Star Wars Party Night

Heather kept saying that this movie is sooooo old. Hmmmmm. 1977. That was the year that I was born. I wonder...Am I really "sooooo old"? A nerd...maybe, but old? Oh well. Well to start us of right. Watch this first.

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This evening we watched Star Wars Episode 4 with the kids. They loved it. We even had a feast worthy of a Wookie.


Let's see the bagels and cream cheese were Princess Leia's hair cream and tightly wound hair buns, the grapes are thermal detonators, the tater tots are the asteroid remnants of the planet
Alderon, the fuzzy peaches are Wookies, the turkey cheese quesadillas are the "flying saucers", and the chips are the triangular star destroyers.

Over all it was an excellent night.

Home

I mentioned in my non-meat cooking blog that our dryer outlet wasn’t working, but is now fixed thanks to Bryce. You have no idea what a relief that is for me! We’ve been piling up laundry ever since we moved here, plus getting plenty of second-hand clothing items for Jaime that I needed to wash, plus going through clothes from storage and deciding to wash some of those too. Today was my first day with a functioning dryer and I put it to work. At day’s end, I had successfully completed 9 loads of laundry, folded and everything. Wondering what 9 loads of laundry looks like? Wonder no longer.

There’s only 3 of us and that got me thinking - Heather, is this the quantity you do everyday?

I finally got around to taking a picture of our place for you. It’s cute, old and timeless. We love it. Justin wants to take you on a video tour, but insists our house must be clean for that to happen. Don’t hold you breath.
Daniel and Ella have been telling us we should move back into our old house. They are so confused as to why we live somewhere else now. Daniel asked me yesterday, "when are you going to stop moving houses?" with a bit of confusion and frustration in his voice. Daniel, we don't know. Let you know when we do.

This picture is just for fun. Michelle nudged me to take a picture of Jaime's crazy nap hair, and I couldn't resist. Poor girl has so many pictures taken of her. She's starting to get fed-up. She'll thank me later, right?

Boys part 2

I enjoyed a good hardy laugh with Liz's story a while back of naked Jacob running around outside. I now add part 2. We had our friends over for dinner today. Luckily, friends with a good sense of humor. As they drive up, they see Ethan peeing into a bowl. Yep, in the front yard. I ask him about it and he just says "What?" Where are this kids parents? I told him in the forest he is welcome to it, but at home, I would prefer he use the toilet. Yes, I did laugh. I found the whole thing, including Joe's mortification, quite amusing.

The Newest Cougar

Think she is excited?

Home at last!

Yipee and hooray we are home. Good vacation, wonderful to be home. Good news, no clothes were left in the washer. Bad news, missed a banana on the counter. Holy fruit flies, nothing really left of the banana, Gross. Ahhh, the joys. It took us 10 hours to make an 8 hour trip today. We were driving through Iowa and Joe says, "Want to go to Winter Quarters?" Why not? Yep, we went and it was so fun. The kids loved it and didn't mind the extra time. It was a really fun way to end the vacation. Tomorrow, I attack the garden. My tomato plants are on the ground and I already picked 12 cucumbers. Yes, 12. Ethan was thrilled. I think tomorrow's meals will be very fresh. The broccoli looks wonderful.

Today, in black and white

Check our blog later today and I'll have more of these up!

Empty, Empty Nest

After 30 years of having our children in our home, our sweet last daughter just left home for college. Yup, there are tears running down my face.