More reasons why I love fall

Corn Mazes! This year Cornbelly's Maze (best corn maze name I've ever ran into) at Thanksgiving Point looked like this. Not too elaborate. We're still trying to figure out how to get out.

At Cornbelly's, they had much more than just a corn maze shaped like the boy scout logo. There was a Witch who told stories, a pumpkin tree, a corn box (instead of a sand box), multiple insert-head-here photo opportunities, a left turn only corn maze, slides, tractor bikes, a haunted inside of a dinosaur, and a

jumping pillow (featured pic). Way too much fun at Cornbelly's for one night.

What do you think about this as our Halloween costume?

Also, we were trying to be neighborly and made cinnamon rolls. They ended up like this.

I forgot how much I love candy corn, until I ate them all!

Fall Fun

We went on a double date with Janet and Clark. After dinner it was CARAMEL APPLE TIME!!!

They were in charge of crushing the oreos.

Perfect green apples for the job

Ben's skinny, long apple....or a pear!

We rolled them in oreos and rice crispies, and mmm they were good, including Ben's pear!

Who comes up with these phrases?

On a completely different note, I'm sure you're wondering about the tomatoes. Yes, they are still green. We're still trying to turn them red with green bananas. I eat the bananas after their greenness has gone away and replace them with new ones. And, yes the neighbor across the parking lot was confused as she thought she saw us "picking fruit." She checked out our vacant tomato plot the next day to find nothing and then asked Ben at church if we were picking fruit the other day, because she couldn't find our picking post. (we dug up the roots and disposed of the evidence)

Harvest in Full Force

My little corner of tomatoes and carrots had become a jungle. I decided it was time for harvest. I called my crew and we got to work.

The crop

3 red tomatoes and the rest pure wicked witch green tomatoes (in the spirit of Halloween)

Lots of green tomatoes. I looked to a couple of sources on how to make green tomatoes turn red. 1st my grandma and 2nd Google.

How to ripen tomatoes: Plastic bag method - For a few or many tomatoes

Assemble plastic bags. Punch a few "air circulation" holes in each bag you are going to use.

Place 3 - 4 tomatoes with 1 banana in each bag. Depending on the size of your bag, you may be able to add more (or perhaps less). Be guided by the size of the bag, tomatoes and banana.

Store in a warm, semi-humid area away from direct sunlight.

Here suggested using an open cardboard box for getting tomatoes to turn red is suitable for numerous tomatoes. Line the box with newspaper and place a layer of tomatoes on top. Although a second layer can be added, do this only when necessary, as tomatoes are prone to bruising. Add a few ripening bananas and place the box in a cool but slightly humid area away from sunlight.

Grandma's advice: Wrap in newspaper and keep in a cool dry place.

I'll see how they progress and let you know when I have red delicious tomatoes or maybe we'll have a Halloween party with bobbing for tomatoes if nothing happens:)

Any other suggestions on how to turn these green tomatoes red?

Take 2

My mom dreads this day, but it's already here. We dropped Ross off at the MTC yesterday. He was suppose to go to the Brazil MTC but his Visa didn't come yet, so Provo welcomed him again. There is a UPS store that will deliver packages for free to the MTC, I'll have to send some cookies or maybe a jdawg to him while he's so close. Chet just got home and now Ross leaves, our family had a month together and we did alot of traveling to Idaho for family events.

Ross wanted to eat at Tucanos before he left, which was quite fitting.

Ross will be a great missionary.

The first thing he'll want to do when he gets home is hit the lake...

or ride the horse.

Camping update

Our camp out was successful. We never missed a ticket check and slept just fine on our blow up mattress. Ben and I watched Red Eye and everyone quieted down around 1:30am, and we both slept great. We woke up around 7:30 and they had another ticket check at 7:45. This was the last check and then they asked us to clean up all of our camping gear to get ready for the grand opening. We weren't sure what the rules were going to be and how we would get a years worth of yogurt.

This is how it worked. They gave us each 52 coupons for free yogurt, that's free yogurt once a week. The best part is, there is no limit to how high we fill the cup or how many toppings we put in. It's all free! So we now have 104 coupons for yogurt that are good until December 2011. It's a dream come true or Christmas come early!

My kind of camping

I think this is going to be the best camping trip. Right this minute Ben and I are camping. We weren't planning on camping at the intersection of Bulldog and University Ave, but here we are. We were originally going to go in the wilderness in Hobble Creek, but this deal of all deals was music to my ears.

Earth Fruits Yogurt is having their grand opening tomorrow and the first 100 people in-line get FREE yogurt for a year!! If you know me and my love for yogurt, I LOVE IT. They opened their parking lot to anyone who wanted to spend the night. For us, instead of paying money to get a camping spot, we get free yogurt and camping! We brought all our camping gear and made ourselves nice and comfy. I think we have the best set up with our 6 person tent and queen size air mattress. Everyone else is all crammed in, but our huge tent designated our spot. The way they are deciding who gets the free yogurt is that everyone gets a ticket and they do ticket checks randomly through out the night, to make sure you stay here. The people who were first in line have a lower ticket #. I'm #16, and I'll here all night so bring on the ticket checks! When the doors open at 10 am, I'll be one HAPPY CAMPER!!

Our HUGE blue tent is the biggest out of everyone's!

I'll let you know if I actually get any sleep and when I'm one year richer in yogurt!