Mess d'jour

Last night was a blurr.

Miranda woke up several times.

First her legs were hurting. Then she was hungry.

And finally she threw up.

Doug is in California for work. He won't be home until late Wednesday night.

I miss him. I never sleep well when he is gone.

I've got 2 more boxes of peaches to bottle. I'm drying pears this week. I considered bottling them, but decided they're too much work. The kids love dried pears. I'm going to have to hide them so they will last all year.

Gabe has been making messes all morning. He's good at that. I decided I'd make some playdough to keep him busy. He played with it for a bit and then started pitching it on the floor.

2 is a messy age.

My Day

This morning was similar to many other mornings around this house. I woke up with my baby in my bed and Doug off to work. I've been lazy this week, not dragging myself out of be until nearly 7:00 every morning.

It's Sunday's fault.

We had Stake Conference, which meant no church duties to attend to...just show up and listen. Since we rarely sleep in, we took the opportunity to lounge around for nearly an hour and a half. Of course we had kids bugging us almost the entire time, but that's okay. I did get up once during that time to use the facilities and make some oatmeal for the kids, but then it was straight back in bed.

So anyway, this morning I started cleaning up odds and ends in the kitchen and living room. It's so nice to have the dinner dishes done when I wake up the next morning. I'm so glad the kids have their dish days. I diverge. So sorry.

As each child awakes I informed them that we're going to the library (it's Thursday, after all) and they needed to eat breakfast and get their morning jobs done. Lucky for me the library tends to be a pretty good motivator, not quite as good as the free movie, but almost.

Doug then came back home to do a little work with Freedom Bolt before he went off to work at Oxbo. This totally throws the kids off, especially Gabe. He, of course, was delighted to see Doug and wanted to play. So I had to find a diversion while Doug got down to work.

After the house was spotless ;) we took our outing to the library. I even got to drive the minivan. I usually drive the Suburban since it gets crummy gas mileage, but once in a while Doug needs to take it to haul large/heavy items.

Since I had possession of the sports car (after driving The Beast anything seems sporty) I thought I ought to take it for a spin out to my favorite fruit stand Adam's Place. So I gave them a call and they confirmed that the peaches and pears are ready. So I piled my troops, minus the firstborn (I guess he's too cool for fruit), into my ride and off we went on our annual trip to get peaches. The kids love the drive out there. They like it when we get to the hilly part. I drive fast. I loose my stomach. The kids laugh. I'm cool for a minute.

The end result: I walk out with about 300 lbs of fruit and lots of work ahead of me.

I tell Mr. Adams that I will probably be back for more. He's a very nice man, one of the reasons I go back every year. He even wears bib overalls.

I'm looking forward to crawling into my bed tonight. I love fresh sheets.

I will dream of peaches.

IDAHOOOOOOO!!!

Just a little peek at some of our adventures in Potato Land:

A Pioneer Day hike to Hidden Mouth Cave. Amazing. Max and I found some red clay and stuffed his pack full...clay project to come. I decided I would have been a lame pioneer.

Max caught his first fish. He wasn't too thrilled about wacking it over the head though.

The boys gave up on fishing and decided to build a sand city.

Miranda was determined to catch a fish...no such luck.

What's a Redneck outing without a naked baby? (I had to big-time edit this photo)

I think the beach (the Lost River actually) was the highlight of the trip.