Picture of the day #265

Wow miracles really do happen.  Here is some peach salsa Tim started making before I got home.  He made it up until the last 5 minutes of stirring it and then filling the jars and pressure cooking it.

 So guess who got to do that!!!  Yep little old scardy cat me!!!...Here I am putting the top on!!!  yikes!

 Here is the finished product just after the I took the lid off.  Tim got home a few minutes before it was ready to come off and started to help and I said hey I've done this much I'm finishing it!!!

 Taking it out of the cooker!

 Ok it is really yummy!! I can't wait to get some good chips and give it a try!! We tried the leftovers and they were great!!  Of course we just had a spoon!

Picture of the day #264

I had a busy day... first was work, from there I had the football game, then off  to church for a Humanitarian project and it was 9:15 when I drove in the driveway and I still hadn't taken my picture of the day.  Anyway this is what I found...is Tim trying to remember to take the garbage out???  What he tells me is he was going to take them out to the street but he didn't want anyone going through our garbage so he left them there!!  Ha,ha,ha!  Whatever reasons it makes a great picture of the day!!

By the way Happy Birthday Tabitha!!!

Picture of the day #263

Just one picture of the peaches we are canning tonight...Didn't want to wait and get all of them...cuz I'm headed to bed once the last jar is done, not to blogging! ;o)

Picture of the day #262

 How to eat a corn dog....Like corn on the cob!

 Or light a rifle

 Or like a very long tongue....

 Which ever way works so you don't have to eat the dog on the inside.  I love this kid!~!!

 And I don't know how he does it but he seems to be able to cream everyone at power bowling!!

And they don't let him!

Ok here is a short little video of Austin and his grandpa...I missed the other part where he went around about 2 times, before I started taping.

PIcture of the day #261

I have this cute grandson that comes in the house and says Grandma  you have a cucumber out there that is as long as my arm...we today I  found that he was almost right.  So after his game we measured it.  It's as long as his forearm...isn't he so cute!  I love the smile!    Love the glasses on top of the hat too!

 Thing 3 said can I try?  Thing 1 cracks me up!

 Looks pretty big!

 It really is almost as long as her whole arm!!

 Look Grandma!!

 And a smile from Thing 1 too!!!

How can you not love these two???

Tomatoes, Pears, corn, and Coco Puff Balls

Well we had another busy Saturday!!  But we got lots done!  First we went to Trip's game.  Then we went grocery shopping.  Then home to bake 10 lbs of potatoes for a stake activity tonight.  After they were int he oven we got started canning more tomatoes.  In the interest of time, Tim found a recipe for a Tomato Soup Base, so we got to work skinning the tomatoes and blending them and pressure cooking them.  Next we started on the pears...I had to run the potatoes over to the church right after we started the pears, then came home and spent the next couple of hours on pears.  Here is the first couple of jars.

 The pears cooking for 4 minutes in their juice

 Some of our Tomato Soup Base...you add cream and a few other things and get some yummy soup.

 More pears cooking...

 The pears ready to wash!

 Some of the canning jars...of course this is the last of them ...the rest are already used or in the....

 Dishwasher.

 After the pears we done except for few left to pressure cook, I went to pick corn...Ok it was a scary experience.  I was a little worried about earwigs but nothing bad...but the rows were close together and I just finished reading Lovely Bones and my girls talked about books and scared me, anyway I got really freaked out.  So this is all I picked and made Tim go out!

 Now as you can see, my corn field is not that bad...but I couldn't do anymore.  It looks like I was still shaking when I took the pictures!!

 I did have to take a picture of the sunset.

 Tim still picking...not at all scared...I was still freaked out just taking pictures...in fact I told the girls I don't know if I can ever go in the corn maze again!!!  ;o)

 While some of the pears were still pressure cooking we made some Peanut Butter Coco Puff Balls for Tim's YM tomorrow.

 And I still have school work and Scriptures to do before bed!!!  Not to mention BLOG!

 Here is our end product....well here is the 16 tomatoes soup and most of the pears.

  A fun view from above!

 The above picture of the ones still in the kitchen...

 A real view!

 And yes there is still 6 in the pressure cooker as I'm typing this out!!!

So it was just another crazy Saturday in our wonderful life's!!

Picture of the day #260

Tabitha with her peaches and pears...she is pretty excited about it!

Picture of the day #259

Well we didn't have enough fun making salsa etc...so now we got us some peaches and pears!!

 Now don't worry...there is not near what we wanted....

 And we are after all sharing these with the kids!!!

Yum,yum,yum!!!

Picture of the day #258

Ok this is Wednesday picture of the day...I was too tired yesterday to post it!  This was the moon and the clouds in the morning when I was headed into work!  It was really pretty.

Picture of the day #257

Ok when I took this picture I really saw a head with the mouth opened...it is still kinda there...it's an amimal or monster head.  Can you see it?

Picture of the day #256

Just a  fun little pepper mill!

Picture of the day #255

 We start them young...

 Let me get a little closer grandpa...so I can see what you are doing.

 Closer please....

 Ok so I hold this thing and .....

 ....stir it??  Are you sure I can't just dive in and eat it??

Their finished dish...Beef Burgundy.  It was a hit with everyone but Me and Caleb!!