Nathan and Andrea's Wedding

Beautiful, short and fabulous at Hudson Gardens. The dried blueberries and glazed walnuts were fabulous. Ceremony was sweet. The chicken dance exit was funny. Enjoyed being with the family again so soon.

Main Sermon Points

After all the wisdom is shared it comes down to...Fear God. (Ecclesiastes 12)

God is GOD. He is NOT someone to screw with!

The Great Potty Standoff

It had been a couple of hours since Auburn had gone to the bathroom and instead of taking option A or B (see previous post) I choose C: take the child to the bathroom NOW to avoid puddle. She didn't want to go. She just...didn't...want...to go. So we sat on the potty downstairs and cried. No tears just fit throwing. I was determined that since I said she needed to go, and I didn't want a puddle on the floor, she was going to OBEY. So the great potty standoff began. There were tears, there was distraction, there were threats, there was yelling by the 2 year old, there was much that didn't include going potty. I didn't look at the clock before all of this started but I'm estimating a good 15-20 minutes on the potty trying not to have to do it. Mrs. Jen came for a meeting and I had to tell Cody to start without us because she was...going...to...use...the...potty! And then out of no where the sound of tinkling liquid.

Mommy won. I'm still in charge, for now.

Ginormous Tomatoes

Spent an hour tonight cutting up tomatoes to bag and freeze for the winter. They were HUGE and certified organic as they came directly from the Bohall garden. Tomatoes were about the only thing that did well this year. Anyway I measured circumference of the fruits and the range was 13" - 15.5". That's big...

Stamps Aren't STICKERS!

Several times Auburn has tried to grab the roll of stamps and play with them only to be foiled by a vigilant adult. Somehow I missed her grabing the roll yesterday and taking it upstairs. I got suspicious when everything was quite for too long. This is what I found. Yes, she sat in timeout...after I took pictures. :)

Sunset in Colorado

go with your gut

When you think "Hmmmm, the two year old hasn't gone to the bathroom for awhile. I should take her." You should act on it and not continue by either a) asking the two year old if they NEED to go or b) thinking I'll take her up as soon as I finish this. Both options; a AND b will only result in the dreaded sound of trickling liquid and seeing a puddle on your floor.

Corn

Today was the day to put up corn. We had a dismal garden failure for raising corn this year (I blame Heavenfest). Anyway, Uncle Dave let us go pick some from one of his client's fields. I went out with him yesterday and we got between us probably 150 ears. In the end that made 30 bags of corn with 2 cups per bag. Patti took 10 bags and Cody and I have 20 for the winter. We MIGHT have had a few ears for dinner last night and a few again for lunch today. SUPER YUMM!!
A mouthful

Watching Dad cut corn

Cutting and Bagging

The cooling center

A watched pot never boils

Potty Training Has Begun...Again

Potty Training day was declared. Yesterday was the day. Panties only, no diapers for big girls. This was protested much and she only went to the bathroom 3 times the whole day but she was on that toilet every half hour. Went in the toilet in the morning (tricky 2 year old starting out successfully) next time was on the floor in the living room and the last time was on the floor after having just recieved a slice of pizza in the FlatIron Mall food court. At least she gave me a panicked look and said "Potty mommy!" half a second before the flood began. The killer part was that we had been in the bathroom "trying" five minutes before.

Today was better. Success all day going number one AND two in the toilet. Accident on the floor this evening after I left the house for a mission team meeting. Since it happened at home on Cody's watch I'm not counting it. :)

Let's see how tomorrow goes.