Pumpkin Picking

Pumpkin Picking 2009- Every year we go to the same pumpkin patch with my parents and what ever siblings that are around. Aaron's family and Dannie's family were both with us this year. Now that the boys are both a little older they seem to enjoy it more. Christian and Collin are both the type to wander off with no worry of where I am. They both take off exploring. Luckily my family was with us to sort of corral them in a general area. We had an early frost this year and then warm weather afterward so all the pumpkins were mushy and moldy. We managed to find a couple suitable ones. Jesh did the flu pumpkin because the swine flu was really rampant at the time. And he is sort of a typography freak. (love ya)

Apple Sauce and Apple Butter

Jesh has been super busy with work. He works from home and sometimes I can been a distraction for him. We need him to work so I have been trying to find other outlets. Normally Jesh and I would have some shows we would be watching in the evening and I would focus on our house and kids during the day. I have been kind of stuck in an uncreative rut for a long time. But lately I have been pretty proud of myself for the new things I have tried. Recently I made and canned my own apple sauce and apple butter. I have never really canned before. It was actually really fun. I like knowing that I made the apple sauce with just apples and cinnamon. No added yuckys. And the apple butter was made with homemade applesauce, spices, and fruit juice instead of sugar. The house smelled really yummy too while I made it. We even picked our own apples. I wish I could have made more. I made yummy zucchini bread and muffins that day too. I freeze them for winter enjoyment.

Pumpking Cookies

After Family Home Evening a couple weeks ago we decided to make Pumpkin Cookies to go "Boo" people with. It was fun. We haven't done any doorbell ditching in a while so were kind of nervous and excited at the same time. Funny the things that get us excited these days. Jesh took Christian on one of the runs. I think he like it. I hope he doesn't get any ideas and think he can do it all the time. ;)

Bedding for Collin

About one week before Collin was due I decided that I wanted to make everything to decorate his nursery. I went to the store and bought all the fabric. This is was very silly of me because I don't sew. The last thing I had sewn was a pillow case in Practical homemaking in college. And lets just say it was flawed.

I managed with the help of my mother in-law, Capri, to get the bumper done. I was able to cut out the squares and get some of them into strips for the quilted part of the blanket. But then Collin was born.

Capri sewed the strips together and then the unfinished blanket has sat for the last 20 months. Now that Collin is almost too big for the blanket, I finally finished it! Well close to finished. I feel it needs something more. Ideas? Now for the bedskirt.

2009 Garden

We have really enjoyed our garden this year. I planted seeds and was also donated some plants from Mandy's husband, George who is VP at a fruit stand in the summer. Thanks George. Jesh installed a drip system also. Which made gardening even easier. We had lots of tomatoes, lots of squash, and lots of carrots. I was disappointed with my corn. I got a few ears but the rest were weirdly deformed. They were diseased or something. I'll have to look into what that was for next year. We also had beans, cucumbers, and peas. It was really neat to just go to my back yard to find what I needed for dinner. There is something really satisfying in that. I was able to can some of my tomatoes and make yummy salsa with them too.