Adorable Laughter!!!

Thanks Ash for making it all possible!

Faces for the Camera

A girl after her Daddy's heart... making faces for the camera already! Poor girl is starting to teeth. She has been chewing on her fingers so hard she makes them red! Chad snapped the picture today when he discovered her innovative way to get bilateral relief! Hilarious.

Tribute to Michael Phelps

I totally stole this from Alisha's blog, but I couldn't help myself!

Michael Phelps... THE BEGINNING

HAhahahahahhahahaha

September... Time for winter?!?

So today was the official start of September... and apparently of winter in Idaho! What in the world?? It was 40 degrees all day today and the winds were freezing! Jaedyn hung out in her pajamas all day cuz they are her warmest clothes and I absolutely refused to turn the furnace on! We took her for a walk and bundled her up in winter gear to protect her from the ridiculously cold weather. She's the only one smiling today.

What a Way to Spend the Weekend!

So I've been really excited about getting my food storage together this year. I know, I'm a nerd. I think it stems from actually having a pantry to store food in rather than just under the bed and in piles in the loft. We love our new home!

So I called on my mother's vast experience and knowledge and she was gracious enough to come up for the weekend and walk her over-eager daughter through the essentials of canning peaches. (Poor woman didn't know what she was getting herself into). We had already done cherries and this went rather quickly and easily and the bottles looked so pretty when we were done so I was really excited to add peaches to the shelves and not expecting a lot of work. haha. It helps people if you get free-stone peaches. Word to the wise... use ELBERTA peaches for canning. I did not know this. I do now. We canned 4 boxes of the suckers and unlike cherries, you have to pit and peel them. So un-fun with cling-stone peaches! But look how they turned out. My mom also brought along her juicer steamer and we made some cerry and peach jellies (you can see some of the jars in the background) Once again... pretty. So I ordered more peaches and pears from the boyscouts to do again in 2 weeks. I'm a sucker for punishment, but I can do anything if the company is good. Thanks Mom!