Tuesday, November 24, 2009

PLAYING CATCH UP...........

First, Halloween.....we had a lot of fun. It was a week full of lot's of part's and dressing up. As my kids get older, I get less and less excited about spending money on costumes and more excited about seeing what we can come up with on our own. This year, Madi decided to be a baby. Not too hard to come up with things for that, since MY baby is not that old. Well........she is almost 2, but still.
And Wyatt......well, no surprise here. He wanted to be a hunter. Camo, guns and all!!!

And my little bumble bee!! She was so cute and fun this year. I wish I would have gotten a picture of the back, but she has little wings and a little stinger. Super Cute!! She started out a little shy, but after a few minutes, she was walking on her own and trying to say "Trick or Treat!!"
And the canning is FINALLY done!!! This was all a first for me, but I really enjoyed it and we are so excited to have our cupboards and freezers full for the winter!!


We did pickled and frozen beets,

bottled and frozen beans, and frozen peas (minus the picture)
Thanks to a GREAT friend I have bottled peaches that my family LOVES! :0

(My frozen beans)
Frozen corn, and corn on the cob.
And a TON of apple sauce!! My kids LOVE this. This one was a HUGE mess. But we had lot's of help and lot's of fun!!! :)
I also did apple pie filling and stewed tomatos. Those I did not get pictures of because they all got put away before I could snap the shots!!!
I am so greatful for my mom who taught me how to do the beans and beets, and how to use a pressure cooker! Those things are scary!! I am greatful for good friends, Heidi for teaching me how to do peaches. For Kasha for all of the help with the corn. We did a TON of corn and made a HUGE mess, but we had A LOT of FUN and LAUGHS!!! :) For Brandon and J'Lene for helping with the apple sauce and apple pie filling, and also for there HUGE help in picking the apples. We did use a few of them!!!! :) For my mother in law, for helping me with the last of my beans. And especially for my husband for planting the garden and taking such good care of it so that I had a reason to be able to learn all of these things! Next year..........he wants a bigger garden. UM......I don't know if I have enough room in my storage room!! :0

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

OUR MUCH NEEDED VACATION..........

The 9th through the the 14th of October Bryan and I and the kids enjoyed a MUCH NEEDED vacation to Park City with my parents. They have a time share there and we go and enjoy a couple of days with them every year. This year, it worked out that we got to spend 6 days!!! And we LOVED every minute of it!!
This is Oakleigh with my new nephew Creed. She is such a baby lover and is always wanting to hold them and give them kisses and loves.





The condo has 8 hot tubs and 1 big swimming pool. My kis LOVE the water. They would have been in heaven spending every second in the pools. We took them down every night for a while, and when we weren't out shopping, they were down at the pools. I wonder sometimes if they are really fish?!!!! :)
Every year we spend atlest 1 day at Cabella's for the guys!!! We get up and get ready and drive to Cabella's. We spend a couple of hours looking around and then go up stairs and have lunch in their little caffateria area. The food is really pretty good!! They have lots to choose from.
My kids love to look at the animals that they have displayed and to feed the fish. We always have to go to the big fish aquarium and watch them feed the fish. Wyatt loves the guns. Him and my dad and Bryan could spend forever in there. Infact, this year, they spent two days there. On tuesday while us girls went to the outlets, they went back to Cabella's.

Ya, she is a little young!! But why not start them early right?!!!! This is a little target shooting area that they have and the kids spend a lot of time, and money, here too!!!!

Isn't she the cutest?!! :) She is so much fun, always making us laugh!!!
Wyatt catching a fish!!

I don't know if you can see it very well, but this was when they were feeding these fish. They drop a bunch of little fish in from the top and all of these fish go CRAZY!!! Some of them will even attack other fish that have the food in their mouth.
The girls spent a lot of time at the outlets. We pick the perfect time to go every year. And every year I get quite a bit of my Christmas shopping done while we are there. I wish they had those kinds of sales around here!! But if they did, I guess I wouldn't enjoy going to Park City!!