Corn Fields and Colorado Peaches

We have been thoroughly enjoying the sweet corn here. There are several places where you can go and get it very near the house, many that you just get how ever much you want and leave the money. So we have it very fresh and whenever we want. Yesterday a Neighbor told us that we could get free sweet corn down the street. So we got the boys and went down to check it out, well I didn't realize it before hand but we got to go into the corn fields and pick the corn ourselves. How fun! So we trampled through the corn fields (trying to take care and not trample the corn) and pick corn ourselves. Will thought it was great fun, Jake just wanted to stay as close to me as possible he is little compared to corn stocks!

The other produce buzz around here is Colorado Peaches! Tons of people are saying how great they are, churches are selling them as fundraisers, and grocery stores are only selling them by the case. This really cracks me up, the fact that we lived there for so long (my whole life in fact)and I never really heard people talk about how great the peaches were and here everyone is talking about them. (OK so I did hear my grandparents talk about them, but they are crazy about produce so that doesn't really count :)- just had to clarify that!)

New Car/Truck/Suv

So we have found a new (to us) car. No we did not buy three vehicles, but I call it a car, Jonah calls it a truck, but it is really an SUV. It is under the miles we wanted. . . the Size we wanted. . . but most important of all under the price we were willing to pay. It is our desire to be responsible stewards of what God has given us so we were really looking for something that was reliable, but that we could buy outright and not make payments and if possible have a bit left over to pay down more on the truck so we can be free of payments there as well. God is good and we found all of those things!

OK this is really cool too I have been looking for one of these "Support Our Troops" magnetic ribbons for a while and couldn't find one (you all probably know just where to find one and could have told me if I had have just asked right?). This car comes with one! Leave it to a girl to be more excited about a car accessory than how many "V's" it has ,or the towing capacity, etc ;)

Clumsy Girl Walking

The road in front of the house is being repaved. They have been working on it for a while now. It was taken down to gravel and had been that way for a few weeks, so walking down by the lake has been difficult with the stroller- it is hard to push 55lbs of boys +the stroller through unpacked gravel. Yesterday they came by and paved the road! This meant entertainment for the boys in the morning while they worked and we could take a walk to the lake after dinner! We get to the lake and I step off of the (about 2 inches) new pavement and twist my ankle. It hurt a lot! We sat there for a while, and waited for the pain to subside a little and then I limped home. It was almost the boy's bedtime so we were getting them ready for their bath. Our room was a little warm so I decided to put the fan in the window I pushed the window up so I could get the fan in it and get my finger stuck between the double windows (how I managed this I am not really sure). So now my ankle is aching and my finger hurts whenever I use it. Boy I got the clumsy gene in ample amounts, let's just hope this is a gene that skips a generation!

Just Ordered This . . .

Well as most of you know by now we have a contract on a house and are set to close on the 4th of September -oh we are doing dances of joy! I am so excited to be in a place of our own and really start to feel like we belong here! So as a moving present to us (and because our current comforter has a rip in it) I ordered a new comforter. I am very excited as this is the first comforter set we have purchased. I know we have been married for 9 years so this is a bit sad, but we are both kind of thrifty and like to spend money on other things. . . so this is the first really nice one we have gotten. It was on sale and we got an extra 30% off and free shipping (getting back to Khol's with the coupon before the sale ended was a bit tricky) so in a few days we will have it, but we are waiting to use it until we get the new house. We are actually going over to measure for blinds, a desk (Jonah is building), etc, right now so I will sign off for now.

Last Layout . . .

Here is my last LO from Digi In Deep what a fun class! I learned so many great techniques, short cuts and design tips! I am looking forward to the next in the series that is supposed to start in October! You may be wondering where the layout from last week's class is (or maybe you aren't), last week our task was to create an entire album! I didn't quite get it done, but I am close. I am working on a year in review for last year, 12-2 page spreads. I will put it up when I finish.

Spose Card

Will and Jake received postcards in the mail yesterday, but things were crazy, so I saved them for this morning. Will loves getting mail, but mostly gets the junk mail. He was so excited to get mail of his own. He asked me to take a picture of him with his, "Spose card" that he had taken to breakfast with him.

Opening day and e-mails

So it is still early enough that no little guys are running around asking for something, fighting or climbing on my chair with blankets in tow to sit with me. I love this time in the morning. I read e-mails, read blogs, look at the weather and mentally prepare for the day. So this morning I pull up my e-mail and there were 5 messages. That is pretty exciting for me, I love getting e-mails so that started my day out in a happy place :)
Tonight is also the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics. I Love the Olympics! It is really funny because I am not that big on watching sports, but the Olympics fascinate me. I do like watching the athletes compete in the different sporting events, I like seeing the American flag raised and hearing the National Anthem. I like watching all of the different varieties of sports that aren't typically aired (curling was the one we really got into during the last Olympics- never even knew what it was before that!) I think what I like most about the Olympics are the stories! Oh the stories- I know everyone loves them. The runner who had to practice in a war zone, the swimmer who grew up as a orphan, the team that has no chance of winning but wants to play just for the love of the game. Oh man I love those stories. I think I really love the Olympics because it shows the best of people from around the world. People competing against all odds struggling to conquer and overcome. I love seeing people from around the world in a good light. I love that these games have been going on for 112 years. I am so excited and can't wait for all the fun to begin!

Entertainment . . .Complements of the City

The city has been working on the road that goes in front of the house for about a week. They are working on some drainage, widening it in spots, and resurfacing it. This morning the backhoe and the dump truck were in front of the house working and the boys were so excited. We had to go out and watch and this kept them occupied for the about 45 min or so, at which time the trucks had moved on and we could no longer see them. Jake was so excited when then showed up he was still eating breakfast and when he heard there were trucks he excitedly said, "All done! Truck, Truck." The baby to English translation here is I am done eating mommy! and would like to go and see the truck with Will! We got to watch then scoop up the dirt from the side of the road and dump it into the dump truck- which was fun because they have dump trucks, Will kept saying Mommy that is like my truck, or that is like Jakey's truck. Then for the grand finale, grandpa had asked if he could have some of the dirt to fill in a spot in the yard. They said sure and dumped big piles in the yard. This was met with pure excitement and clapping.

A buyer's Market?

Well of those of you who were wondering we are still house hunting. They say it is a buyer's market but that doesn't seem to be helping us. We can find lots of houses that are not in the greatest shape many we don't want to tackle the improvements that need to be made. We don't mind doing some remodeling, but would rather not have to gut the entire house! Then there are a lot of houses that we like but pass over because the taxes are too high. Taxes are HIGH here. Then there are others that are on a short sale, like the last one we had offered on, and that process takes forever. We have just made an offer on house # 3. We will hopefully hear something this week. . . if we get it great! If not we will keep looking. We are getting frustrated and want to be in a our own house. Hopefully our wait will be over soon.

More Digi Wonderfulness

I am continuing on in my photoshop journey this week with Jessica Sprague. The techniques in this class are great. This week I learned to do several things I didn't even know you could do! I edited my photos and even made my own paper (the paper the star is out of). I am loving fading one photo into another one, still perfecting it a bit. I am sure you will see a LO of Will like this soon.