Catch up Day

I've got to catch you up on some of our activities. It's been a busy week with the start of school and the garden still producing and some great activities in our town. So to start you off, here is a picture of our latest tractor accessory. We're using it for bringing firewood from the woods to our firewood stacks. The children are also enjoying rides in it.

I made an amazing Skillet Barbequed Pork Chops from the Cooks Illustrated magazine last week. It tasted fantastic. And the sauce was amazing.

Nathan saw this bird in our woods. It isn't a good picture since it was taken through the screen and at a high zoom. He is mostly gray with a red V on the back of his head. We've never seen him before. He turns out to be a Northern Flicker.

And I made pickles this past Friday after school. The yellow pickles are watermelon pickles and the red jar is pickled beets.

And last but definitely not least, Aaron is learning to ride his bike without training wheels. He seems to be taking to it pretty well. He's only had a couple of falls so far. We're a little slow on the uptake with bikes since we don't live where a child can bike very far. But once they learn, they have a great mountain biking trail in our woods to train on.