Apple Picking FUN!!!!

Yummy apples, just a taste before we return!
she could be in an advertizement for Ekert's

Riding the wagon

Our finished work from the orchard!

Mommy helping for the high ones

Grandparents serious about the high ones!!!

Biker Babe!!!

Grandpa's Help

Sisters are great!!! (my mom and Aunt Donna)

The beginning of the season to make many fun trips to Ekert's orchard. We all had a blast!! My aunt was in town and I feel that my mom must get a little goofy when she is around her sister. I know I get goofy when I'm around my sister. My dad got in the fun and allowed my mom to stand on his back to get the really high apples, when it was all said and done. That was not picutured here. That made our baby girl a bit nervous, but we got some great apples. Then we then ate some kettle corn and drank some great cider. When returning home we made great homemade applesauce to go with dinner. Baby girl loved it!!! I love this season when we can spend more time outside and soon we will be going to Ekerts for pumpkins. I loved spending time with my family while my aunt was in town. Great memories.

Practicing for more than one child????

This is a picture of a project going on at the Dean household this past month. Jeremy has taken it upon himself to attempt to save these eggs. Late July a duck layed eggs in our neighbor's backyard. It eventually abandoned the eggs because one kept sliding down the hill and she had to move the nest.

Jeremy has even done research on how to care for the eggs. He even got the neighbor boy and our baby girl excited about turning the eggs and keeping them at the right temperture. Our baby girl would ask to see the eggs in the morning to watch Jeremey turn them. I don't know why Jeremy has put it upon himself to attempt to save the eggs. The only thing I can think of is that his is praticing for becoming a father of two.

I attempted to help at times to care for the eggs, but I had my own little to care for inside me. Actually that is sort of what has been keeping me from blogging. The nausea is much worse with Baby Dean #2 than it was with our baby girl. Needless to say due to the extreme temperature we had in St. Louis this past month not one of the ducks made it. It is awesome that God has a better way for babies to grow and incubate so to speak.