Peaches

I found a wonderful deal on peaches... they came out to be around 27 cents a pound. The only problem being you have to buy a half bushel (about 22 pounds). They are delicious peaches, but we can not eat all of them and thus the canning began. Jesse came home to a sticky film all over the kitchen. But now we have canned peaches.

The process of me canning

Some finished jam...














Ryan's spot during canning, He slept through the jam making and did really well for most of the peaches...

What Ryan really thinks about canning.

Ward Ice Cream Social

For the second year in a row our quad won the Wymount Opening Social tug-of-war... we had to defend our title right? Well I suppose it helps that we are right next to the field where it takes place and we had twice as many people pulling as any other quad. So, we won ice cream!

What?

The creamery by DT closed down and BYU is down to about 3 ice cream flavors and a limited supply of it. We got mostly vanilla and some cookies and cream. The best part was the topping... whipped cream, cherries, nuts, caramel and chocolate sauce.

Hey can I take your picture?

BYU has this thing about watering our quad... everyday. Now we have a swamp.

Some of the kids from the quad enjoying the ice cream.

Justins and one more baby

Videos

So I have decided that videos are somewhat easier to capture then pictures. I have a 30 second window that way. Ryan is learning new things everyday.

Like how to smile and...

That his entire fist in fact does not fit in his mouth. Net yet anyway

Pizza Etc.

So Papa Murphy's was having their annual customer appreciation night. (The reason we started going there in the first place). This means large pepperoni pizza for 4.99 (plus tax of course). Imagine my excitement when we drove up and saw that large pepperoni pizzas were 3.99 dinner for $4.26 Hurray!

This is Ryan learning how to grade Mechanical Engineering homework. And me being grateful that Jesse never had Dr. Blotter as a teacher.

Devotional

Today we heard from President Thomas S. Monson for our devotional.
It was amazing. If you did not get a chance to hear it go to
http://www.byub.org/devotionals/
to listen, watch or read it.

President Monson gave simple, sweet memories of each of the prophets from his life time. He told of personal memories and of the prophet's favorite song and food. He also gave a favorite quote and key character trait of each:

President Heber J. Grant: Presist

President George Albert Smith: There is a great tug of war going on between Satan and the Lord. Stay firmly on the Lord's side; Compassion.

President David O McKay: Consideration

President Joseph Fielding Smith: Scholarship

President Harold B. Lee: Stand ye in holy places and be not moved; Be responsive to and in tune with the Holy Spirit

President Spencer W. Kimball: Lengthen your stride; Dedication

President Ezra Taft Benson: What manner of me ought ye to be? Verily I say unto you, even as I am. (3 Nephi 27:27); Love

President Howard W. Hunter: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth... (Proverbs 27:2); Look for the Best in People

President Gordon B. Hinckley: And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives! (Doctrine and Covenants 76:22) ; Do Your Best

President Monson concluded by stating these men have never wiavered, never faltered and have never failed.

Looking back on summer... Goshen

So Jesse was working at the Goshen fair toward the end of summer. Cinnamon's four oldest kids and Marie's two oldest were at grandma's house. Well Lexi and Lily woke up sick so they stayed back home with grandma. So I was off to the Goshen fair with three little boys. (Taylor, Samuel and Ryan). About 15 minutes away from home Sam calls and asks me to bring butter. So to Kroger we go. We get into the store and I realize I have to go to the bathroom (and can't make the 1 1/2 hour drive). So to the back of the store. I put the baby on the ground and tell the boys not to move. Fastest I have ever gone. And much to my relief they are still standing there outside the door. Then off to the butter. To keep thier interest I ask Samuel and Taylor to find the cheapest butter. They do and they each take there 4 pounds each (it keep their hands busy through the store). We go through the self checkout and Taylor wants to scan his own... so I let him and then Samuel does his. I hand both boys thier bags of butter and we head out. The self-checkout worker hestitanly says "have a nice day". Back in the car.

So... I really don't know Indiana that well. And I get lost in Warsaw. Yeah. So we finally get to the fair and it is raining. By the time we get there the baby is hungry so I feed them while the boys go on a two rides and sign up for the frog jumping contest. We waited a while in the rain for Samuel and Taylor's turn. Samuel's frog went 72 inches in 2 jumps (or something close to that). At that point Taylor tells me he doesn't feel good. So I send him back to the Elephant Ear trailer with Grandpa. Part the way through eating lunch with Jesse, Taylor throws up behind the trailer. So we wait a bit to make sure it is all out of him. And I feed the baby again. And say good bye to Jesse and we try to leave. Well someone had parked their truck really close to the van and I was stuck. Luckily Doug came out of the camper just then and he backed the van out. Home we go. And I did't get lost.

Samuel was the only one feeling good that night. He also got a bit lonely and as I was doing laundry he put a sleeping bag and pillow down outside the door and told me he just wanted to be near me. That was an adventurous day. (click on the images to make them bigger).

Random pictures...

Bath Time

Cute Baby

Walking all over dad