Farmers Market

My dad has been working hard on developing his very own version of Craisins. He takes his very own cranberries and sweetens them with pineapple juice and dries them in his processing plant. Nate and I had gone to the Farmers Market the Saturday before last and noticed that the next Farmers Market was going to focus on cranberries. He asked if I would like to take and sell them for him at the market. Would I! I had to buy packaging and do up some pretty labels, but I loved the challenge and ending up doing very well. We sold about 90 pounds of dried fruit! I'm considering buying more product from Dad and going again this Saturday.

The only thing I didn't like about going to market was that we couldn't bring the boys. They would probably have fun, but it would have been a gong show. Instead, they played with the babysitter and had fun walking to the park. I like hanging out with them on Saturdays.

Jericho is still saying funny things. Yesterday, I asked him what he would like for lunch. "Beaver". Um... we're all out of beaver, can I interest you in meatballs made of cow? I've been telling him this particular story quite a few times. It's a story from when I was 15 and on a missions trip with my Dad in Bolivia. We had gone to these ruins and somehow ended up on the wrong side from where our vehicle was. Dad convinced me to climb this chain link fence as a 'short cut'. Right. So I tell Jericho about how Papa climbed the fence and jumped down and was fine, but how I climbed up and by the time I was at the top, I was overcome with fear and could not move a muscle. Dad kept telling me to jump and that I would be fine, but I just cried. Finally (this is Jericho's favorite part) I decided I would just jump... and I was okay! I was scared for no reason. Tonight I told him the story again and as I was putting him to bed awhile later, he commented that maybe next time I go climbing fences with Papa, that I should pick the smaller fences. That's pretty deep.

My younger cousin Joel and his wife Nicole welcomed Ava before her due date! She's gorgeous and apparently a sweet baby. The boys and I went to visit her and they love her already.

Malachi has missed out on several events lately due to his out-of-character foul moods. He has cried and screamed over the littlest things. I'm not sure if he's really behind on sleep or coming down with something or both.

We have an agreement with my brother and Christa where every Tuesday we take turns watching each other's kids so we can go on date nights. It's worked out great so far. We've gone to a movie, visited friends, etc. I quite enjoy it. And the nights we don't go out, we have a lovely visit from Sophia. Win-win I'm thinking!

Nate's found out that he needs to write an important exam in November so there will be a few days where I'm taking the kids out on exursions without him so he can get a few solid hours of studying in. He's quite nervous about it, but he always does great.

Here are a few pictures of the last few days.