For those of you who are curious...here's the link to my family's blog about our trip. Thanks to Cassi for posting!:)
http://gundersenfamily.blogspot.com/2008/10/week-in-paradise.html
What could be cuter than vampire babies?:) (Thanks, Michelle.) We've been having fun at our house making haunted gingerbread houses, trying on our new fairy wings, and pretending to be vampires. Just some good ol' Halloween fun!
As a side note, please take note of the Emma in the bottom center picture. This is her new favorite face. I think I got about 20 pictures with her making this face. The best is when she makes this face and does her pirate imitation. I'll see if I can get that on video sometime. Happy Halloween, everyone!
Our garden this year hasn't been the most "fruitful" one. We planted Watermelons, Cucumbers (two different kinds), Pumpkins, and Tomatoes. We literally didn't harvest a single tomato the entire summer until a week or two ago. As we've heard from many, this year was NOT the year for tomatoes. What little we did get early on fell culprit to one of the 6 little hands in our home--but that was maybe just 1 or 2 tomatoes.
The watermelon turned out great--it was small but pretty tasty (you'd think I'd have a better adjective than tasty. I'll consult Rachel Bryson). The watermelon ended up being the pride of our garden.
Before I comment on the pumpkins and cucumbers, I want to warn everyone that 1) wasps hold grudges, 2) they communicate with bees, and 3) they plan revenge together. Last summer and this summer, I've had an on going war with the wasps that try to attach their homes to our home. Most of these wars start with me spraying their homes with a hose, then spraying them as they get near me, then spraying myself or kids around me because the wasp got too close, and then me really getting upset and making sure that wasp never returns. The last part has to do with me gunning the wasp down and giving it the nice stomp down.
The wasps had the last laugh this year since they persuaded the bees to demonstrate the power of cross-pollination with the cucumbers and the pumpkins. See the picture below. We officially have green pumpkins and orange cucumbers. Maybe we'll carve all of them for Halloween. Anyone for pumpbers and cucumkins? 
This post is dedicated to the Rowberrys who helped re-kindle the flame we once had as frequent bloggers.
The length of this post is dedicated to Jill Moyer--the power novel blogger.
Had I used a clever word to describe the tastiness of our watermelon, it would have also been dedicated to Rachel Bryson.
And last but not least, this blog post is dedicated to Jared White who will one day actually start a blog.
A friend sent this video onto me. I found it educational.
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