Construction Madness

My neighbors are remodeling & Trent couldn't be happier. I have already mentioned how I have the greatest neighbors...well this is further proof. Grant in the house across from us is in the middle of this HUGE job he is doing himself & he is so patient to let Trent come down & ask 20 million questions and "help him" on occasion. He has been so good to explain that he can help once in a while if he promises to never go over unless he has asked his parents & grant is there. Well this project is consuming Trent & killing the rest of us. Trent has been facinated by construction since he was three & even had a "construction" birthday party last year with 14 kids. (I wish I knew how to scan pictures) Last week Trent was sitting in this backhoe & said- Hey Grant, why don't you just let me finish this job for ya! He was dead serious. Of course, Trent bugs me every night to go down there, comes home after throwing fits & is completely filthy, wants to "remodel" everything in our house so he is always getting out tools & making messes everywhere. Maybe my neighbors aren't that great after all!?

Peach City & Trent...I guess he was bored?!

I am lucky enough to have the greatest neighbors in the world who let us come & pick peaches off their tree yesterday morning! This weekend I have been busy mostly~ eating peaches. They are so good~they are incredible! Nothing says summer like a fresh peach. Last night & tonight I have made 3 batches of freezer jam-(notice the Ziploc freezer bags, they store a lot easier in the freezer, when you need jam just pour them into your container)- and froze 8 pie fillings! Plus I made this pie tonight~

which is gone now.
With all the peach activity etc. going on around here I have been so tired. Something about Sunday makes it even worse. As I get home from church I can usually can feel myself crashing. Today was no exception, except that everyone was tired. So after lunch I laid down on the couch & I was out. I didn't realize that most of us had fallen asleep- everyone but Trent & Chloe. They were watching a movie before I fell asleep & when I woke up everything seemed to be fine. So I started on this pie. Later when the pie had cooled I told the kids we were going to all pick up then meet at the table for our Sunday devotional & pie. Because of the pie, everyone was milling around getting ready when suddenly Hailey who had started picking up the blocks let out the dreaded- OH MY GOSH. Trent had gotten out the Elmer's glue and glued most of the blocks together. He was making a "waterfall for his train track." These are not ordinary blocks. They are one of our most precious toys. Grandpa messer had made them for us at least 18 years ago when megan & brian were babies- irreplaceable. So the kids got butter knifes & wash clothes and started prying them apart & wiping off the glue. I was so mad I walked into the kitchen where I immediately noticed about 10 cups of flour on the counter - trent had dumped out. I'm not sure when that happened. I guess we need to schedule our naps.