Happy Birthday Katie and Andy

Apples

We are so lucky that my Dad has a great apple crop this year. I made applesauce last week and had lets just say had a lot of "help". Kids fighting over peeling apples is something until 5 hours later and I couldn't find a peeler! That is okay they are kids but boy was it fun at first. My garden got beat up by hail. My heart just hurt for a week and still does when I think of all the work. So it is nice to have some things to put away for winter...speaking of winter we saw a big bear down our street last night. Imagine they too will want a lot to pack away before winter!

Fishing with the big boys

Riley got to go fishing with his Grandpa, Dad and Uncle this weekend. They caught some beautiful fish! He loved it and did very well....a new chapter of his life has happened as he has proven he can hang with the boys and do their activities. What memories are being made!

Beets, Hail and the VBS

The title basically says what our life has been about this week. Riley and Brianna have attended VBS all week. Very positive week and tonight is the big program! They are so cute sharing their secrets about it that none of us can know until then. As for me I dug my first batch of beets and canned them this week. My first time canning and believe it or not I got it done with all 4 kids! I just love this time of year when our dinner plate consists of mostly things I have grown! As for the Hail there was a horrible hail storm in Pueblo that did some damage to our car but worse than that to many places and crops. Brian said it was the size of golf balls. God always lets us know who is in charge:)

Summer

Summer is coming to an end and with it I am trying get all those things we planned to do done .It just so happens that both of my sisters are off work temporarily now and we have been able to meet. How I wish they were off all year, but we will take what we can get. So yesterday was a trip to the lake with a sandy beach. The task to have fun in the water and keep track of all of our 7 kids. It was fun and they all had great time. We then got to keep our niece Abby for the night...talk about worn out kids today. I insisted that we all take a rest today as I could see we were a little worn out. It is so fun to be close enough for our kids to have this family in their lives.

I am a summer girl and the thought of socks and shoes = yuck! I am constantly amazed at how family just fits and how each of our kids steals out hearts!

Prospect lake

Prospect lake