We've been celebrating all weekend. We had Dane's favorite meal on Friday (pizza, apple crisp and frozen vanilla yogurt) and then went to Chris and Rachel's house for the carving of pumpkins.
Can you tell what they are?The extended family came over to the house on Saturday night for a "hymn sing" per Dane's birthday request and a hot dog and marshmallow roast over the "fire pit" Dane made out of his parents old grill
Our old piano never sounded so goodWe were going to sing in the living room, but we had enough room in the middle hallway to stuff everyone in there
Saturday morning we went out to a farm in Goodletsville to get a load of old composted horse manure to put in the garden beds that Dane revised a couple of weeks ago. We picked it up from a farm that has been in the same family since the 1700s! There is just something special about that kind of longevity. We were planning on shoveling from the big pile into the back of our truck, but the old farmer got out his front-loader and a couple of scoops filled up the back of the truck. We didn't get as much exercise, but it was faster. Just down the road from the farm was a little produce stand called "The Garden" that was alive with fall fare. We got a pumpkin, a couple of squash and a jar of honey. We also scoped out some of their huge pumpkins to get some advice for next year's pumpkin growing contest! I think we're going to win.
The newly filled garden beds
I'll be winning that contest, thank you.
ReplyDelete-Miriam
Loved your post, Michelle. Make sure you start including regular "belly" shots so we can see the new addition! Who is that playing the piano? And a belated Happy Birthday to Dane!
ReplyDeleteI can tell what the pumpkin on the left is, but the one on the right... It's mouth is just too big. Ha!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to say, I think Chris will win the contest. He's an expert on growing giant things.