Monday, September 27, 2010

i caved


i was determined not to do any real work at the great harvesting this year. i was just in it for the photo ops, but when i went over on sunday and saw how tired/stressed my pappy was over trying to get everything done that day, i caved. ok, maybe i was bribed, but i prefer to think that i did it to be a helpful, loving daughter. besides, my pappy's tiredness was self-inflicted: the day before he biked a 100-mile race and left jeremy to try to defend the mrs fields golf championship title with new players! pfffft! they needed you, jello-shot inskeep! they needed you.


although pappy was tired, i think he had a great time with sethers. ok, so funny... i asked my dad why HE didn't harvest the grapes? my mom stepped right in and said, 'because he doesn't, sarah! he's the wine maker NOT the harvester!' o-k.


so, i harvested a few rows out of the goodness of my heart while pappy was busy disinfecting everything and watching seth eat giant mutated marshmallows.


harvesting sucks! it's so hard! it seems all easy breezy/under the tuscan sun.... NO! spiders. heat. heavy grape baskets. crouching. oh, and don't let my dad catch you feeding the grapes to the horses! in hind sight, it was a terrible idea. that horse would NOT leave me alone! oh, and if he catches you drop grapes on the ground and accidentally stomp on them, there will be words! i believe his exact words to mumsy were 'that's juice we're never going to get back!' nick, on the other hand, seemed to actually ENJOY harvesting!! what!?!?! i asked him what HE's getting out of this and he just shrugged and said that he will never have to buy a bottle of wine in his life. i just don't like pregnant hard labor. at all.
nick is genuinely happy

REAL work... i had to white-trash it up and take off my top shirt.

we later stomped. we got seth to join in the fun, but he wasn't a fan. i've got a vid to show his lack of excitement, but you'll have to look on my facebook page for that. for some reason, i can't get them to load.

it was a good time, even if the actual hard work wasn't. oh, and we met chokey's harem! they were stuck up. i tried to get close to them but they wouldn't even give me the time of day.



these pictures are just super random, but i love them! jer got a well-needed haircut yesterday too, but halfway through it was a total bowl cut! i don't know if he's sad because his long locks are getting cut away or because he had a jerry seinfeld inspired cut at the moment; either way, HI-larious. Thanks for the final cut, Shayla!


Jer should have been happy because he made his baby boy SO happy last night! seth would NOT stop giving jer hugs! no hugs for mommy... just daddy. it was like christmas! new pjs, train, cars, and dump truck... thanks daddy!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

big boy photo shoot, grape stomping, etc

the past few weeks have been a dream! i love staying home with seth! the house is clean (mostly), the laundry is getting done, seth has a schedule, we've been able to do lots of activities, jer is happy, mommy is happy! it's overall been a grand decision.

here are a few things we've done the past few weeks:
gateway water fountains
ute game
bear lake
grape stomping/harvesting
liberty park carnival
tracy aviary
zoo
discovery gateway
ogden dinosaur park
downtown picture taking
swimming
lunches with family and friends
and my favorite, bike rides with sethy. i don't have any pics with him and me on the bike, but i'll post one with my mom and him. he loves to go for rides! he points at the garage and motions me to come over. i'll ask him, 'wanna go for a bike ride?' and he'll shout 'YAY!' and pat his head to motion putting on a helmet. love this slightly cooler weather!

before the weather gets too cool, i still want to make it to thanksgiving point gardens and let seth play in the liberty park fountains. anyone want to join?

here are some fun pictures:



us at the ute game! sethy loved the food, band, and company! we loved the tickets in the suite!

GO UTES!


i don't know if i've mentioned this, but seth love Love LOVES his daddy! so sweet!

discovery gateway

ok, i HAD to get a pic of this kids hair! no one would have ever believed me if i told them! yeah, it's a boy. yeah, he has spikey hair AND a 2.5 foot ponytail. best of both worlds. magoo!

i think this is the ONLY shot i have of seth AND ruthy. i love that little girl!

music? sign this kid up!


seth and mom-mom on sunflower!! although he doesn't look it, he does, in fact, love to go for rides

ah, bear lake labor day weekend!

is this a little boys heaven or what!

seth, boston, and the boats! they had such a great time in the water


literally the second we got out of the car and made it to bear lake, seth was on his way to the lake! i couldn't stop him, so i joined him

gateway ice cream. where does he put it?!

seth and boston playin in the fountains... neither of them got wet like i expected. they were both too scared once the water shot up.
grape stomping was divine!
here is my gorgeous mommasita!

me! i actually didn't pick or stomp any grapes this time; just there for the photo op. yeah, i totally threw down the pregnancy card. judge me.

now here are some of the crew that actually did some work


so, the first year i did stomp and it was fun, for like 5 minutes. it's A LOT harder that it seems. just ask these fine ladies.



ok, now how great are these pictures!! the best photographer, Missy, took them and got them back to me the next day! no waiting for me!!!!


those baby blues melt me! i loved this photo session!
if you want to contact missy, let me know. she has a really great eye and gets as enthusiastic about the pictures as i do!





if you made it this far through my post, congrats! give yourself a hand!

well, that's the past few weeks in a nutshell. i wish i had pics of them at the ogden dino park, cause man, seth loved that!