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Garden 09

This year we did quite a bit more with our garden than last year. We tried a few new things and learned a few more things, too. We love watching things grow and are always amazed at the miracle it is that things actually turn out with little effort on our part. So here's a little sample of what we have harvested so far: peas (2 varieties), red and Yukon Gold (?) potatoes, scallions, cucumbers, yellow/cherry/grape/big boy tomatoes, carrots, cucumbers, green beans, corn (2 varieties), and unlimited amounts of summer squash and zucchini.

Hudson loves "helping" in the garden. Mostly picking things that aren't ready yet and watering. He loves eating the corn on the cob and the carrots.

We also have some other things that are still in the works:

Large pumpkins

My favorite thing from last year: Mini pumpkins

Cantaloupe. I hope it gets bigger and ready to eat before frost hits. Everyone always says it's nearly impossible to grow cantaloupe in Utah, but this one is well on it's way.

And something we've never tried before: Watermelon. I hope it, too, gets big and ready to eat before it's too late!

Our One Night Adventure

Last night we went up by Mirror Lake. Jeff has a couple of jobs up there and he needed to go up and check on some things, so we decided to make a little overnight camping trip of it. We had the option of sleeping in a partially finished cabin (one Jeff is doing work for) or the tent. It was getting dark and the weather was questionable so I voted for the cabin, but Hudson thought differently. His vote apparently outweighs mine because we wound up driving around in the dark looking for a spot. We went up by Christmas Meadows (isn't that the cutest name?) and found a good little spot away from everyone and set the tent up and pretty much went to bed. What an awful night it was! It rained, it was cold, our new air mattress went flat, and I had about a foot of sleeping space with Hudson jabbing me and farting on me all night. We did hear coyotes howling in the middle of the night which was cool, but morning couldn't come soon enough for Jeff and I. Hudson, on the other hand, slept like a log.
We finally got up around 7:00 and Jeff started a fire so we could warm up because it was cold! Then it started raining. Then it started hailing. We hurried and ate some cold cereal and packed up and got out of there. Jeff and Hudson were still dying to go fishing despite the miserable weather so we stopped by a few little lakes. Here they are fishing at Butterfly Lake. Notice the pleasant weather conditions? It's about 33 degrees and windy.

When we started our trip I told Jeff if I saw a moose I would be happy. We saw this beauty on our way home!

Have you ever seen a moose kneel down to eat? Us either. Or maybe she was blessing her food?

We stopped by Provo Falls. Please don't take notice of my flat, greasy, camp hair. Ugh.

Look. The one who got the most sleep still conked out on the way home. I just thought he looked pretty cute with the snake around his neck.

Deer Creek

We had a Schumann family reunion at Deer Creek on the first of August. We mostly just stayed on the beach because the water was a little chilly and kind of gross, although we still got in a couple of times for a few minutes. Hudson had fun building sand castles and playing frisbee with his daddy.

Wings

I can't remember exactly how this all started, but this is close enough....
A few nights ago we read Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to Hudson for his bedtime story. Shortly after, he was eating a lot of junk food and we told him he might turn into a butterfly like the caterpillar did after he ate a lot of junk food.
Now just about every time he eats (or wants to get out of eating is more like it) he says, "I don't want to turn into a butterfly". Or, "I'm gonna get wings and turn into a butterfly if I eat", or something to that effect. It's pretty funny.

How long do I let him go on thinking this? I think forever.

Shark Week

It's shark week on the Discovery Channel. I (we?) LOVE shark week. Love it.