Here are some of the perks of living in a basement apartment. We have especially noticed these as the temperatures have gotten cooler at night...
In the bathtub
In the kitchen doorway
On the bathroom wall
Under the mop bucket
On the bedroom wall
Running across the carpet (can you spot this one? It's camouflaged!)
And yes, even in a candle (he must really like vanilla)
Please note that after each of these pictures was taken, I promptly had Jon dispose of each creepy crawly, except for the one that was camouflaged with the carpet. We seemed to have lost it seconds after the picture was snapped (eyeing the carpet nervously).
Last weekend Jon and I got up at 1:00 am to go watch the Perseid meteor shower. We drove all around Orem and Provo trying to find a spot that wasn't too bright to see the stars, with little luck. When we finally did stop, we didn't end up seeing any meteors so we drove back home. I was kind of disappointed since I had been wanting to try out my camera with the stars and it was smoky and cloudy so I didn't get very good practice, but oh well. Maybe next year.
Have we posted enough about our garden yet? I'm pretty sure this has to be the 5th or 6th time, so I'm sorry if you are sick of hearing about it, but it is pretty much the most exciting thing happening in our lives at the moment. For a while there we were starting to get discouraged because it was nearing the end of the summer and we were seeing few results. But our patience has paid off!!
Our one pumpkin (out of the 4 pumpkin plants we planted). Isn't it beautiful so far?
Cantaloupe!
Corn!
Cucumbers!
And some surprise carrots! We planted some back in May but then we thought we had planted them wrong so we didn't expect any to come up. It was a wonderful surprise (please ignore the weeds).
We have already started harvesting the corn and we had some tonight with our dinner. They were delicious!!!
Sometimes on Sunday evenings we go over to visit my sister, brother-in-law, and adorable nephew. We usually start out the evening by going on a walk with them. Last Sunday while on such a walk (the Olympics having just ended), one thing led to another and....
Did anyone else in Provo/Orem notice how AWESOME the sun looked tonight??? It was the weirdest color of purple and red, and you could see the entire round shape of it without being blinded!
I'm slightly obsessed with colors and sunsets. I think I'm starting to train Jon to be so as well because now whenever there is a slightly colorful sunset, he notices and points it out to me. I love it. I think that sunset are the most beautiful scenes I could ever come across. Very rarely have I ever come across a sunrise that I love as much as a sunset, and those few exceptions only happened in Rexburg. But I have seen beautiful sunsets everywhere! I love them so much, it has become a habit for Jon and I to take picture of every beautiful sunset we come across. Sometimes we hop in the car and drive as fast as we can to try and find a spot where we can get a decent picture before the colors fade. We call it chasing the sun.
Those are just a small handful of our many sunset pictures. :)
Our Garden is as big as it's going to get! Now we just have to wait for the fruit and veggies to come. We already have some corn, but it's going to take a little more patience for the others. Still, we're proud!
Now if only the boys in who live in the boarding house on the other side of the fence would aim their basketballs for the basketball hoop instead of our corn stalks....
