"Hurry up! We need to get ready so we can go to the threshing bee."

"Mommy...can we just do something normal?"

"We ARE doing something normal!"

"No," he shook his head slowly. "We're not."

When Michelle posted on Facebook that Jack Creek Farms was hosting a threshing bee using their antique thresher and selling wheatberries 30 pounds for $10, I did ( Read more... )

We left Pacific Grove after a relaxing breakfast of toasted bagels, tea, orange juice and USA Today.  Oh.  And Dinosaur Train.

Our final destination was Davis.  We hoped the kids would make it to lunch time before we stopped.  Bless them, they both passed out by the time we hit the 101.  They slept peacefully until we came to Concord.  (So close to ( Read more... )

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Earlier this week, Becky called to see if I'd be interested in free Concord grapes from a friend's parents. The only catch is that we would have to pick them ourselves. Since, a) I've never said no to free fruit and b) grape picking seemed like a great way to wear Joseph out before nap, I readily agreed.

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In the interest of photographic self-improvement, I took a three hour photography class today.  It was offered through a local recreation program and was well worth the $11 I paid.  The instructor spent some time with me during the break and after class, walking through each of my camera's settings and helping me adjust some of the strange things I ( Read more... )

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving - beginning with a sleep-in because, as previously mentioned, our wonderful son decided to sleep until nearly 7:30.


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