Veggies

This is one days harvest. Can you believe it. I am amazed at how well my garden did. Everything looks great except for my corn. The only one that does is in the compost pile that sprang up way to late to actually grow anything on it. Here is the list of what I have canned or frozen from my garden; 2 quart bags of cantalope, 6 quart bags and 2 gallon bags of watermelon, 16 quarts of pickles, and 9 pints of salsa. I also have about 9 more pints of tomatoes out on the vine about ready to pluck. Hopefully the frost doesn't take them out first.

Boredom.....

I have been out of town working for the last week, which isnt unusual, but it has been the most boring time I have ever spent out of town. Hopefully the doubles I'm starting tonight will help with that. Theres nothing like working 18 hour days, sleeping 5 hours during the day, and maybe if im lucky food, but hey atleast I wont get bored now.

Self Sufficient

The other night Brennden went to use the bathroom. I heard the water running and assumed that he was just washing his hands. But then I noticed that the water wasn't turning off so I went to check on him. Brennden had started himself a bubble bath. And the water was ICE COLD! He didn't seem to mind but I did. I turned the water on hot and swished it around so that the bath would warm up. When it was nice and warm I turned the water off and let Brennden has his alone time in the bath. I told him to call me when he was done so that I could get him his towel and help him get ready for bed. Apparently he wanted to be self sufficient the whole way through the bathing process because he never called me for help. His towel was hanging on the back of the door where he couldn't reach it so instead he grabbed the hand towel and wrapped it around himself. He then came to tell me that he was done. All in all he started himself a bubble bath, washed his hair and his body, drained the tub, and dried off all by himself. But hey, who's complaining? Not me.

Storage Shelves

This weekend Dustin designed, built, and put together some storage shelves for our garage. Up until now our garage has been a jumble of boxes stacked up about ready to fall over. I think he did a wonderful job. Now our garage looks tons cleaner and we don't have to worry about boxes tipping over and stuff spilling out all over the floor. Now all we have to do is go through all the boxes and figure out what has to go and what can stay.

Quote of the Day

"Mommy, I can't be with Charity, she is to whinny butt."-Brennden

Now the truth. Charity was laughing with Brennden when he tried to get to watch the TV. (Brennden is grounded from TV for the week.) Mom said no.

In Our 2nd Year...

I thought I would make a list of our 2nd year accomplishments. So here I go. We were sealed in the Monticello Temple, paid of the truck (we now owe nothing on vehicles), got our 5th cat (rest assured, we only have 1, but this is our fifth), both got big callings in church, (Dustin in Elders' Quorum Presidency and I am in Primary Presidency), started our food storage of which we could actually live off of for at least 3 months. We also started a business, put in a sprikler system, started a garden, Dustin was released from his calling, went on our first family camping trip, Angie shot her first real guns (7mm mag once and a .270). I know there are more but these are the ones that I am most pleased with. I can't wait to see what we will accomplish this next year of marriage!

Our Second Anniversary

Yesterday was a great day. I can't believe we've been married 2 years. It feels both longer and shorter than that. Does that make any sense? The day started off with Dustin making me a breakfast of waffles. They were delicious! After breakfast Dustin went out and un-winterized the lawn mower. While he was doing so, I received a beautiful bouquet of flowers.
While Dustin mowed the front yard, i went and got our first catelope from the garden. I wasn't planning to eat it yet but Brennden dropped it and it split open. We all enjoyed it. Even Dustin took a bite even though he hates them. Then we all went to the back. The kids played in the dirt while I pulled weeds and Dustin dug a hole for the fire pit.

After all that we went into town to pick up Dustin's truck. Hopefully it won't need to get fixed again for a really long time. At least this time didn't cost us any money. When we got home the kids napped while we sat down together and watched Glenn Beck. Once the kids woke up we packed them up and took them to a sitter.

I was craving spicy food so we decided on Si Senors for dinner. I can't believe how different it is going on a weekday instead of a weekend. We were in and out quicker than we have ever been anywhere. Since we had so much time left before we needed to get the kids we went mini golfing. It was fun. There was a bounce house in there and we decided that we would have to take the kids someday. They would love it. After that we still had time left so we headed out to the mall. We just walked around for a while and them looked at phones. We have been thinking about switched carriers in the next few weeks.


Then it was time to head home. The best part, not once did we talk about the kids except for saying that we should take them to the bounce house. It was great to get away and just be together!