For the beauty of the earth

Some of our greatest family moments this summer revolved around fruits and vegetables. Once again the Haase family rented a 20x30' plot of land from the Wheaton Park District, and the four of us (mostly Dan) honed our settler-like ability to live off the land. The glory of the garden was our watermellon patch which was, to the distress of all of us, hit up by local hooligans. Three of our perfectly growing watermellons went MIA just hours before we arrived to bring our babies home. It was a devastating loss to the boys who have had to endure extra vegetables all summer long. Although, the tastiness of earth's bounty was again restored to them on a spontaneous blueberry pickin afternoon on our way to visit Oma and Opa Haase in rural Michigan.