Really Love Your Peaches Wanna Shake Your Tree...

Well, it's almost fall and with that, comes the harvest. Almost everyday, Mom and Dad Z have been saying stuff like; "You want to do peaches?" or "Would you like us to help you do peaches?" "I'd hate to see the peaches go to waste...", etc, etc,- I guess we better do peaches. We not only did peaches, but we also bottled tomatoes. It was a busy weekend.








There was a bright spot for the weekend though, we got Emery as well and it's always fun when she comes. Brenda and I like to go for a walk with her on Sunday mornings- she strolls, we walk. On our way around the block, we stop at the school and let her play at the playground. As she slides down the slide, she builds up a charge and then when she touches the metal poles she always gets a shock. Her poor little face- so sad! I had some really good video of it too, but the funny thing is, I guess I got a bit confused at how many times I pressed the record button... "I know what you're thinking. Did he fire five bullets or six? Well, in all the excitement I just plumb forgot! So, you have to ask yourself, do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Anyway, I didn't get her best face, but, you get the idea. I did get some great footage of inside my short's pocket though...

West and Wewaxation at Wast...

Ahhhhh... and I'm not talking the Castle of Ahhhhh. The whole family has been looking forward to this the entire summer- Lake Powell, here we come! Luckily, we have wonderful friends like the Krebs that were kind enough to invite us to join them. Otherwise, our vacation would consist of going downtown to look for a job, then hanging out at the drug store. We spent our days eating, skiing, eating, skiing, tube-warring, playing games, then uh, eating some more. As we passed the Sabbath in one of God's wonders, we took time out of our hectic schedule and did some sight-seeing. One of the places was Hole-in-the-Rock. That's where the Mormon Pioneers dropped down there wagons and cattle. I always thought it was a hole in the rock, but it's not- but still, it's just crazy that they were able to do that. Most days, we had about 18 people on the houseboat- what fun! We got to know each other real well, real fast. The food was great; banana pancakes, bacon and eggs, cold cereal, yogurt, sandwiches, fajitas, fruit, etc, and stacks of snacks of course. At night, we slept on top, out under the stars "Under the Milky Way", it made me very pensive, at least, I thought a lot. Brenda would be reading in her sleeping bag with her book light, and bats would be flying just above our heads. I think we all had a lot of fun... too bad we had to come home. Oh well...Here are some highlights.