Random Updates

Madelyn (pink) and Caitlyn (white) a few months ago... before they started moving around.

Caitlyn is crawling - army style. She does enjoy rocking on her hands and knees (as does M) but she prefers to get around by pushing with her feet and pulling with her arms.

Madelyn still loves being a rollie pollie. She gets around so well that when you think about it there is no reason for her to try crawling yet.

Sisters

We went camping this past weekend (er, I started writing this a last week...can you tell) at Seneca Lake and it was gorgeous (a bit hot but still beautiful). Jason and the older kids had lots of fun in the canoe and swimming off the floating island dock while I stayed in the air conditioned van with two sleeping beauties. We enjoyed looking at the stars the first night and singing around the campfire with friends. I made some yummy foil pack dinners with fresh from the garden veggies and a hamburger patty each. The kids preferred roasting hot dogs but we knew that would be the case. That night it was a little warm for blankets so we put a sheet on and took the top off the tent. It was amazing to sleep under the stars and fall asleep watching for shooting stars. We did see our share of shooting stars and Jason and I both saw one satellite a piece. They had their solar panels turned in such a way that it made them look like super bright shooting stars (mine looked like a double, super bright, shooting star). The milky way was gorgeous too but we couldn't help but remember that it was even more fabulous in Yellow Stone.

The girls did fine in their pack and play. I think they would have done even better had we separated them into two different ones. They kept rolling onto each other when they were falling asleep so it took longer for them to fall asleep.

Caitlyn enjoying being outside

We did have an awful scare in the morning... Aby and her friend Sam disappeared and they were not in their usual hiding places (cabin or van) ... or so we thought. Jason and I ran down to the creek with our hearts racing the whole time. Turns out they WERE in the van. Jason checked and he looked in the wrong van when he did... that's what happens when 2 families in the same ward have the same van! We were so glad she and Sam were there and not in the creek. Before we went to the lake we spent a little time down in a small swimming 'pool' in the creek. It was up to Jason's waist and the kids just loved it. Mommy didn't though, too many mosquitos and no place to sit! All in all it was a great weekend and we are glad we went (and it really was worth the long drive too).

Our second week of the Farm Share

Our garden is producing a ton this year. We've frozen a lot of green beans and even squash. We've gotten a lot of zucchini from our neighbor so we've frozen a lot of that too. Now we wish we had gotten a bigger freezer (I should have listened to Jason).

We love our neighbors, and not just because they give us food! They are a wonderful older couple with kids our age. They really are quite amazing people and their children have kids that come over and play with our kids ... everyone enjoys one anothers company.


There are lots of other things I could write about but... I'm done, too tired to write anymore and I know you are all awaiting an update anyway. Here are snippets of thoughts I had:

giving and receiving during the harvest season
air conditioner season
playgroup and swimming
caz park and the splash pad
chunky monkeys and cereal (twins)
garden veggie lovers and eaters