...and on, and on, and on....or so the story goes. At least, this one in particular. Here Ella sits through her first reading of "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins" in its entirety. I'm quite certain it won't be her last, though it might be a while before she picks that one out again (it's a bit lengthy for a girl whose longest sentence is somewhere around 5 words).
Elisabeth turned 4 months old on Saturday (the day before Mom's big birthday). Here she shows off her smile and her bear (we photograph her monthly with this bear to record her growth).To celebrate the autumn season, crazy hours at work, lots of progress on the garage (wait, Mike, I'll get to those photos soon!), and just life in general, we enjoyed a scrumptious Deep Dish Pizza. It made the menu since the recipe calls for it to be made in a cast iron pan. And because it looked amazingly yummy.
Here's what was left of the pizza after we'd stuffed ourselves.
As Steve watched the weather forecasts, we decided it was finally time to finish harvesting our produce from the garden. Ella and I picked tomatoes and peppers on Wednesday afternoon, and Thursday morning we awoke to a very hard frost. Excellent timing, if I do say so myself. Here's what we gathered. (we didn't pick the strawberries, though there were a few ripe ones still out there, and even more green yet! - a 3rd wave of berries from this season)
And last, but certainly not least, the much anticipated garage siding photos. Please note, it's beautifully sunny and the garage siding looks amazing. Great work, Steve! Feast your eyes on our newly sided garage.....
Steve wonders how much longer we'll have nice enough weather for outdoor work and whether or not he'll get ALL of the siding onto the garage in that span of time. Just a few more boards to go! (we'll be putting on some paint come spring...it - the paint - will spend the winter waiting in our living room for it's final destination)Well, that's all for now. Back to work...there's more progress to be made!
Wow, lots of great pictures. The garden harvest picture makes our garden look like kintergarden.
ReplyDeleteElla, enjoy the 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins- they don't get much better that that.
And Steve, I could hardly wait to see the garage, it looks really great, I was especially admiring the soffits and eave, not really, the whole thing looks very nice. I'll bet the neighbors are ready to have a party because now they can look at a finished garage. They should have you over for a steak cookout.
Oh yeah, also, do you deliver pizza to the L.P.?
ReplyDeleteNeat, neat pictures! But I don't know that little four month old girl, sitting with the bear. Time for another visit from Grandma Sandy! I'm thinking she resembles your Mom, Rachel. Maybe Ella would like to be Bartholomew Cubbins for Halloween (with 500 hats, no less!) That pizza looks scrumpdillicious!! Makes ya hungry, even if you're not. And boy, have you ever got a lot of veggies to do something with. Green tomato relish, maybe? Your garage looks great, Steve! So glad you were able to get it done before winter sets in. Good job, Mike and Steve!
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