of storage. She is lucky. People put pictures of their cute nurseries up. This one isn't cute. I think you don't need a cute nursery when your baby is so darn cute. Her cuteness would overpower the cuteness of the nursery, making it obsolete.

And that was our big craft for the baby!

U-Picked HOW Many Raspberries?

Two weeks ago, when went to a U-Pick raspberry farm in Arlington, called Biringer Farms. The farmer wished us luck and told us where to go to get the most raspberries. It was, after all, the end of the season.



We picked for about two hours. Up and down the rows. I decided that raspberry farming is a very time- and labor-intensive industry. No wonder those wimpy things of raspberries at the store cost so much money!





But we are good berry pickers.

Probably too good.

We returned to the barn and the farmer said, "Holy!" We found a lot more than he thought we would.

He weighed our boxes. The grand total came to...

17 pounds.

Andrew and I were surprised. It cost us $50. But that $50 bought us delicious berries, which made delicious jam, which we canned in our kitchen without air conditioning on the hottest day of the year.



And it was worth it.

Fall Break Adventure #3: APPLES!!

You may remember that each Autumn, we press apples (APPLES!!!) and make delicious apple (APPLES!!!) cider with Andrew's family. And it is so delicious.

Cutting out the bad parts. 

Andrew got apple (APPLES!!!) poop on him from grinding the apples (APPLES!!!) up.

Elise, Hannah, Maren (Wes's woman), and Wesley cutting the bad parts out of the apples (APPLES!!!)

Andrew got apple (APPLES!!!) pooped on and Glenn got apple (APPLES!!!) peed on.

Andrew dripping apple (APPLES!!!) poop on Wes's neck.
Yes, an apple (APPLES!!!) poop fight did ensue.

Elise is sure to get a husband with that face.

Maren and Wes holding hands BYU-style. Since they aren't supposed to touch below the waist, they hold hands above their waists---proving yet again how awkward BYU is.

We love doing apples (APPLES!!!). And we are always shouting "APPLES!!!" in this ridiculous slurpy, singing voice, so by typing it in I have made you feel like you were there doing apples (APPLES!!!) with us.

Carrots

I picked the biggest carrot I have ever seen in my life today.

Here it is: 

 It broke while I was digging it up. It took me seriously 7 minutes to get the bottom half out of the ground. It was in there so deep. I forgot to measure it so who knows how many inches it is.

But here it is with my hand:

 It was a huge carrot. I texted a picture to my parents.

My dad said: "You grow them better than I can". This is significant cuz my dad is a really good gardener.

My mom said: "Wow. Beautiful carrots!" and "Maybe glen[n] can bronze them :)" (meaning my father-in-law, who owns an electroplating business).

Here is the giant carrot with some normal-sized carrots, which are also a good size:

 

And that is my harvest from today. In the left section, there is a green pepper, a habenero pepper, serrano peppers (the long greens), cayenne peppers, and Thai peppers. In the middle part, there is a yellow squash, my first corn of the season (!), a lot of tiny onions, and some tomatoes. On the right, you will see the carrots, green onions, and cucumbers.

Hooray for the garden!