Joel and I have had a tradition the past few years of going to a farmer's market between the Saturday sessions of October General Conference. This year, we changed it up a little and went to an orchard.
Dane enjoyed picking the apples, and we enjoyed picking him up to help him reach.
We had to teach Dane to pull really hard. Here he is being strong:
Then, we'd tell him to put the apple in the bag, but its resemblance to a ball was too overpowering, and he ended up always throwing them into the bag. Or out of the bag.
Hey, look! It's Kenji! I took a picture of him! He's on the blog! He exists!
Happy Apple Day
All in all, our palates aren't sophisticated enough to tell the difference between fresh-picked-from-the-orchard and store-bought fruit. But the fresh, unpasteurized apple cider was so amazing. I am not one to use excessive capitalization, italicization, exclamation points, or exaggerated letter usage, but the apple cider was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO delicious!!!!!!! You should look up a local apple orchard and get some for yourself now. You will not regret it. At ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!
Now for the whining.
I am in charge of Super Saturday in our ward. I realize that the concept of "Super Saturday" has many iterations throughout the church. In our area, it is a mega-fancy craft extravaganza. Forget the fact that the purpose of Relief Society is to give charity or save souls or uplift or something. This momentous day is solely for creating cutesy decor and little gifts. I am a little bitter about it. Don't get me wrong; I have always enjoyed attending Super Saturday. But being in charge of it has been so time-consuming, stressful, and expensive. I do not exaggerate when I say that it has consumed my life for the better part of the past two months. Joel can attest. Where is my committee, you may ask. Some of them are no help; several of them are very helpful, but my person-formally-known-as-Enrichment leader just had a baby, and another person will have a baby right on Super Saturday day, so she is unable to help teach/make crafts. Anyway, it is not happening until November 21, but I had to have everything ready to display last Sunday so everyone could sign up. I will present to you the fruits of my labors. Pretty much all the crafts seem hideous and tiresome to me now since I've spent so much time on them, so if you could just do me a favor and tell me that at least one of them is cute and worth making, I'd appreciate it. And if my personal cynicism has not poisoned you and you would like to know how to make one, I'd be happy to let you know.
Stenciled Table Linens
Family Home Evening Board
Handmade Christmas Cards
Beaded Watches
(This is actually one that I have had no part in. My fellow counselor has made millions of these to match every outfit she owns, so she is spearheading the watches. Whew.)
Pierceware Ornaments
Fabric Covered Magnets
Mini Matchbox Advent Calendar (with a Christmas scene that appears as you turn each drawer around!)
Felt Advent Garland
So that's it. A few people have signed up for stuff so far. I need to keep setting up the display for the next few weeks to give people ample time to decide what they'd like to make. To assuage my bitterness, I added a food drive to the event. Take that, over-the-top Super Saturday.
