Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Feb. 21, 2009 - Ward Canning Day!
Here are a few pictures from the ward canning day held at our house. We figure that we canned about 5500 lbs. of food. Everything from rice to flour to hot cocoa! The dry milk was horribly messy so most of it was canned outside. We had our share of problems (1 canning machine was on the fritz most of the time, 800 missing oxygen packets (that was almost a disaster...thanks to the Hutchison's, Jackson's & Eyre's who saved us), shortage of oatmeal, ran out of cans at the end....we were pretty much done by then though) - but we worked through the problems and overall things went pretty well. Thanks to everyone who helped fill cans, pound them down, put on labels, add oxygen packets, canned the cans, organized them into boxes, and then sorted them out to the families that ordered them. This was a huge undertaking and even though there are things we will change about the next one to make it run a bit smoother, this canning day was hugely successful and we are all more prepared!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Valentine's & President's Day Fun
We've had a wild and crazy weekend over here. I think sometimes we choose to do too much because we like it crazy! LOL!
Of course Valentine's Eve was fun. Channing and Cameron went to ninja night at their karate studio and watched a movie and had pizza (yay for parent's night out)! Cason went to a babysitter and Bob and I went out to dinner at a fabulous Italian restaurant in Ahwatukee. We had steak - awesome steak! To die for steak! Next time we'll order the Italian food and see if it's good too! :)
On Valentine's Day we got to see Madeline Eyre get baptized. It was a great event and she was beaming from ear to ear! When they said it was time to be baptized, she practically bolted out of her chair and ran to the font. No hesitation from this one! It was so cute!
On Valentine's night we watched the Eyre kiddo's so Kimberly and Adam could go out. It was crazy fun (because that's the only kind we like). 7 kids over here... yep....fun, fun, fun!
Sunday I spent taking ward canning orders. Yah..... That was all of Sunday. Up 'til 2am crunching numbers. This weekend we'll see if I made any major mistakes! Let's hope not!
On Monday, Bob and Eden added a new shelf to the pantry. Just ran out of room in there! Lots of dead space at the top, so why not add another shelf? Eden also fixed a large crack we had in the ceiling due to an overflow in the bathroom....several months ago. We're very excited that Eden could come and help us out on these projects that have been on the TODO list for a while!
I took the kids to the Desert Botanical Gardens to see the Chihuly glass exhibits on Presiden't Day. VERY COOL! They had lots of fun crafts for the kids to do as well. It was our typical crazy fun as we went with the Eyre's & Willyerd's and ran into the Osborne's just as we were going in. Big group! Very fun though! So that was our weekend. We survived! Next weekend we're going to try to survive dry-pack canning at our house! Wish us luck!!!
Of course Valentine's Eve was fun. Channing and Cameron went to ninja night at their karate studio and watched a movie and had pizza (yay for parent's night out)! Cason went to a babysitter and Bob and I went out to dinner at a fabulous Italian restaurant in Ahwatukee. We had steak - awesome steak! To die for steak! Next time we'll order the Italian food and see if it's good too! :)
On Valentine's Day we got to see Madeline Eyre get baptized. It was a great event and she was beaming from ear to ear! When they said it was time to be baptized, she practically bolted out of her chair and ran to the font. No hesitation from this one! It was so cute!
On Valentine's night we watched the Eyre kiddo's so Kimberly and Adam could go out. It was crazy fun (because that's the only kind we like). 7 kids over here... yep....fun, fun, fun!
Sunday I spent taking ward canning orders. Yah..... That was all of Sunday. Up 'til 2am crunching numbers. This weekend we'll see if I made any major mistakes! Let's hope not!
On Monday, Bob and Eden added a new shelf to the pantry. Just ran out of room in there! Lots of dead space at the top, so why not add another shelf? Eden also fixed a large crack we had in the ceiling due to an overflow in the bathroom....several months ago. We're very excited that Eden could come and help us out on these projects that have been on the TODO list for a while!
I took the kids to the Desert Botanical Gardens to see the Chihuly glass exhibits on Presiden't Day. VERY COOL! They had lots of fun crafts for the kids to do as well. It was our typical crazy fun as we went with the Eyre's & Willyerd's and ran into the Osborne's just as we were going in. Big group! Very fun though! So that was our weekend. We survived! Next weekend we're going to try to survive dry-pack canning at our house! Wish us luck!!!
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Happy Birthday to Bob!
Feb. 7th was Bob's birthday. We celebrated by going to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. (I think we go for the rolls - yummy). Afterward we enjoyed a homemade cheesecake (ok, some of us were too full to eat it, but the leftovers were just as good)!
Happy Birthday Bob!!! We Love You!
Happy Birthday Bob!!! We Love You!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Flu in Phoenix!
Well, you'd think that after surgery we'd be able to catch a break, but noooooooooooooooo........ Bob came down with the flu and since he's such a giving person, he thought he'd give it to me. Nice huh? BARF!!!!!! Well, he recovered in about 3 days, but it took me about 6. Apparently my immune system was shot still from surgery. This was a NASTY flu. It had everything that a horrible flu could have. Aches, chills, other unmentionable things that make you spend a significant amount of time in the bathroom. It was NOT enjoyable. I've had the flu before, but not like this. It was death!
So now I can finally say that everyone seems "mostly" healthy (at least for the moment). There are lingering colds and stuff, but we can deal with that! I've cancelled many piano lessons over the past few weeks and I've just hibernated for a while (trying not to share the fun with others)! So hopefully this week our life can get back to being it's crazy, normal self!
Yesterday I judged a highschool regional sight-singing competition. I heard some really great singers and some well...........kids that need to practice a lot more! It was fun though. It always amazes me how hard something like this can be for kids. They come in just shaking. It's all they can do to get through it. The prepared ones struggle, but they get through it just fine. It's always an interesting day (and a LONG day)!
So now I can finally say that everyone seems "mostly" healthy (at least for the moment). There are lingering colds and stuff, but we can deal with that! I've cancelled many piano lessons over the past few weeks and I've just hibernated for a while (trying not to share the fun with others)! So hopefully this week our life can get back to being it's crazy, normal self!
Yesterday I judged a highschool regional sight-singing competition. I heard some really great singers and some well...........kids that need to practice a lot more! It was fun though. It always amazes me how hard something like this can be for kids. They come in just shaking. It's all they can do to get through it. The prepared ones struggle, but they get through it just fine. It's always an interesting day (and a LONG day)!
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