Emma, you are so faithful at posting on the blog and your photos are so adorable! We also ripped out our entire garden yesterday. I was so ready to be done with it, even though our tomatoes had just decided it was time to ripen (a little late in my book). They are one of those plants that is tricky to grow here because they like the heat and by the time the heat arrives (does the heat ever arrive?...), most of the canning has been finished and it is time to get ready for the winter. I think next year I'm going to experiment with planting peanuts. They thrive in the heat so you are probably wondering why I would try to grow those? Our greenhouse during the summer is definitely hot and I haven't had great success with planting other things in it, so why not?
We had a fantastic time pressing cider with the Harts and grandpa. It brought back so many memories of our pressing adventures with the Ashcrofts and Bennetts. We have only a one tub press but it's just right for our smaller orchard. Everyone took turns manning the grinder and the press and Dane was excellent at taste testing every apple and throwing those he didn't approve of. We had an impressive knife and apple show by Jack and Alex. One would toss an apple into the air and the other would catch it with his paring knife. A new sport in the making! Grandpa was great at overseeing that not a single worm hole escaped into the wash basin. The overall outcome and flavor was incredible! We made about 16 gallons worth. A few days ago we had some students from Garrett's BYUI class come and we served them some cider. They kept asking what we put in the cider, cinnamon, sugar, what made it taste so good? They could hardly believe that the only ingredient was apples! Side note: one of those students that came was from South Africa (awesome accent!) and I mentioned that my sister's best friend recently married someone from there. Come to find out, he knew Jared Caine and said that their dads were mission companions. Small world!
Last week, Garrett took Emerson, Eliza, Henry and Millie down to St. George for their cousin's baptism. They were able to enjoy beautiful summer like weather and also had a wonderful time walking through the St. George temple open house. Addy, Dane and I stayed at home and it was so quiet! I went on a cleaning frenzy and our house stayed clean for the three days that the others were gone. It was so refreshing! Addy and I invited Elise to join us in a Pride and Prejudice marathon. Addy had just finished reading the book so we rewarded her with watching the 6 episode version and it definitely took us back to our younger, swooning days. Such a good book/movie!
Dane is getting in to absolutely everything! He is very resourceful and independent and knows how to drag the kitchen chairs to everywhere he wants to go. The words that he is starting to say make me laugh because they aren't the typical first words of a toddler. "Iyuce (ice), dong (the doorbell), peash (please), uh-oh, shoos (shoes). You can tell what is truly the most important to this little fellow. Sleep is not.
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