Monday, June 30, 2008

Carrots galore

Yesterday I decided to harvest the remaining carrots from the garden.  Had way more than I thought, so I blanched, peeled, and froze them.  Hope they keep well in the freezer...

We also have some mystery vegetables growing out of the composter.  Looks like butternut squash (YUMMY!) and maybe watermelon though it's hard to tell since the largest fruit is just bigger than a baseball.


Monday, June 16, 2008

Jacob's Graduation

Last Friday, Erin and I flew up to Burlington, VT, for Jacob's graduation. Aunt Sarah was very gracious volunteering to pick us up on her day off (thanks Sarah!).

We spent the late afternoon at Nina's house and then had take-out from Applebees. Before we ate, Erin had a blast blowing bubbles with Nina on her front porch. It brought back a lot of fond memories I have of of Randy and I blowing bubbles on her porch when we were that age.



After dinner we returned to Pittsfield and spent the night with Bill and Maureen Kay. Maureen poured a bath for Erin and made lots of bubbles that Erin enjoyed very much.



After the bath, Rebekah visited us for a little while and then Erin and daddy crashed for the night. We made an attempt to help the Kay's cat Sam down from the upper bunk in our room, but she didn't want our help so we decided to leave her alone and let her leave on her own accord.

Saturday morning we had a wonderful breakfast with the Kay's before going to Jacob's graduation. The ceremony went well and Jacob won a few awards so that's always good!

Afterwards, we returned to Uncle Tim and Aunt Sarah's house to enjoy the party they were having for Jacob. We got to visit a lot with our relatives, see Jacob's cabin, go for a fun ride on the Rangers, and see Uncle Tim feed his babies. He's lucky we didn't have another day in VT because Erin LOVES to fish!



After the party, we went home with Uncle Randy and Aunt Sandra and their dog Frankie. Erin took a bath and went to bed, then Randy and I watched the end of the Nationwide race. Well, I did - Randy passed out with not very many laps to go. Then we woke up at 3:10AM and Randy drove us to the airport (thanks Uncle Randy!).

We definitely had a terrific time and only wish that mommy and Caitlin could've made the trip with us.

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