September

We came home from church one day to find our truck window was busted out! After some neighbors did some doorbell video digging, we came to the conclusion the neighbors hired someone to till their yard and flipped up a rock. Not cool. But I was glad it wasn't something done on purpose. Still frustrating! I spent hours vacuuming glass. I found a small white pebble on the running boards which I'm sure was the culprit. 

We got it fixed a few days later. 

Jilly loves Chad so much and whenever he sits down, she hops in his lap immediately! She's no small dog so sometimes it hurts!

We've been freeze drying up a storm...a candy storm! We decided did a bunch for some friends so they could decided if they liked the candy or not. The milk duds were AMAZING!

Oh, I stabbed myself. I was reupholstering our bar stools and as I was picking out the staples with a knife, I slipped and stabbed a steak knife right into my arm! Yeah, I know, not smart. But trust me, I tried several different things and none did the job as well as a steak knife with a sharp tip! 

Blood gushed everywhere. As I ran for some paper towel blood went all over the floor, countertops and chair. I was sure I might bleed out the way it spurted out of my arm! I knew Chad was due home soon but I was starting to feel queasy so I went outside to get some air and hope that if I passed out, someone would see me and help. Chad arrived home to lots of blood. He was coming off of an 18 shift with no sleep. I wanted him to be able to sleep but he was sure I needed stitches. I hadn't looked at my would yet because I was just holding pressure. I had him peek at it. It wasn't wide but it was deep. I convinced him I'd be fine with some butterflies on it. It was....kind of. Every time I flexed my forearm I had blood gushing out. For several days. My brother told me I probably should have had some stitches. But we made it work. 

Bri and the famous fit-your-whole-body-in-your-pants picture. 

 We got our first watermelon out of our garden! We grew a watermelon! And it was DELICIOUS! It was small but we all devoured it. We grew 4 but only 1 was very good. 

With sports in full swing these kids are TIRED! Carter has also been sick for over a month with an awful cough. I was sure it was covid but his tests were negative. So who knows. But he was so sick and weak for most of Sept!

Jilly joined in on the napping. 

Chet and Mindy came into town and wanted to hit up the state fair! We got all kinds of food to share. These kabobs looked amazing. But they weren't quiet cooked all the way. The veggies were still hard. But it was yummy. We ate jalapeño poppers, pizza, peaches and cream, corn dogs, and all sorts of good things. We love these guys and we are so glad we got to hang out for one night! 

When we were all done we went into the city for more food! gelato!! It was so yummy!