More canning!!

What Have I been up to? A little canning or lets say a lot of canning. After doing peaches and pears now I decided to do salsa and tomatoes. While picking up my tomatoes I saw corn and wanted to freeze it so I bought a box of that! Now after my second day canning I'm wondering what I was thinking!!!
So corn is done!! one batch of salsa done! 21 jars of stewed tomatoes done! and......
2 tired feet and still more to do!!
But I've had a lot of fun.... My friend wanted me to teach her how to do salsa so I made her do corn and stewed tomatoes with me! She has been great help and it was fun to teach her how to make my moms best canned salsa! There is nothing like smelling like salsa for days.
When my mom use to can salsa I hated going to school cause I smelled like it for days. No need for perfume when u smell like salsa right!!






Here's my girl helping with the corn... She loves her corn flower! along with her great new lipstick she is sporting!!

Another fun beach trip!

Last weekend Ty's parents and brother's family came into town. We went to the beach to celebrate his Dad's b-day! It was so fun. The men took the kids crabbing! When I asked my 4 year old if she had a good time she said, " Ya we just sat in the boat, i got really cold." But then she told me more stories about having to throw the small crabs back in the water, having a dog bark at them and them not wanting the dog to bite them and other small and funny details! She did have a good time and it was fun for her.
We went to the beach and play in the sand and water. We played games which we LOVE to do!!! The kids loved playing with their cousins, watched movies and loved spending time with G&G.

We of course had to eat cake and ice cream to celebrate the birthday!!

Here's G&G at the beach. it was a beautiful beach and we love going to different beaches to see how beautiful the coast is.

our little boy loves the beach cause he can run free!!! He doesn't like the water so much...... It scares him but loves playing in the sand.

I love this picture. Tay loves helping her little brother. I told them to stand up the rock/ dirt to take a picture. he wants to do whatever his sisters do and love them! Its so cute!

We buried the girls and made mermaids out of them. At first they didn't think it was a good idea but then thought it was fun after we got them in the sand.

Thanks G&G for the fun time!! We love the beach and are up for going with anyone. It was a fun weekend and we didn't want to leave to go home.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

First Day of School

Our Great Summer has ended and we are back into the swing of things. We tried hard to get everything in that we could and it was a great summer!! Lots better than last year ( this year we had a dad that could do things instead of lay on the couch with a broken foot!)
This morning we woke to a cold house and realized fall is coming....
Which means its time to start school!!!
I can't believe I have a 2nd grader and a pre-schooler!





















Here they are excited for their first day of school. They had a great time and when asked how their day was they both said," Awesome"! I'm so glad that they had a great time and that they like school.

Now the next picture is classic!! (It actually wasn't today but you get the idea.....)

Here is buddy.. He got a new outfit for my brothers wedding and lets just say... He wasn't happy to try it on!!! So this is for you Burke... He might be screaming the whole weekend when he has to wear it but he will be so cute!!

I put this picture on cause we ran errands once the girls were at school then we came home and he kept running around the house calling for his sisters. He wasn't happy when they weren't here. He did have fun playing with me for awhile... He loves loves his sisters. Hopefully we can do some fun things until his sisters get home from school.

Loved Family Time!

My parents and brothers got to come and see us a couple of weeks ago. It was so fun to show them where we live. The girls were in heaven while they were here. Three boys to bug (which they love to tease), Granny to read them a story everynight before bed. Jackson had a non-stop play mate with basketball and loved learning to say my brothers name. Grandpa followed him everywhere so he went on some fun adventures with him!
Here are some highlights of the week of fun!

Since we live so close to the temple. We had to take them there and walk around it. It is such a beautiful temple. We didn't get to enjoy it as we would have liked to since buddy decided to have a melt down since he was so hungry!!!

Here we are at 6:30 am. Out looking at the tide pools and for shells. It was so pretty and cold that early in the morning. We did get to see lots of star fish and tide pools which was worth getting up that early!
















The day we went to the beach it was freezing! But the kids still had so much fun. The boys tried body surfing and boogie boarding. We played in the water and the sand. We had a great time cause the beach is so beautiful and peaceful.




















Here is some of the waterfall that we drove 1 1/2 hrs (a long long time) to go and see. I didn't realize it was that far away and it seemed like forever!!! Once we got there it was so beautiful. We hiked down and went underneath.















Here we are on our hike to see the falls.














thanks mom and dad for coming. It was so much fun seeing you.

When they left Taylee said, " Now what are we going to do since G&G aren't here!" She was right the girls were bored for a couple of days without visitors.

We are excited to see them in October for a weekend.