I must be doing something right. . .

This morning as I was feeding Devri, Bentley comes in as says "Mom, I'm going to empty the garbages." Okay great I tell him and as he gets started he notices Devri's diaper pail is already emptied. He says, "Mom, next time let me empty it 'cause that's my job." Wow, I love it! Wish all the chores went like that.

And by the way, Go Cougars!! That was an amazing game tonight!

A busy week. . .

You know how some weeks go by and you are busy the whole week but then look back and wonder what you have accomplished. Well many days are like that for me but not this week. It has been a busy week but I was able to accomplish quite alot on top of the normal cooking, cleaning, laundry, getting the kids to school, and homework. Since we made a trip to Utah last weekend, I took advantage and went to the farmers market. So we came home with 2 boxes of pears, 1 box of apples, 1 box of peaches,1 box of potatoes (courtesy of DC Farms), a flat of raspberries, some blackberries, 2 cantaloupes, corn, and tomatoes(the last 3 items courtesy of Blake's aunt who does Schmidt corn in Salt Lake- yummy!)And no I didn't get pictures of everything.








So by the end of the week here is what I have accomplished:
24 quarts canned pears
5 quarts canned peaches
4 quarts peach pie filling
3 1/2 pints peach syrup
raspberry peach jam (1 batch)
raspberry jam (3 batches)
triple berry jam (3 batches)
5 pints apple cinnamon syrup
4 quarts frozen corn

I think we are all set on jam for a while. I still have some apples to go and I'm going to make some salsa this week. And we already ate all the cantaloupe- and it was yummy!! I hope this week is just as productive.

We Love BYU!

Last weekend we got to go to the BYU football game against Utah. Okay, so the game was disappointing and the outcome pretty sad, nevertheless, we had a great time and the kids are ready to go again!

Time for new pajamas!

Obviously, she is growing like a weed and now must of her pajamas look like this, with holes in the toes!

Labor Day

We didn't have any big plans for Labor Day, but since Blake didn't have to work we wanted to do something. So we took the kids and their bikes over to Wetlands park and went for a ride.


It was great for Ben since he gets a little scared riding his bike around our house with all the hills. And since it was a cloudy day it was much cooler, which made it a great day to be outside!

Hiking

This weekend we went hiking. It was something we tried to do the weekend before school started. We got halfway up the mountain and the car started smoking, never a good sign. So we decided we better play it safe and turned around. We took it in to get fixed and I was without a car the first week of school (good thing we live so close).

It turned out to be a great day for hiking, it was overcast and so not very hot. In fact, at Mt. Charleston it was cooler than inside my house.

We hiked the Mary Jane Falls trail so we could see the waterfall. It's not a big waterfall, but still very cool.


Even Devri seemed to enjoy herself. Lucky her, she got to sleep all the way down the trail.


Can't wait til our next adventure!

First day of school!

Here are Kierstyn and Bentley after the first day of school. They were most excited about getting to wear their new shoes, but I think they were excited anyway.


Kierstyn really likes her new teacher and has a few friends in her class, so far she thinks all the work is easy. Boy, it would be nice if it stayed that way.


Ben, doesn't know anyone in his class this year so he will get to meet new friends. He told me his teacher was "medium" which means she is nice sometimes and mean sometimes. Sounds perfect to me.