Happy Birthday, Kayla!

My baby turned 2 today! I can't believe it!!

She really is more excited than she looks . . .

Just having fun pushing big sister in the stroller.

A little peek-a-boo for the camera. . .

Thanks, Grammy, for the beautiful dress (and books)! The shopping cart was a big hit, too.


Kayla is the sweetest little girl ever (with the most ear-piercing scream). She keeps us laughing. She loves to have her babies with her at all times and is constantly rocking and wrapping them up in blankets. She enjoys going places with me and is a great little helper with whatever I am doing in the kitchen. She likes to tease and play with her big brother and sister and tries to do everything that they do. We love you, Kayla!

Missionaries, Harvest and News

We got some raspberry starts from a family in our ward early in the summer and we got a lot of raspberries from them! It was Lily and Kayla's favorite thing to go outside each day and check for new berries. For quite awhile we would get about 10 or so a day--which seemed pretty good for tiny little starts! We will miss those this winter!

On September 7th, we had a set of missionaries move in with us. They will be living with us for a year. It has been a really fun experience! We did have to do a little juggling of bedrooms. . . Lily and Kayla now share, Nathan moved into Kayla's and the Elders live in Nathan's old room (it is the biggest). Anyway, a few weeks ago, our first missionary got transferred. We really enjoyed having him here! It made for an easy transition to have two great missionaries living with us!

Yesterday, we actually got a third Elder. So, for the next six weeks we will have the three missionaries living with us.

These next pictures are part of what has kept me very busy this summer. I can't say that it is all over yet, though, I going to be getting a lot of apples in a couple weeks to do more applesauce, dehydrate, and make apple pie filling. Yum! I've got tons of peaches (all gleaned from the church orchard for FREE), some applesauce, pear sauce, and cherries on these two shelves.

I canned tomato sauce for the first time (it made the BEST lasagna. . . YUMMY), stewed tomatoes, salsa, and sweet and sour sauce. Pretty much everything I used for these came straight from the ward garden for FREE.

There has been a couple good deals on chicken lately, so I have taken advantage of that and gotten large boxes and canned them. It is sooooooo nice and convenient to use!!! It is super easy to can--and it is delicious. :)

So, that's a little of what's been going on here.

Also, Perkins Law is expanding! Bryson hired a secretary a couple months ago to help him keep up with his work load. Today, he gave a job offer to another attorney and it was accepted, so the firm is growing! He will be moving offices in December to a nice building that used to be a law office. It will be very comfortable and actually cheaper than where he is now. So, a good move!

Oh, and I have the Egyptian Flu. Yep. I'm going to be a MUMMY. :) May 12th is the day for #4 to arrive!

That's about it for us!

Good Deal!

So, here's my great deal that I got in on! It ended on September 11th, so sorry, it's too late, but I found out about it on A Thrifty Mom (here's the link: http://athriftymom.com/2009/09/10-emergency-essentials-gift-card/). So, if you add the Preparedness Pantry button to your blog and email Emergency Essentials with your address info, they send you a $10 gift card. Well, I did it and I got my $10 gift card in the mail today! Yea!!