Mushrooms

Funny story. I have this plant that I got about 6 years ago. I got it at a time when I got a lot of plants. I love plants, but sometimes you can have to many. Well, I can't just throw a plant out so I tried to kill my plants. I have 3 plants now, a cactus (my favorite), an aloe vera, and this one. I don't even know what it is but it survived my attempts to kill it, many moves, etc. Well, I went to check on it last night and it seems that not only can't I kill it, but I can grow mushrooms with it. I think this was a test of loyalty to see if I have really grown to love this plant or not. I decided that I really do love it, because first thing this morning, I got a new pot and fresh new soil for my plant, and hopefully I won't be growing any more mushrooms.

CANNING

We moved too late to plant a garden this year, but thankfully we recieved a lot of food to can. I got 21 quarts of green beans, 35 quarts of potatoes, 21 quarts of carrots, 58 frozen cobs of corn, 10 pints of pumpkin, and 6 pints of jam. This was also my first year of mostly canning on my own. (I made several phone calls to make sure I was using the canner properly.) Thanks to my mom for teaching me how to can, my sister for answering all my questions, and Brooke for being a lifesaver and letting me use her foodprocessor. I have got to get one of those.

Raspberry/Huckleberry Jam

My first attempt at freezer jam didn't work quite right. But thanks to my sister, it was salvaged and in the end worked out. It looks pretty and tastes good too. My mom is coming next week and hopefully she will teach me how to make jam right.

This Weekend

We went to Idaho this weekend. My brother from Nebraska was there with his family. We got to see my new little nephew. It was great. My parents decided to redo their roof, so the first 2 days Scott helped on the roof and got very sunburned. Then the next day I helped do the stairs. My brother owns a decking business so he redid the front and the back stairs. They are very nice now and I am amazed at how new just a few changes made the house look. My brother is awesome at his business and he was great to let me help and teach me some of his vast knowledge. Then Scott and I were able to go on a date with my brother and sister-in-law. Thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law. The only time Scott and I really get to date is when she babysits. I am so grateful to her. I was also able to do some huckleberrying and (again thanks to my mother-in-law) I also picked some raspberries. I am going to make freezer jam. It will be my first attempt so we'll see how it goes.

AIR!!!!!

We finally have air. I am so excited. In fact the kids woke up begging me to give them their coats. That's how well our air works. YEA!

Sunset

I forgot to mention to some that we moved to Sunset. For those of you that don't know where Sunset is, it is just north of Layton and just south of Roy. It is a very small city, but I love it. The best part is that I am only 5-10 minutes from everything. I have my choice of at least 5 different grocery stores and at least 6 different clothing stores. I LOVE IT! Yes, I know that is weird to hear from someone who hates shopping. The only down side is that our new home did not come with A/C and as you all know this last weekend was terrible without it. We actually had the a/c installed on Thursday, but there was some incompatible parts and so it doesn't work. Hopefully by the end of the day we will have cool air.

HI AGAIN!

We are finally in our new home. I did not realize this process could be such an emotional, stressful, enjoyable, etc. adventure. But we made it. We moved on Tuesday and right off the bat we had help from the Elder's Quorum and visits from the Relief Society. And we didn't even tell them we were coming. Isn't the Church great. The kids are so happy to be here. I can't hardly keep them inside (especially Emmie). They are so excited to have a yard. And I am so excited because it is fully fenced. There are some advantages to buying an older home. The kids do miss all of their friends from Tooele though. Hannah is glad that our computer is up and running so that we can read everyone's blogs together. Hannah went to her first Diabetes camp this week. She loved it and really grew from it. It was great for her to see that there really other kids her age that have diabetes too.