Well, we thought we had bedbugs...

But really, we have chiggers.  In our blackberry patch, of all places (and the rest of our backyard, and the plum orchard across the street)!   We thought they were bedbugs b/c it seemed like the bites appeared overnight....  well, we went blackberry picking right before bed, or played out in our backyard right before bed, or had a cookout for supper, or went to the plum orchard before bed.  It can take chigger bites up to a day or two to show up.

BUT, before we realized they were chiggers, we embarked on a Clean-ALL-the-things! adventure that included ripping up the disgusting old ugly carpet that I've wanted to rip up ever since we moved in here a year and a half ago!

Oh well, I didn't like that carpet anyway!

Love that man!

And the kids loved the new adventure!

They also loved the new zippered covers on the mattresses!

I love taking pictures of that smile!

Today we took the carpet out of Lily's room as well, and visually inspected all our dressers to confirm there were no bedbugs.  NOW, to put all that laundry back where it goes, and relax b/c we do NOT have bedbugs!