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.

Moving

Well, its official. We are moving. We just heard from our landlord and he has someone that wants this house. So, we have to be gone by May 31 at the latest. I will miss you all so much, but hopefully we can keep in touch and maybe you will let me come visit every so often.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to you all. My wonderful children gave me cards and a bag of reese's peanut butter cups(my favorite), let me nap, and made me cookies, all with Scott's help. Scott got me another season of the old Mission Impossible tv series. We took a family walk this evening. It was a great day.