Ode to the Brothers Crumb

Oh brothers crumb, how do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.

You arise on Saturday mornings,
before the dawn turns over in it's bed,
to make me tasty bread,

And schlep it all the way down from Logan
so that I simply have to zip down to Salt Lake
to the Saturday farmers market
to enjoy the tasty country sourdough goodness.

Crunchy, crisp crust tears apart to revel your
doughy goodness.
I can eat you whole,
all by myself,
devour your tangy goodness,
with a slice of cheese,
or toasted and topped with scrambled eggs,
or perhaps I will brush you across olive oil and balsamic with a pinch of pepper.

and that is to speak nothing of your goat bar,
which truly requires a post of it's own

but oh, my brothers crumb, how I love you.
For above all you bring to my week,
pure
and
simple
JOY

We did it!

We finally did it, we got our booth up and going at the Ogden Farmers Market.

My best seller was definitely the baby shoes, I love the baby shoes.

Here are a few of my other goodies.

A Magical Age....

Setting: The kitchen, evening, Aaron is making no bake cookies, Emily is getting Maddie (age 5) and Ashlynn (age 3) ready for bed.  Amy and Todd are bumbling around making a late dinner and cleaning up.

Maddie: Dad what are you doing?

Aaron: Making cookies, if you hurry up and get ready for bed you can have one in the morning.

Maddie: Ahhh man, I want a cookie now.

Aunt Amy: You know if you don't go to bed soon the No-Bake Fairy will come and eat all the no bake cookies and then there wont be any left in the morning.  She is always watching for little girls who don't go to bed when they are suppose to and then she comes to eat their cookies.

Maddie wide eyed and jaw dropped runs down the hallway to where her mother is brushing Ashlynn's teeth. She turns to her mother demanding her vitamin.

Maddie: Hurry up mom, I have to get into bed or the No-Bake Fairy is going to come and eat all the cookies and their won't be any left.  Mom! I NEED MY VITAMIN NOW!  MOOOOOOOOOM!

Emily: Maddie, there is no such thing as a No-Bake Fairy, Aunt Amy is lying to you.  Now let me finish brushing Ashlynn's teeth.

Maddie returns to the kitchen, hands on hips and exasperation on her face.


Maddie: My mom says there is no such thing as a No-Bake Fairy, she says you are LYING!

Aunt Amy: Maddie, who is older Mommy or Aunt Amy?

Maddie: You are.

Aunt Amy: Maybe mommy is too little to remember the No-Bake Fairy.  Maybe Mommy never met her.


Maddie stands, hands still on hips and a confused expression on her face. Not knowing what to do she waits.

Aunt Amy: And maybe, just maybe, Aunt Amy, is a lair who just really really likes to tease, you never know.  Here is your vitamin, now go to bed.

What can I say?

I don't even know where to begin, but it was definitely an experience.

The Gigiel Garden is one of the most interesting touristy things to do in Salt Lake that no local has ever heard of.

Some of it is very cool.

Despite the hundreds of scriptures carved in stone through out the garden, I have no idea what many of these are about.

Like these internal organs....

Or the artist's self portrait with brick pants.

But the Joseph Smith Sphinx is without a doubt the most famous.

Either way, it is without question an interesting way to kill and hour.

On to plan B

So after
my cool friend Jen
and I
got into the Park Silly Art Market
we realized that it cost $170

This is not for the season but by the day.

Now we are pretty cool gals,
but we are new to this,
and as newbies we might not be $170
cool.

So we moved on to plan B.

Plan B involves the Ogden Historic Farmers Market
Which has a very cool and funky vibe,
and is much more laid back,
which is much more our style!

So here we go,
The plan is we'll be there Saturday,
in all our crafty glory!

I am
TERRIFIED!
and
very,
very,
very,
excited!

Purses by Jen

These fabulous purses are made my by very cool friend Jen, and she is even cool enough to try selling her stuff at the farmers markets this week.

Get Your Golf On

So last week Todd and I went to the Art 337artist designed miniature golf exhibit.
The best part about this activity, it's free!
Check out the info here

There are 18 holes, each one designed by a different artist.

They had all kinds of different holes.

This one played Donkey Cong when you got the ball in the hole!