Has it really been a YEAR!?

Happy birthday to McKay! What a milestone: he's walking all over the place, calls for Elijah ("Ya-ya") when he wants his big brother, and is generous with snuggles and smiles. We're so grateful that our family was blessed with such a wonderful little person a year ago. We love you, McKay!

Winter already!

Can you believe it's almost Christmas already!? We took the boys up last Saturday to cut a tree. I thought the boys looked so adorable in their winter gear.



And I just had to post this last picture: I got a fire going the other night, and Elijah came and sat next to me, put his arm around me, and sat still as could be, watching the fire with me. I'm glad Abram got a picture. Elijah's such a sweet little guy.

Dinner in a Pumpkin

Molly brought the girls last weekend and we did some more canning together. We also picked a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, carved it out, filled it up with Molly's yummy "Dinner in a Pumpkin" recipe, and baked it. It turned out so yummy! And my boys had so much fun playing with all those beautiful girls all weekend!

Preserving the Harvest

Well it's been a busy, busy month, but a fruitful one... pun intended. We've been freezing beans, peas, squash, zucchini, and peppers, and canning all kinds of stuff. What a blessing! Some ladies in the ward taught me how to can applesauce and chicken, another one gave me a bunch of jars, and then Mum came out and canned with me -- we did jalepeno jelly, pickled beets (I had some AMAZINGLY HUGE, but DELICIOUS beets in the garden! Much bigger than you're imagining!), salsa, apple pie filling, and pears. After she left I canned some dill pickle relish and tomatillo sauce. I think I'll do some more apple pie filling this week, and I need to do something with the rest of my tomatoes. Ideas, anyone? Maybe tomato sauce... or spaghetti sauce? What else would be good? I also have a bunch of jalepenos and bell peppers...

Harvesting our Garden

This is our first big garden as a family, and it has been a great learning experience and family project. We have LOVED harvesting squash, peas, beans, salad greens, dill, cilantro, tomatoes, and beets so far (plus peaches and apples from the orchard)! Our Heavenly Father has blessed us with so much.

Happy Birthday, Elijah!

Wow... two years old already. What a blessing and joy he is in our lives.

Gone Fishin'

One of the best parts about Abram's job is that he's finding some great places for us to go play as a family. We got some cute pictures last Saturday when we went a-fishin'.









And at the end of the day......