Our Spaghetti Sauce!!!

Doug and I decided that it would be fun to put our HUNDREDS of tomatoes to good use so we made our own spaghetti sauce and canned it! It was so much fun, we were up until 1:00 in the morning doing it, and we took pictures to document the process! It was not the most cost effective thing to do, but we loved doing it together!



First step it to peel the skin off the tomatoes and then squish them with your hands to get the seeds and water out. Then we diced all of the other ingredients that went into the sauce.



This is a picture of the spices and yummy veggies we added.

Then we combined the tomatoes with the spices and let it simmer for about an hour!

Then we went through the canning process. Our friend let us borrow her pressure canner and it is really fun to use. This was the end result! Doesn't that look yummy?

Conversation with Benson

This is the conversation Benson and I had the other morning.

Mom: Benson what do you want to be when you grow up?

Benson: I really think I want to be a dad.

Mom: Well, how many kids do yo want to have.

Benson: I am going to have one hundred kids!! (thinking for a minute)... And I think that I will have to drive a bus to drive all my kids around!

Mom: WOW! That is a lot of kids are you sure you want one hundred kids

Benson: (Thinking again)... Well, maybe I will just have four kids, then I don't have to drive a bus!

Another masterpiece

Here is another one of Brielle's GREAT masterpieces. It is called "the little lamb." She is going to make it someday!

Adilynn 4 months

It seems a little strange to put a post about Adilynn at four months when she is just a few days away from being five months old, but oh well. She is our little princess. I seriously count my blessings every day because I have her. She is truly a wonderful baby. She eats great, she sleeps through the night, she is generally happy during the day (except for the few ear infections), and the whole family just dotes on her all the time. We love this baby girl! Here are a few pictures!

This is the face that I get to wake up to every morning!

Adilynn's first time eating baby food! She LOVES to eat!

Faces of Summer

Playing at parks
Eating ice cream
And playing so hard you just fall asleep during lunch

We love summer!

To mothers everywhere!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbYLKVgwztY&feature=player_embedded

Thanks Alice for this link. This is an amazing message!