Monday Kim took the boys, along with Grandpa Slade, to the LDS stake farm to pick corn… I asked Alec how much corn he picked, and he told me he didn’t pick any, he just played in the mud. I think that was pretty accurate. At least they did help shucking the corn — ~100 ears.
They stayed excited about it because they were finding caterpillars, so it was a game to them. We managed to get it all cleaned up, cut off the cobb, and into the freezer by the end of the week. We don’t do that kind of thing because it’s economical or particularly fun, but to learn to provide for ourselves and understand where our food comes from. It means a lot more than just opening up a can of something form the grocery store.
Saturday we were planning to take a hike up to Horsetooth Rock, but it was pretty chilly — we got some much needed rain and cooler temperatures this week. Instead, we all went bowling and had a lot of fun. Alec just about won the second game (102), but Trent pulled it out (106) with a spare in the last frame.
I’ve been pretty busy the last couple of weeks with a new calling as ward clerk. Once I get on top of things it shouldn’t be too bad, but there’s a lot of cleaning up to do. I was actually thinking it was time for a new calling, and was hoping it would be something a little less administative (I was the membership clerk before that). But the record keeping is certainly important, and now I will have a chance to work with the bishopric more closely, which should be a good experience. Evidently I still have plenty more to learn about the mechanics of the Lord’s kingdom.
I’ve also been busy doing some job interviews, and more are on the schedule for this week. I’m happy with most aspects of my current job at Intel, and I have interesting projects to work on now and in the future. It’s just feeling like maybe it’s time for a change — not sure what kind of change, so I’m just looking around at some possibilities. If something does come of it, you’ll hear about it here.
The summer’s gone by very quickly, and all three boys start school this week. It was a privilege to be able to give them all priesthood blessings this evening. But first we have one more day of summer tomorrow, starting it off with a the Colorado Run in the morning. The boys are going to participate in the free kids’ race, and I figured that we’ll be there, so I might as well run the 5k. It’ll be my first one, and I haven’t particularly trained for it — and I don’t really care for running. Sounds like fun.
More bowling and other pictures here…
15′ tall tomato plants that look like trees:
