
We (Jon, Mom K, Me) envied these two on Monday evening. We spent ALL day canning peaches. My word my parents got A TON (o.k. it was about 300 lbs) of peaches. And by 2:30 am Tuesday it did not look as if we made a dent in the peach pile. We were able to see the fruits of our labor. We canned 48 quarts, 12 8 oz jars of jam, and made fruit leather. And that’s just my parents stash. Jon and I will be quite sick of peaches by the end of the week when we (hopefully) are finished with our stash. But it is so worth it, and we will be happy to have all these peaches ready to eat and bake with all winter (and longer) long. Oh, and Lamby is back. You can see him snuggled in Kaylee’s arms. She is suffering with a head cold, cutting her 2 year old molers, and on top of that a UTI. Poor kid woke up the other night screaming in a state of feverish delirium that she needed Lamby. So Lamby she was given. She’s good about only having Lamby to sleep with so it’s just fine that Lamby is back. She has been on antibiotics for 2 days and is already back to her old self. Yea for modern medicine and for my Mom recognizing the signs of a UTI and insiting we take a trip to instacare. I’ve never had one so I didn’t know…..
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goodbye
We had some extra children again. This time their parents joined us. We have three additional children from the last time we all slept under one roof. It was crazy fun. Here are some pictures of the children enjoying some last cousin fun. We sure are going to miss these little ones and their parents. We hope they enjoy their new home in Pennsylvania.
A weekend
We have spent that last few weekends down in super HOT St. George. Kaylee says,”it’s SO hot!” whenever we are there. This last weekend I got sick so we decided to stay home. Then at the last second decided to go down anyway. (There were reasons) Jon thought I was sick from just being exhausted. And since no one else was feeling gross I thought he was right. He wasn’t. Kaylee puked all over my Mom’s chaise lounge while my Dad and I were out running errands Satuday after noon. I dogged that nasty clean up job. And then Regan ever so lovingly puked on me while I was nursing him after we got home late Saturday night. AWESOME! Kaylee told me in a very firm grown up voice,”Eww. It’s gross. Need to wash clothes Mom. An Shower.” So Jon bathed Regan while I tried not to puke myself while chunks of puke landed on my head as I tried to get the soggy cloths off. Seriously. Gross. We did have lots of fun Friday evening playing at the splash pad, exploring a fire truck, and watching an outdoor movie. And the reason we decided to last minute go down didn’t even happen…. It was a weekend. And yes we all feel much better. Here are the fun pre-pukey parts:
Kayle LOVES trucks. LOVES them. And the super nice fire crew at the park was letting kids climb in and explore. She was so excited waiting in line for her turn. It was so cute. She kept saying,”It’s a big truck Mom!” She sat in the truck for a few minutes and didn’t want to get out. Lucky for me someone wanted to run the lights. When the LOUD engine turned on she flew out of the truck. I thought she would be too scared to even get in the truck to begin with, but she was just so excited.
After playing in the splash pad we watched a movie on a giant screen. It’s something St. George does every 2nd and 4th Friday during the summer. It was our first time going, and the children LOVED it. I watched with great amounts of envy as Kaylee, Jon, and my Dad ate Mint Oreos. I miss carbs. This not eating grains or dairy thing is not my favorite….


