Craziness!

Okay so it has been forever since I have posted and only cause we have been crazy busy around here. I realized yesterday that it was Thursday and couldn't believe the week had gone by so fast! The girls went back to school Monday after two weeks of spud harvest, and truth be told I was glad. They have been fighting like crazy, it is good for them to get back to their friends. We spent the weeks of spud harvest like this.

Rollerblading

Picking veggies and harvesting them. We got three five gallon buckets of tomatoes when I picked them and only about half a bucket were red. I am now trying to get them to turn so I can can salsa. We picked all our peppers before it froze (I was out in the rain and got totally soaked).

The girls spent some time dancing with Marianne when she came to stay for a few days.

This is the funniest video ever! I laugh so hard every time I see it. Kaite is hilarious!

We also took a trip to Logan and stayed with George for the night then brought Mar home with us. We stopped at Tastee Treat along the way and Ash had a grilled cheese space burger. She kept saying "nope I have never been here before" I beg to differ. They have the best shakes ever! And check out all the bracelets and rings, they are those goofy ones that keep their shape, the girls totally love them.

We had fun hanging out with George and seeing his new apartment. He is living like a bachelor though and has nothing (ie only four spoons)! That was a fun little road trip for me and the girls. We hit a major storm on the way home and at one point we were only going 30 mph, it was nasty.

But the girls spent most of spud harvest reading for their read-a-thon. They both did very well. Ash read 1895 minutes and Kaite read 965 minutes. They both got prizes for all their reading.
Kaite took second in her class and got a gift certificate for books at the book fair. I should also mention that the majority of her reading she did by herself. She is reading so well!

Ash took first in her class and got the top prize of riding in the firetruck to get ice cream during school. She was so happy. She really tried and read so much. At one time she checked out like 19 books from the library and was reading 3 a day. Way to go girls!

Kami spent spud harvest being two! We also visited the doc and he was very encouraging (not) and said "well she will one day just magically decide she is potty trained". Yep the potty training was discouraging. She knows when she needs to go and knows how she just doesn't want to. Most of the time she will stay dry unless she is busy doing something then she doesn't care, she is so much like Kaite!

Ky and I spent spud harvest pulling our hair out! The girls got so sick of each other and we were so busy, not the best combination. We did enjoy a nice night out with Chad and Becca. We played a very amusing game of mini golf and got steak. Then we picked plums and pears in the freezing cold, which means that the next couple of days I spent making jam and dehydrating them, I am still working on this! We did manage to harvest a bunch of our stuff I do still need to do onions, potatoes, and carrots- next weeks projects!
Now the highlight of spud harvest!

Ky got sprayed by a skunk!
Yep, the day after we got home from Logan and Mar's first night with us, Ky went to leave for work at 6:30 am and stepped out onto the deck and their he was. Ky got it so bad! The whole house stunk and we all woke up to skunk smell! Mar threatened to go home, but went downstairs with the girls instead. I crawled in bed with Kami and we were able to contain most of the smell to the upstairs. We spent the next day scrubbing and running to walmart for candles and febreeze. We did pretty good, the vinegar and XO seemed to work the best. I threw out Ky's clothes (well I thought I had) but it turns out some of his whites got thrown in the laundry basket. That took four washes and a lot of bleach to get that smell out! Every now and then I get a whiff of it, nastiest smell ever! Ky was able to get the smell off after a couple of showers, tomato juice (doesn't work), and finally vinegar. He said he felt so bad, we all thought it was pretty funny once we didn't have to smell it! He does now look before he opens the deck door and I laugh every time!
What a crazy couple of weeks and it isn't over. Today I am going to finish drying the plums, can applesauce, make fresh salsa, and do something with my zucchini. Next week carrots, onions, and potatoes. I am sure I left out some stuff we did. We did have a fun couple of weeks even though they flew by.