Peeling Peaches

We went to Twin a few weeks ago to can peaches with grandma. It was a nice quiet visit for a few days. The boys played outside a lot or with grandma. I didn't do much to help with the canning though even though I wanted to. I was about four weeks postpartum and the night we worked on them I wasn't feeling very well. Mom stayed up super late to get most of them done without me. I felt bad because I wanted to work on them together, but I just wasn't up for it that night. I was exhausted and feeling sick. Dad took Zander on a man trip to Elba over night. To say he was excited was an understatement! Lucas was sad he had to stay behind because he and Zander do everything together. The "men" came home the next morning so I asked Zander what he did on his trip. In his words: "We went to great grandpa's house in the mountains, and I got to eat three breakfasts! I had pancakes, and donuts, and toast. Grandpa showed me a dog movie, and we went on the four wheeler to get Jack, and Libby, and Misty, but I got tall grass in my face; it scratched me. Mom, I am a man now." When they got home Lucas got to go with grandpa by himself to the store for his man trip for an hour or two before mom and dad headed out to Spokane for Ezra's baby blessing.

We went to Joseph and Trish's to celebrate Devin's 11th birthday that night. The boys had fun playing with their cousins. When we got back to the house Brad drove up to get some ice cream, and didn't know I was in town (or forgot) so he invited us over for breakfast the next morning before we headed home. Heather fed us peach waffles, and sausage. YUM! Hannah pretty much slept through that whole day with the exception of eating here and there. She must have been really tired. We stayed at Brad's the whole day, so we stayed another night at mom's because I was too tired to drive home in the evening. I ended up cutting up the rest of the peaches mom didn't get to and bagged them for peach crisp or pie. I found that peeling peaches is really therapeutic! It was really relaxing and satisfying peeling the whole skin off as I stood over the kitchen sink in the dark with just my thoughts to keep me company. I knew I needed to get to bed, but I had to finish the peaches. Hannah would be up soon to eat again anyway, so I did what I needed to do so we could leave early in the morning so we could be back home in time for church. Hannah slept til 6:00 that night. What a blessing!

I love getting to visit mom and dad. I'll take any excuse I can to go to Twin. I need to get it all in before I have kids in school that will hinder our frequent visits.